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Overview

Lichtensteig has a population of 1,980. This amounts to an increase of 4.43% in the last 3 years.

Demographics

Average income is CHF 55,680.

6.13% of residents hold a university degree, 13.76% have completed higher vocational training and 49.09% have an SEK II qualification. Additionally, 31.02% of residents are currently enrolled in school.

According to the data, this is a residential area with high social standards and an educated population.

The unemployment rate is 1.21%.

Taxes

The total rate of taxation in the region is 12.82%. Factors such as income, marital status and the overall level of deductions are decisive for the tax rate.

In Lichtensteig, the tax rate is 17.98% for a childless, single person. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pay 16.28%, a married couple with two children 8.43% and a childless couple 12.13%%.

The property market in general

New buildings

With a total of 44 apartments, additional living space has been constructed in Lichtensteig over the past 5 years.

One of the new builds is a 2-room apartment.

Housing for families has also been created: For instance, 8 apartments with 3 rooms and 16 4-room apartments were added to the local housing stock.

The available housing stock was also expanded to include 10 5-room apartments and 9 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Consequently, Lichtensteig is a very desirable place for families to live.

Housing stock

Lichtensteig now has a total of 1,195 apartments, following further expansion of the housing stock thanks to the construction of new dwellings.

As for 1-room apartments, a total of 55 properties are available.

What's more, there are 152 apartments with 2 rooms, 250 apartments with 3 rooms and 351 apartments with a full 4 rooms.

The 5-room apartments also make up a total of 210 properties, while the apartments with at least 6 rooms account for 177.

Empty apartments

The vacancy rate in Lichtensteig is 2.39%.

Of this figure, 1.85% of 1-room apartments,

1.34% of all 2-room apartments,

2.86% of 3-room apartments,

2.62% of the 4-room apartments

and 1.94% of apartments with 5 rooms are currently vacant.

The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 2.37%; 2.89% of those unoccupied properties are apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

Rents for rental properties are, on average, around CHF 1,168 per month.

25% of all rents on offer are below a monthly rent of CHF 972, or they are equal to this amount (25th percentile).

In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are cheaper than or equivalent to CHF 1,390.