Overview

The population of the District of Uster is currently 139’914, which is a population change of 3.46% over the past 3 years.

Population statistics

Average income totals CHF 88’085. 24.18% of the population are university graduates, 17.84% have a higher vocational training qualification, 40.92% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship) and 17.06% are currently enrolled in compulsory education. The unemployment rate is currently 1.02%.

Taxes

The total tax percentage in the area is 9.8%. Factors including income, marital status and the overall level of deductions are used to calculate the tax rate. In the District of Uster, for instance, a retired couple (over 65) pays an average of 12.92% tax, a married couple with two children 5.98% and a childless couple 8.94%. The tax burden for a childless, unmarried person is 14.01%.

New construction

The number of newly built apartments in the District of Uster has changed steadily for 5 years. A total of 65’978 new apartments were constructed. Of these new builds, a total of 196 apartments have exactly one room. Additional 2-room apartments have also been created; 820 apartments of this size were added in total. Additionally, 1205 3-room apartments and 956 4-room apartments have been added to the local housing stock in recent years. The newly constructed accommodation includes 272 5-room apartments and 90 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

Thanks to the new builds, the pool of housing available in the District of Uster has changed and there are now a total of 65’978 apartments. The number of 1-room apartments in the total housing supply is 2654. In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing stock comprises 8666 apartments with 2 rooms, 17’911 3-room apartments and 20’689 with 4 rooms. In total, there are 10’804 5-room apartments and 5254 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Vacant apartments

The 1.1% of apartments in the District of Uster are uninhabited. Of this number, 1.36% of 1-room apartments, 1.9% of apartments with 2 rooms, 1.19% of apartments with 3 rooms, 0.89% of the apartments with 4 rooms and 0.78% of 5-room apartments are empty. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.79%; 0.8% of this value applies to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

The average rent for properties in the region is CHF 1900. 25% of the rents on offer are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1600 (25th percentile). Monthly rents are less than CHF 2300 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.