Abstract

The population in the District of Andelfingen has changed by 2.42% in the past 3 years, to 32’732 people.

Demographic data

Average income totals CHF 83’105. Of the population, 16.24% have a university degree, 23.04% have completed higher vocational education, 46.26% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 14.39% are currently completing compulsory schooling and 0.06% of the population offered no information on their highest level of education. Currently, 0.75% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The 10.12% is the tax burden in the region. However, the individual tax burden differs from person to person and depends on income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax rate for a childless, unmarried person is 14.46%. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pays 13.33%, a couple with two children 6.19% and a couple with no children 9.24%.

New construction

Over the last 5 years, the number of newly built apartments in the District of Andelfingen has changed continuously. A total of 788 new apartments have been constructed. Of these new builds, a total of 16 apartments have exactly one room to live in. Additional 2-room apartments have also been created; 117 apartments of this type were added in total. In addition, 219 3-room apartments and 215 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. Money was also invested into more spacious accommodation: 138 5-room apartments were built, providing lots of living space; 83 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms were also built.

Housing stock

Thanks to the new builds, the housing stock in the District of Andelfingen has changed, and there are now a total of 15’400 apartments. The total number of 1-room apartments is 450. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing supply comprises 1401 apartments with 2 rooms, 2557 3-room apartments and 3975 with 4 rooms. There are 4040 5-room apartments and 2977 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Vacant apartments

The 0.64% of the total housing stock in the District of Andelfingen is unoccupied. Of this number, 0.89% of 1-room apartments, 0.79% of the 2-room apartments, 0.91% of all 3-room apartments, 0.79% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.45% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently empty. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.37%; 0.37% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

The average rent for rental properties is CHF 1750 per month. This means that 25% of all rents on offer are cheaper than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1390 (25th percentile). 75% of monthly rents are lower than CHF 2102 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.