Population development and taxation
On average, 1541 inhabitants live in L'Abbaye. In the last three years, the population has changed by 1.65%.
The amount of tax levied on the population depends on a variety of factors, including the levels of the various tax types (federal, cantonal, municipal and individual) as well as tax policy and the financial circumstances of the area. The current tax rate is 76%. The demographic of single people without children in L'Abbaye pays 19.98% in tax, couples on a pension 18.28%, married couples with two children 9.1% and married couples with no children 12.87%. What's more, the tax charge in the area totals 14.03%. The unemployment rate is 1.43% and the average yearly income of the population is CHF 68'340.
Housing stock
In L'Abbaye, there are 1013 flats. All in all, there are 33 flats with 1 room, 165 2-room flats, 281 3-room flats and 237 flats with 4 rooms. In addition, there are 183 5-room flats and 114 flats with 6 or more rooms.
Unoccupied flats
The proportion of vacant flats is 0.3% in L'Abbaye. For example, 0% of all 1-room flats, 0% of the existing two-room flats, 0% of all flats with 3 rooms, 0.86% of the flats with four rooms and 0% of the 5-room properties are currently vacant. 0.89% of flats with more than six rooms are also untenanted. Of these properties, 0.34% are flats with a minimum of five rooms.
New buildings
In L'Abbaye, 63 flats were added in the previous 5 years. Of these properties, 15 have 2 rooms. 27 additional flats with 3 rooms and 11 flats with 4 rooms were added to the region's housing supply. 8 flats with 5 rooms and 2 flats with a minimum of 6 rooms were also built recently.
Letting
The average monthly rent is CHF 1520. At the same time, one quarter of rents are cheaper than or equal to CHF 1273 per month (25th percentile). Finally, 75 per cent of rental prices are CHF 1710 or less.
