Overview

The 15’385 people live in the District of Thal – a change of 4.29% in the last 3 years.

Population data

The 64’280 level is CHF. 7.5% of the population have a university degree, 16.82% have completed higher vocational training, 50.08% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 25.03% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory education and 0.57% of the population did not indicate their highest educational qualification. Consequently, the residential area has high social standards. The current unemployment rate is 1.15%.

Taxes

The tax rate for the residential region is 14.35%. It differs from person to person and depends on factors such as specific income, marital status and the overall level of deductions. A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 18.04% tax in the District of Thal, a married couple with two children pays 9.65% and a couple with no children 13.74%. The tax burden for an unmarried person with no children is 19.95%.

New buildings

More housing has been constructed in the District of Thal over the past 5 years. For instance, 337 new apartments were built. 49 of these newly built apartments are 2-room apartments. The 56 3-room apartments and 90 4-room apartments are also particularly attractive for families. The available housing stock was also expanded to include 101 5-room apartments and 38 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The District of Thal now has a total of 7585 apartments, following further growth in the local housing supply thanks to the construction of new dwellings. There are a total of 247 1-room apartments available in the area. Additionally, there are 696 apartments with 2 rooms, 1504 apartments with 3 rooms and 2092 apartments with 4 rooms. A total of 1819 5-room apartments and 1227 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are also available in the region.

Unoccupied apartments

The 2.87% of the total housing stock in the District of Thal is uninhabited. Of this figure, 6.07% of 1-room apartments, 4.76% of all apartments with 2 rooms, 3.67% of the apartments with 3 rooms, 3.5% of 4-room apartments and 1.82% of 5-room apartments are vacant. The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.65%; 0.65% of those empty properties are apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for rental properties is CHF 1290 per month. This means that 25% of all rents on offer are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1070 (25th percentile). Monthly rents are below CHF 1518 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.