180 results - Apartment & house for rent in Region Aarau

Synopsis

In the last 3 years, the number of residents in the District of Aarau has increased by 3.11%, to 81,798 people.

Demographic data

The average yearly income is CHF 74,755.

18.13% of the population hold a university degree, 16.9% have a higher vocational education qualification, 44.66% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or finished a vocational apprenticeship and 20.31% of residents are enrolled in compulsory schooling.

Consequently, the area has high social standards.

Currently, 1.23% of the population is unemployed.

Taxes

The total tax percentage in the region is 11.8%. How much tax individuals pay depends on a number of factors, including actual income, marital status and the overall level of deductions.

A married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 14.78% tax, a married couple with two children 8.18% and a childless couple 10.78%. The tax burden for an unmarried person without children is 16.43%.

The overall property market

New buildings

New living space has been created in the District of Aarau within the past 5 years. For instance, 3,081 new apartments were created.

One-room apartments comprise 149 of the newly built apartments – an excellent option for people living alone.

Additional 2-room apartments have also been built; 782 apartments of this size were added in total.

What's more, 1,047 3-room apartments and 742 4-room apartments have been constructed.

The available housing stock was also expanded to include 278 5-room apartments and 83 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Housing stock

New builds have further expanded the housing stock in the region; there are now a total of 40,461 apartments in the District of Aarau.

The number of 1-room apartments is 1,761.

Additionally, there are 4,589 apartments with 2 rooms, 10,390 apartments with 3 rooms and 11,945 apartments with a full 4 rooms.

Overall, there are 7,719 5-room apartments and 4,057 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Unoccupied apartments

0.99% of apartments in the District of Aarau are empty.

Consequently, 0.8% of the 1-room apartments,

0.96% of the apartments with 2 rooms,

1.32% of apartments with 3 rooms,

0.98% of 4-room apartments

and 0.66% of all 5-room apartments are presently vacant.

The vacancy rate for apartments with more than 5 rooms is 0.73%; 0.86% of those vacant properties are apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing market (letting only)

An average of CHF 1,520 is needed to rent a flat.

This means that 25% of all rents on the market are lower than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1,300 (25th percentile).

In addition, 75% of all monthly rents are less than or equal to CHF 1,790.