Abstract

The population of Uster has changed to 36’352. This amounts to a population change of 2.87%.

Population data

The average income here is CHF 83’030. 25.61% of the population hold a university degree, 18.27% have a higher vocational education qualification, 39.38% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or finished a vocational apprenticeship and 16.74% of residents are enrolled in compulsory schooling. The unemployment rate is currently 1.03%.

Taxes

The total tax percentage in the area is 10.27%. Aspects such as income, marital status and the amount of deductions help to determine the tax rate. In Uster, the rate of taxation for single people with no children is 14.68%. A retired, married couple (over 65) pays an average of 13.53%, a married couple with two children 6.29% and a couple with no children 9.39%.

New builds

New living space has been built in Uster over the last 5 years. For example, 888 new apartments have been constructed. A total of 19 1-room apartments have been created. The number of newly built 2-room apartments totals 133. What's more, 358 3-room apartments and 274 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. There are also 90 5-room apartments and 14 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms to choose from.

Housing stock

The new buildings have created additional housing in the region. There are a total of 17’441 apartments in Uster. There are 730 1-room apartments available on the housing market. In addition, there are 2308 apartments with 2 rooms, 5307 apartments with 3 rooms and 5309 apartments with 4 rooms. Finally, the stock of 5-room properties includes 2625 apartments, and there are also 1162 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

In Uster, 1.85% of apartments are vacant. Of this number, 2.07% of 1-room apartments, 4.63% of the 2-room apartments, 1.71% of all 3-room apartments, 1.12% of apartments with 4 rooms and 1.58% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 1.31%; 0.7% of this value refers to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for flats in the area is CHF 1800. A quarter of rents are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1541 (25th percentile). Monthly rents are below CHF 2240 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.