Additional information

Synopsis

Sachseln has registered population growth of 0.79%, to 5,211 inhabitants, in the last 3 years.

Population statistics

Average income is CHF 76,500.

9.72% of the population have a university degree, 18.86% have completed higher vocational training, 51.35% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 20.04% of residents are currently in compulsory education and 0.02% of the population did not specify their highest educational qualification.

Consequently, this residential area has high social standards and an educated population.

The current unemployment rate stands at 0.19%.

Taxes

The total tax rate in the region is 11.43%. How much tax individuals pay depends on a range of factors, such as actual income, marital status and the overall level of deductions.

In Sachseln, the rate of taxation is 14.4% for a childless, unmarried person. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pay 14.57%, a married couple with two children 8.17% and a childless couple 10.81%%.

The property market in general

New buildings

Over the past 5 years, 120 new apartments have been constructed in Sachseln.

Of these new apartments, 15 are 2-room apartments.

In addition, 24 3-room apartments and 41 4-room apartments have been created.

The pool of available housing was also expanded to include 26 5-room apartments and 14 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The new builds are contributing to the continued growth of the region's housing stock, which totals 2,548 apartments in Sachseln.

There are a total of 70 1-room apartments available in the region.

Additionally, there are 272 apartments with 2 rooms, 528 apartments with 3 rooms and 837 apartments with 4 rooms.

In total, there are 500 5-room apartments and 341 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The vacancy rate in Sachseln is 0.43%.

Of this total, 1.11% of the apartments with 2 rooms,

0.38% of all 3-room apartments,

0.48% of the 4-room apartments

and 0.2% of the 5-room apartments are currently unoccupied.

The vacancy rate is 0.24% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.29% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

Rental properties are offered at an average price of CHF 1,683 per month.

This means that 25% of all rents on the market are cheaper than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1,320 (25th percentile).

75% of monthly rents are lower than CHF 1,970 (75th percentile), or they are equivalent to this average price.