Overview

The Plessur region is very attractive – in the past 3 years, the population has changed by 3.99%, to 44’532.

Demographics

The average annual income level is CHF 67’970. 16.35% of the population have a university degree, 17.37% have a higher vocational education qualification, 45.89% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 20.35% are completing compulsory schooling and 0.04% of the population did not indicate their highest educational qualification. Consequently, this is an area with high social standards and an educated population. Currently, 0.68% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The residential region has an overall tax percentage of 10.77%. The actual share of tax paid varies from person to person and depends on factors including specific income, marital status, the amount of deductions and so on. In the Plessur region, for instance, a retired couple (over 65) pays an average of 14.03% tax, a married couple with two children 6.72% and a childless couple 9.71%. The tax rate for an unmarried person without children is 15.85%.

New builds

The Plessur region has registered 1322 new apartments in the last 5 years. Of these new apartments, a total of 98 apartments have exactly one room. Alongside apartments that had already been built, 316 new 2-room apartments have been created. What's more, 447 3-room apartments and 344 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. The newly built accommodation includes 76 5-room apartments and 41 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Due to new construction, the amount of housing available in the Plessur region has changed, and there are now a total of 30’738 apartments. One-room properties account for a total of 3459 apartments in the region. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing stock comprises 5325 apartments with 2 rooms, 8038 3-room apartments and 8937 with 4 rooms. The supply of very spacious properties with 5 rooms includes 3235 apartments, and there are 1744 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

In the Plessur region, 0.36% of apartments are empty. Of this number, 0.55% of 1-room apartments, 0.25% of all apartments with 2 rooms, 0.3% of the 3-room apartments, 0.3% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.28% of 5-room apartments are unoccupied. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.55%; of that figure, 1.04% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rental price for properties in the region is CHF 1519. Consequently, 25% of all rents on offer are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1150 (25th percentile). 75% of monthly rents are less than CHF 1870 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.