Overview

Currently 14’402 people live in the Viamala region – a change of 3.55% in the past 3 years.

Population statistics

On average, residents earn CHF 64’650 annually. 9.36% of the population have a university degree, 17.04% have a higher vocational education qualification, 47.43% of the population have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 21.94% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory schooling and 4.22% of the population offered no information about their higher education qualifications. According to the data, this is an area with high social standards and an educated population. At present, 0.42% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The 10.69% is the tax burden in the region. However, the individual amount of tax paid varies from person to person and depends on income, marital status and the amount of deductions, among other factors. The tax percentage for a single person with no children is 15.75%. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pays 13.94%, a couple with two children 6.67% and a couple without children 9.64%.

New construction

The Viamala region has registered 367 new apartments in the last 5 years. 4 of the newly built apartments are 1-room apartments, which are particularly suitable for people living alone. The number of newly built 2-room apartments is 63. Living space for families has also been created: For instance, 111 apartments with 3 rooms and 81 4-room apartments were added to the pool of housing available locally. The new apartments include 64 5-room apartments and 44 apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Housing stock

Thanks to the new builds, the housing stock in the Viamala region has changed and there are now a total of 10’123 apartments. The number of 1-room apartments in the overall housing stock is 633. In addition, there are 1557 apartments with 2 rooms, 2354 apartments with 3 rooms and 2609 apartments with a full 4 rooms. The 5-room apartments also comprise a total of 1731 properties, while the apartments with 6 rooms or more account for 1239.

Vacant apartments

The 0.61% of the total housing stock in the Viamala region is empty. Of this total, 0.48% of 1-room apartments, 0.78% of the 2-room apartments, 0.69% of all 3-room apartments, 0.7% of apartments with 4 rooms and 0.29% of 5-room apartments are currently uninhabited. Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.41%; of that figure, 0.57% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rental price for a flat is CHF 1350. 25% of the rents on the market are lower than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1100 (25th percentile). And 75% of monthly rents are less than or equivalent to CHF 1695 (75th percentile).