Overview

The number of residents in Thal has changed by 5.58% in the last 3 years, to 7097 inhabitants.

Demographics

Average income totals CHF 71’165. Of the population, 10.93% have a university degree, 19.96% have completed higher vocational education, 51.2% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 17.93% are currently completing compulsory schooling and 0% of the population provided no information on their highest level of education. The area is highly regarded due to its high social standards and educated population. The unemployment rate is currently 0.97%.

Taxes

Overall, the tax percentage in the region is 10.27%. The individual percentage of tax actually paid will vary and is based on aspects including specific income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. In Thal, unmarried people with no children pay an average of 14.73% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 13.21%, a couple with two children pays 6.52% and a couple without children pays 9.65%.

New builds

The housing stock in Thal has changed by 337 apartments over the past 5 years. 70 apartments with 2 rooms have also been created. Living space for families has also been constructed: For example, 143 apartments with 3 rooms and 81 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. 26 apartments with 5 rooms and 12 apartments with at least 6 rooms have been added to the supply of housing available locally.

Housing stock

The new builds are contributing to the continued growth of the region's housing stock, which totals 3564 apartments in Thal. One-room properties comprise a total of 110 apartments in the region. Additionally, there are 397 apartments with 2 rooms, 760 apartments with 3 rooms and 1005 4-room apartments. Overall, there are 806 5-room apartments and 486 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The percentage of vacant apartments in Thal is 1.61%. Of this total, 0.91% of 1-room apartments, 2.27% of apartments with 2 rooms, 3.3% of apartments with 3 rooms, 1.8% of 4-room apartments and 0.37% of 5-room apartments are unoccupied. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.31%; 0.21% of this value pertains to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

The average rent for rental properties is CHF 1450 per month. A quarter of all rents on the market are less than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1231 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are lower than or equal to CHF 1740 (75th percentile).