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Abstract

The District de la Sarine is an attractive region for residents. In the past 3 years, the population has grown to 108,595 inhabitants, which is an increase of 1.96%.

Demographic data

Average income totals CHF 74,465.

The population is comprised as follows: 24.44% have a university degree, 0.09% have a higher vocational education qualification, 37.23% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 28.89% are currently enrolled in compulsory schooling and 0.22% provided no information on their highest level of education.

Consequently, this is an area with high social standards and an educated population.

The overall unemployment rate is 1.54%.

Taxes

The total tax burden in the region is 13.95%. Aspects including income, marital status and the overall level of deductions are used to calculate the tax rate.

In the District de la Sarine, for instance, a married couple on a pension (over 65) pays an average of 17.49% tax, a married couple with two children 9.58% and a childless couple 13.03%%. The tax percentage for a childless, unmarried person is 19.38%.

The overall property market

New construction

More living space has been created in the District de la Sarine in the last 5 years. For example, 3,428 new apartments were constructed.

Of these new builds, a total of 271 apartments have exactly one room to live in.

There are also a total of 711 new 2-room apartments.

With 1,063 new 3-room apartments and 812 4-room apartments, the residential area is perfect for families.

The available housing stock was also expanded to include 380 5-room apartments and 191 apartments with at least 6 rooms.

Housing stock

New builds have further expanded the pool of housing available in the area; there are now a total of 54,607 apartments in the District de la Sarine.

As for 1-room apartments, a total of 4,899 properties are available.

The number of apartments with 2, 3 and 4 rooms is 14,908, 14,091 and 7,744 respectively.

Overall, there are 7,744 5-room apartments and 4,714 large apartments with 6 or more rooms.

Vacant apartments

In the District de la Sarine, there is a 1.59% vacancy rate for apartments.

Of this figure, 2.17% of 1-room apartments,

1.97% of all apartments with 2 rooms,

1.84% of the apartments with 3 rooms,

1.54% of the apartments with 4 rooms

and 1% of apartments with 5 rooms are presently unoccupied.

The vacancy rate is 0.85% for apartments with more than 5 rooms and 0.6% for apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (rental only)

The average rent for rental properties is CHF 1,400 per month.

25% of the rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1,150 (25th percentile).

Finally, 75% of monthly rents are less than CHF 1,650, or are equal to this amount.