Overview

The District d'Aigle is a very attractive place to live. In the past 3 years, the population has changed to 49’221, which amounts to a population change of 6.42%.

Demographics

On average, residents earn CHF 62’490 per year. The proportion of university graduates is 18.42%; 9.1% of residents have higher vocational training, and 44.11% have SEK II qualifications. In addition, 28.38% of residents are currently in compulsory schooling. As a result, the region has high social standards. The unemployment rate currently stands at 1.81%.

Taxes

The tax rate in the region is 13.91%. However, the individual amount of tax paid varies from person to person and depends on income, marital status and the total amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax burden for an unmarried person without children in the District d'Aigle is 19.72%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 18.15%, a couple with two children 9.04% and a childless couple 12.76%.

New builds

Within the last 5 years, the number of newly built apartments in the District d'Aigle has changed steadily. A total of 1849 new apartments have been built. A total of 200 1-room apartments have been constructed. The number of newly constructed 2-room apartments totals 481. Additionally, 554 3-room apartments and 387 4-room apartments have been created. Funds were also invested in more spacious apartments: 148 5-room apartments were created, offering plenty of room for families; 79 apartments with at least 6 rooms were also built.

Housing stock

The new builds have contributed to the continued growth of the pool of housing available in the region; there are now 33’288 apartments in the District d'Aigle. There are 2537 1-room apartments on the housing market. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing supply comprises 6350 apartments with 2 rooms, 9538 3-room apartments and 7569 with 4 rooms. The supply of larger properties with 5 rooms includes 4317 apartments, and there are 2977 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The 1.83% of the total housing stock in the District d'Aigle is empty. Of this figure, 2.38% of 1-room apartments, 1.74% of apartments with 2 rooms, 1.68% of apartments with 3 rooms, 1.68% of 4-room apartments and 1.68% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 2.06%; 2.61% of this total refers to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

An average of CHF 1388 is needed to rent a property. A quarter of rents are cheaper than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1130 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equivalent to CHF 1660 (75th percentile).