Additional information

Summary

Kerns has grown by 2.05% in the last 3 years and currently has 6,424 inhabitants.

Population statistics

On average, residents earn CHF 66,565 per year.

7.13% of the population have a university degree, 18.74% have completed higher vocational training, 52% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 22.13% of residents are currently in compulsory education and 0.02% of the population provided no information on their highest level of education.

This means the residential area has high social standards and an educated population.

The unemployment rate currently stands at 0.22%.

Taxes

Overall, the tax rate in the area is 11.43%. The individual percentage of tax actually paid will vary and is determined by factors including actual income, marital status, the total amount of deductions and the like.

In Kerns, the tax burden is 14.4% for a single person with no children. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pay 14.57%, a married couple with two children 8.17% and a couple without children 10.81%%.

The overall property market

New buildings

Kerns has seen the construction of 226 new apartments over the past 5 years.

Of these new apartments, a total of 2 apartments have exactly one room to live in.

The number of newly constructed 2-room apartments amounts to 25.

A total of 64 new 3-room apartments and 57 4-room apartments were created.

Investments were also made in larger accommodation: 47 5-room apartments were built, offering plenty of room for families; 31 apartments with at least 6 rooms were also constructed.

Kerns is an attractive place to live, especially for families.

Housing stock

The newly constructed dwellings are contributing to the continued growth of the region's housing stock, which totals 3,381 apartments in Kerns.

There are 130 1-room apartments available on the housing market.

In addition, there are 528 apartments with 2 rooms, 796 apartments with 3 rooms and 901 apartments with 4 rooms.

A total of 577 5-room apartments and 449 spacious apartments with 6 or more rooms are also available on the market.

Unoccupied apartments

In Kerns, 0.63% of apartments are empty.

Of this number, 2.33% of 1-room apartments,

0.19% of apartments with 2 rooms,

0.63% of the 3-room apartments,

0.67% of 4-room apartments

and 0.52% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently vacant.

Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.59%; 0.67%% of this total pertains to apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

An average of CHF 1,763 is needed to rent a property.

In terms of the available rents, a quarter of them are equivalent to or lower than a monthly rent of CHF 1,423.

The 75th percentile of monthly rents is CHF 1,980.