Summary

The population of Zuchwil has changed to 9452 over the last 3 years. This equates to a population change of 4.35%.

Population data

On average, residents earn CHF 59’760 annually. 13.2% of the population hold a university degree, 13.13% have a higher vocational training qualification, 43.13% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or finished a vocational apprenticeship and 30.55% of residents are completing compulsory education. The region is highly regarded thanks to its high social standards and educated population. Approximately 1.9% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

The area has an overall tax burden of 13.93%. The actual percentage of tax paid varies from person to person and is based on factors including specific income, marital status, the total amount of deductions and the like. In Zuchwil, for instance, a retired couple (over 65) pays an average of 17.53% tax, a married couple with two children 9.36% and a couple with no children 13.32%. The tax rate for a single person with no children is 19.37%.

New buildings

With a total of 343 apartments, more living space has been built in Zuchwil in the past 5 years. The 3 1-bedroom apartments are ideal for people living alone. The number of 122 amounts to 122. 136 3-room apartments and 78 apartments with 4 rooms were also constructed. 4 5-room apartments also came onto the local housing market.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to an additional expansion of the housing stock, and there are now 5134 apartments in Zuchwil. The number of 1-room apartments is 198. In addition, there are 799 apartments with 2 rooms, 2010 apartments with 3 rooms and 1417 4-room apartments. There are 492 5-room apartments and 218 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

The 5.34% of apartments in Zuchwil are uninhabited. This means that 7.07% of the 1-room apartments, 4.26% of all apartments with 2 rooms, 6.97% of 3-room apartments, 3.95% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 4.88% of the 5-room apartments are currently vacant. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 4.23%; of that number, 2.75% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

Rents for rental properties are, on average, around CHF 1290 per month. 25% of the rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1110 (25th percentile). Additionally, 75% of all monthly rents are less than or equal to CHF 1520.