Abstract

The number of inhabitants in Sennwald has changed to 6269 in the past 3 years. This is a change of 9.81%.

Population data

Average income totals CHF 62’965. Of the population, 15.31% have a university degree, 19.04% have completed higher vocational education, 45.37% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 20.28% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. The region is prestigious thanks to its high social standards and educated population. At the time of reporting, 0.86% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The 9.46% is the tax burden in the region. However, the individual amount of tax paid differs from person to person and is determined by income, marital status and the total amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax percentage for an unmarried person without children in Sennwald is 13.59%. A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 12.22%, a married couple with two children 5.97% and a childless couple 8.86%.

New builds

The housing available in Sennwald has changed by 291 apartments over the last 5 years. Of these newly built apartments, 4 are 1-room apartments, which are particularly suitable for people living alone. There are also a total of 77 new 2-room apartments. With 85 new 3-room apartments and 85 4-room apartments, the residential area is particularly attractive for families. For people seeking more spacious housing, 25 5-room apartments and 15 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms have been created.

Housing stock

New construction has additionally expanded the housing stock in the area, so that there are now a total of 3136 apartments in Sennwald. The total number of 1-room apartments amounts to 116. Additionally, there are 418 apartments with 2 rooms, 716 apartments with 3 rooms and 831 apartments with 4 rooms. Finally, 571 5-room apartments and 484 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are available in the region.

Empty apartments

There is a 0.73% vacancy rate in Sennwald. Of this figure, 0.86% of 1-room apartments, 0.48% of the 2-room apartments, 1.12% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.6% of apartments with 4 rooms and 0.7% of 5-room apartments are currently vacant. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.66%; 0.62% of this value pertains to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

The average rent for a property is CHF 1480. A quarter of all available rents are lower than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1270 (25th percentile). Monthly rents are below CHF 1707 (75th percentile), or they are equal to this average price.