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Overview

Aarau has grown by 0.16% over the last 3 years, to 21,807 inhabitants.

Population statistics

The average annual income level is CHF 76,755.

30.49% of residents hold a university degree, 15.44% have completed higher vocational education and 38.68% have an SEK II qualification. Additionally, 15.39% of residents are currently attending school.

At present, 1.08% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The overall rate of taxation is 11.42%. This varies on an individual basis and depends on income, marital status and the total amount of deductions, among other factors.

The tax burden for an unmarried person without children in Aarau is 15.92%. On average, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays 14.33%, a married couple with two children 7.9% and a childless couple 10.43%%.

The property market overall

New builds

908 new apartments have been created in Aarau in the past 5 years.

66 of the newly built apartments are 1-room apartments, which are ideal for people living alone.

There are also a total of 309 new 2-room apartments.

With 336 new 3-room apartments and 157 4-room apartments, the region is particularly attractive for families.

The available housing stock was also expanded to include 25 5-room apartments and 15 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

The new buildings have contributed to an additional expansion of the housing supply, and there are now 12,326 apartments in Aarau.

The number of 1-room apartments in the overall housing supply is 983.

In addition, there are 1,826 apartments with 2 rooms, 3,570 apartments with 3 rooms and 3,339 4-room apartments.

There are 1,633 5-room apartments and 975 large apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Vacant apartments

The rate of uninhabited apartments in Aarau is 0.6%.

Consequently, 0.31% of the 1-room apartments,

0.27% of the apartments with 2 rooms,

0.95% of apartments with 3 rooms,

0.69% of all 4-room apartments

and 0.37% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently empty.

The rate of vacancy is 0.35% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.31% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Housing market (rental only)

Rental properties are offered at an average rent of CHF 1,550 per month.

25% of all rents on the market are below a monthly rent of CHF 1,293, or they are equivalent to this amount (25th percentile).

In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are lower than or equal to CHF 1,880.