Overview

The 48’086 people live in the District du Gros-de-Vaud – a change of 3.59% in the last 3 years.

Population data

Average income totals CHF 80’320. 20.06% of the population have a university degree, 12.26% have a higher vocational education qualification, 47.79% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or have completed a vocational apprenticeship, 19.83% of residents have completed compulsory schooling and 0.04% of the population did not indicate their highest level of education. The area is characterised by high social standards and an educated population. Approximately 1.25% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

The overall 13.97%. This varies from person to person and is determined by income, marital status and the total amount of deductions, among other factors. A retired couple (over 65) pays an average of 18.22% tax, a married couple with two children 9.07% and a childless couple 12.81%. The tax burden for a single person without children is 19.8%.

New builds

The District du Gros-de-Vaud has registered an increase of 1184 new apartments over the past 5 years. Of these new builds, 10 are 1-room apartments, which are particularly suitable for people living alone. 243 of the newly built apartments are also 2-room apartments. Housing for families has also been created: For instance, 368 apartments with 3 rooms and 320 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. 154 apartments with 5 rooms and 89 apartments with at least 6 rooms have been added to the supply on the housing market.

Housing stock

Due to new construction, the amount of housing available in the District du Gros-de-Vaud has changed, and there are now a total of 21’230 apartments. There are a total of 678 1-room apartments available in the region. The number of apartments with 2, 3 and 4 rooms is 2414, 4946 and 5922 respectively. A total of 4468 5-room apartments and 2802 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are also available in the region.

Empty apartments

In the District du Gros-de-Vaud, 0.68% of apartments are vacant. Of this number, 1.04% of 1-room apartments, 0.92% of all 2-room apartments, 0.77% of the 3-room apartments, 0.68% of 4-room apartments and 0.32% of 5-room apartments are empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.5%; of that total, 0.79% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

The average rent for properties in the area is CHF 1800. 25% of all rents on the market are below a monthly rent of CHF 1487, or they are equal to this amount (25th percentile). Monthly rents are less than CHF 2190 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.