Summary

For several years now, Trimbach has recorded steady growth in its population; to be more precise, the population has changed by 1.6%, to 6667 inhabitants.

Demographics

The average income here is CHF 61’915. 14.21% of the population are university graduates, 12.93% have a higher vocational training qualification, 42.61% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 30.25% are currently enrolled in compulsory education. Consequently, the residential area has high social standards. The current unemployment rate is 2.1%.

Taxes

The overall 14.35%. This differs on an individual basis and is based on income, marital status and the overall level of deductions, among other factors. Retired, married couples (over 65) pay an average of 18.03% tax in Trimbach, married couples with two children 9.67% and couples with no children 13.74%. The tax percentage for a childless, unmarried person is 19.91%.

New construction

The housing available in Trimbach has changed by 102 apartments in the last 5 years. 1 new 1-room apartment was added. The total number of newly built 2-room apartments is 23. The 19 3-room apartments and 36 4-room apartments are also particularly attractive for families. Furthermore, the number of spacious apartments available amounts to 15 5-room apartments and 8 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Trimbach now has a total of 3398 apartments, following additional growth in the pool of local housing thanks to the construction of new dwellings. The total number of 173 1-room apartments is 173. There are also 368 apartments with 2 rooms, 1031 apartments with 3 rooms and 1104 4-room apartments. A total of 430 5-room apartments and 292 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are also available in the area.

Empty apartments

The percentage of vacant apartments in Trimbach is 6.9%. Of this figure, 4.07% of 1-room apartments, 8.2% of all 2-room apartments, 8.69% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 6.56% of the 4-room apartments and 6.09% of 5-room apartments are currently empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 4.88%; of that figure, 3.1% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

The average rent for a flat is CHF 1280. 25% of all available rents are below a monthly rent of CHF 1100, or they are equal to this amount (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equivalent to CHF 1450 (75th percentile).