The number of people living in the Canton of Zurich has changed to 1’620’020. This amounts to a change of 3.54%. The tax burden placed on the population depends on various factors, including the levels of the different tax types (federal, cantonal, municipal and personal) as well as taxation policy and the financial circumstances of the area. The current 10.03% is placed on the population. The following taxes are levied on residents of the Canton of Zurich: unmarried individuals without children pay 14.33%, couples with no children 9.15%, married couples with 2 children 6.13% and retired people 13.22%. Additionally, the rate of taxation totals 105.83%. Furthermore, the average yearly income amounts to CHF 91’805 and jobless figures are at 1.16%.
There are a total of 794’374 flats in the Canton of Zurich. They comprise both empty and tenanted flats. The housing stock is sub-divided into 54’001 flats with 1 room, 128’381 2-room flats, 231’926 3-room flats and 217’770 flats with 4 rooms. There are 103’568 5-room flats and 58’728 flats with 6 or more rooms, as well.
In the Canton of Zurich, 0.48% of flats are vacant. For instance, 0.52% of all flats with one room, 0.54% of properties with 2 rooms, 0.46% of existing 3-room properties, 0.45% of the flats with 4 rooms and 0.49% of flats with 5 rooms are presently untenanted. Properties with 5 rooms or more have a vacancy rate of 0.5%.
Moreover, 43’424 new homes have been built in the Canton of Zurich during the past 5 years. The locality has 2607 flats with 1 room and 11’144 2-room flats. A total of 13’838 flats with 3 rooms and 11’318 flats with 4 rooms were constructed in the community. The region's housing stock also includes 3319 5-room flats and 1198 flats with a minimum of six rooms.
The average rent for properties to let is CHF 1990 per month. 25% of all available rents are cheaper than or correspond to a monthly rent of CHF 1595 (25th percentile). Seventy-five per cent of average monthly rents are less than CHF 2525 (75th percentile) or equivalent to exactly this value.
