Abstract

The District de la Sarine is an attractive region for residents. In the past 3 years, the population has changed to 111’151 inhabitants, which has changed by 3.73%.

Demographic data

Average income totals CHF 73’045. The population is comprised as follows: 26.49% have a university degree, 8.61% have a higher vocational education qualification, 37.52% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 27.17% are currently enrolled in compulsory schooling and 0.21% provided no information on their highest level of education. Consequently, this is an area with high social standards and an educated population. The overall unemployment rate is 1.52%.

Taxes

The total 13.75% tax burden in the region is. Aspects including income, marital status and the overall level of deductions are used to calculate the tax rate. In the District de la Sarine, for instance, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 17.24% tax, a married couple with two children 9.37% and a childless couple 12.85%. The tax percentage for a childless, unmarried person is 19.22%.

New construction

More living space has been created in the District de la Sarine in the last 5 years. For example, 3809 new apartments were constructed. Of these new builds, a total of 358 apartments have exactly one room to live in. There are also a total of 835 new 2-room apartments. With 1184 new 3-room apartments and 877 4-room apartments, the residential area is perfect for families. The available housing stock was also expanded to include 372 5-room apartments and 183 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

New builds have further expanded the pool of housing available in the area; there are now a total of 55’161 apartments in the District de la Sarine. As for 1-room apartments, a total of 4883 properties are available. The number of apartments with 2, 3 and 4 rooms is 8409, 15’086 and 14’262 respectively. Overall, there are 7798 5-room apartments and 4723 large apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Vacant apartments

In the District de la Sarine, there is a 1.16% vacancy rate for apartments. Of this figure, 1.6% of 1-room apartments, 1.36% of all apartments with 2 rooms, 1.22% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 1.25% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.75% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently unoccupied. The vacancy rate is 0.68% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.57% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

The average rent for rental properties is CHF 1442 per month. 25% of the rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1190 (25th percentile). Finally, 75% of monthly rents are less than CHF 1730, or are equal to this amount.