2 results - Apartment & house to buy in Wesemlin-Dreilinden

Overview

The number of residents in Luzern has risen to 83,840 over the last 3 years. This is an increase of 1.92%.

Population statistics

The average income level is CHF 74,690.

26.6% of the population hold a university degree, 15.22% have a higher vocational training qualification, 39.7% of the population have a school-leaving certificate or finished a vocational apprenticeship and 18.48% of residents are enrolled in compulsory schooling.

Approximately 0.94% of the population is presently unemployed.

Taxes

The tax rate is 11.53%. The actual percentage of tax paid differs from person to person and depends on factors such as current income, marital status and the total amount of deductions.

In Luzern, childless, single people pay an average of 15.38% tax, a married couple on a pension pays 15.08%, a married couple with two children pays 7.59% and a childless couple pays 10.76%.

Summary of the property market

New buildings

Luzern has seen the construction of 1,573 new apartments in the past 5 years.

Of these new builds, a total of 84 apartments have exactly one room to live in.

More 2-room apartments have also been created; 498 apartments of this type were added in total.

With 554 new 3-room apartments and 329 4-room apartments, the region is particularly attractive for families.

Additionally, there are 88 5-room apartments and 20 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms to choose from.

Housing stock

The new builds have contributed to a further increase in the housing stock, and there are now 47,565 apartments in Luzern.

There are a total of 4,302 1-room apartments available in the area.

In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing supply includes 15,788 apartments with 2 rooms, 13,356 3-room apartments and 4,375 with 4 rooms.

In total, there are 4,375 5-room apartments and 1,993 large apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms.

Empty apartments

The percentage of vacant apartments in Luzern is 1.14%.

Consequently, 2.31% of the 1-room apartments,

1.33% of apartments with 2 rooms,

1.1% of the apartments with 3 rooms,

0.77% of the apartments with 4 rooms

and 0.76% of 5-room apartments are vacant.

Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 1.01%; of that total, 1.56% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

The average rent for a flat in the region is CHF 1,590.

25% of the rents on offer are less than or equal to a monthly rent of CHF 1,340 (25th percentile).

Finally, 75% of monthly rents are lower than CHF 1,900, or are equivalent to this amount.