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Summary

Bex has grown by 3.66% over the past 3 years, to 8,167 inhabitants.

Demographics

The average yearly income level is CHF 61,040.

14.04% of the population have a university degree, 10.09% have completed higher vocational training, 44.49% have an SEK II qualification (school-leaving certificate or apprenticeship), 31.38% of residents are currently enrolled in compulsory education and 0.02% of the population provided no information on their highest educational qualification.

According to the data, this region has high social standards and an educated population.

The unemployment rate is 1.74%.

Taxes

The total tax percentage in the area is 15.26%. Aspects such as income, marital status and the amount of deductions are used to calculate the tax rate.

The tax rate for an unmarried person with no children in Bex is 20.77%. On average, a retired couple (over 65) pays 19.87% tax, a couple with two children 10.16% and a childless couple 14.42%%.

The overall property market

New builds

In the last 5 years, 374 new apartments have been constructed in Bex.

One-room apartments account for 43 of the new builds – perfect for people living alone.

The number of newly constructed 2-room apartments amounts to 105.

The 139 3-room apartments and 47 4-room apartments are also of particular interest to families.

Additionally, there are 36 5-room apartments and 4 apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms available.

Housing stock

Newly constructed dwellings have further expanded the housing stock in the region, so that there are now a total of 4,472 apartments in Bex.

The total number of 1-room apartments is 311.

In terms of medium-sized to large apartments, the housing supply includes 1,321 apartments with 2 rooms, 1,019 3-room apartments and 598 with 4 rooms.

Finally, 598 5-room apartments and 371 spacious apartments with a minimum of 6 rooms are available in the area.

Vacant apartments

In Bex, 0.86% of apartments are unoccupied.

Of this figure, 0.65% of 1-room apartments,

1.78% of the apartments with 2 rooms,

0.77% of the apartments with 3 rooms,

0.6% of the apartments with 4 rooms

and 0.68% of all 5-room apartments are currently empty.

Apartments with more than 5 rooms have a vacancy rate of 0.52%; of that number, 0.27% are apartments with more than 6 rooms.

Property market (letting only)

The average rent for a property in the region is CHF 1,290.

25% of the rents on offer are cheaper than or equivalent to a monthly rent of CHF 1,070 (25th percentile).

And 75% of monthly rents are lower than or equal to CHF 1,530 (75th percentile).