Summary

For a number of years now, Lauperswil has recorded a steady rise in its population; to be more precise, the population has changed by 1.84%, to 2712 inhabitants.

Demographic data

The average annual income level is CHF 54’870. Of the population, 4.98% have a university degree, 14.68% have completed higher vocational education, 59.68% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 20.7% of residents are currently completing compulsory schooling. Consequently, this area has high social standards and an educated population. 0.26% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

The total tax percentage in the region is 15.66%. How much tax individuals pay is based on a range of factors, such as specific income, marital status and the overall level of deductions. In Lauperswil, single people without children pay an average of 20.65% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 19.78%, a married couple with two children pays 10.84% and a childless couple pays 15.14%.

New builds

Additional living space has been constructed in Lauperswil in the past 5 years. For instance, 67 new apartments have been built. Of these new apartments, 8 have 2 rooms. Living space for families has also been created: For example, 24 apartments with 3 rooms and 20 4-room apartments were added to the local housing stock. Investments were also made in more spacious accommodation: 9 5-room apartments were constructed, offering plenty of room for families; 6 apartments with at least 6 rooms were also built.

Housing stock

Newly constructed dwellings have additionally expanded the pool of available housing in the region, so that there are now a total of 1412 apartments in Lauperswil. The total number of 1-room apartments amounts to 48. Additionally, there are 152 apartments with 2 rooms, 343 apartments with 3 rooms and 408 apartments with 4 rooms. Overall, there are 270 5-room apartments and 191 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

The 0.64% of apartments in Lauperswil are vacant. This means that 6.25% of the 1-room apartments, 0.66% of apartments with 2 rooms, 0.29% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.74% of all 4-room apartments and 0.37% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently uninhabited. For 6-room apartments, the rate of vacancy is 0%.

Housing market (rental only)

The average rent for a property is CHF 1390. A quarter of rents are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1200 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are lower than or equal to CHF 1641 (75th percentile).