What is the postal code of Altendorf?

Altendorf has 2 postal codes: 8846, 8852.

What is the tax rate in Altendorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Altendorf is 115% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Altendorf?

A single person without children pays about 6'765 CHF income tax in Altendorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 4 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Altendorf have?

Altendorf has 7'539 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Altendorf?

Altendorf has 1'792 foreign residents, a share of 23.77% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk March

Altendorf

8846–8852

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'653 48.5%

Men

3'886 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'388 18.4%

Swiss citizens

5'747 76.2%

Foreign residents

1'792 23.8%

Population density

307 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'388 · 18.4%20–64 · 4'683 · 62.1%65+ · 1'468 · 19.5%

Foreign residents 23.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +113 (+1.5%) · 61 births · 49 deaths · net migration +97

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Altendorf

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 19.1% Yes

17.5% YesNo 82.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 41.3% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 62.5% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 64.6% Yes

60.2% YesNo 39.8%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 43.2% Yes

36.7% YesNo 63.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 37.3% Yes

41.1% YesNo 59.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 14.7% Yes

13.2% YesNo 86.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 50.2% Yes

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 46.8% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk March: 69.6% Yes

73.5% YesNo 26.5%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.1% · strongest party

SVP36.1%

FDP23.0%

Mitte17.2%

SP9.7%

Übrige7.8%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

115%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 4 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

6'765 CHF(6.8%)

Rank 4 of 30 in the canton · 15 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 7'665 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Freienbach 5'617 CHF · most expensive Illgau 8'565 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:6'765 CHF(~6.8%)

AltendorfCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Altendorf	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.2%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	3.4%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	4.3%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	5.5%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	6.1%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	6.8%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	7.4%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	7.9%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	8.4%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	8.9%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	9.3%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	10.4%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	11.4%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	12.2%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	13%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	13.7%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	14.2%	12.6–16.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'422 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'316 m

Mean elevation

729 m

Relief

910 m

Mean slope

12.2°

Flat share

28.5%

South-facing

5.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 910 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

45.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

61.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'100

Per inhabitant

6'042 kWh/yr

46 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

32.93 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.63 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.27 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

32.93 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätsversorgung Altendorf AG

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Standard model, deductible 300521 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Altendorf →Canton Schwyz →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Schwyz (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

1.03 %

Second homes

9.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

3'497

Built before 19468.4%

Built since 200146.8%

1.03 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

4'549

Workplaces

826

Services share

71.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 173 (3.8%) · Secondary 1'123 (24.7%) · Tertiary 3'253 (71.5%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.6 %

Farmland

893 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 27/30 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1341

Websitealtendorf.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk March

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Altendorf ranks

Largest municipalities7'539 #10 SZ · #262 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #9 SZ · #528 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #22 SZ · #1582 CH Jobs per resident0.6 #7 SZ · #348 CH Families & children18.4% #20 SZ · #1592 CH Age structure19.5% #18 SZ · #1336 CH Women share48.5% #14 SZ · #1703 CH Foreign residents23.8% #11 SZ · #610 CH Population density307/km² #13 SZ · #769 CH Tax burden6'765 #4 SZ · #15 CH Taxes115% #4 SZ Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #2 SZ · #317 CH Sunniest municipalities43% #26 SZ · #1002 CH Rainiest municipalities1'422 mm #23 SZ · #326 CH Voter turnout59.8% #18 SZ · #608 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #18 SZ · #400 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #7 SZ · #1021 CH SVP strongholds36.1% #21 SZ · #892 CH SP strongholds9.7% #13 SZ · #1549 CH Centre strongholds17.2% #12 SZ · #684 CH FDP strongholds23% #7 SZ · #313 CH GLP strongholds4% #6 SZ · #1403 CH Green strongholds2% #13 SZ · #1957 CH Largest by area24.6 km² #11 SZ · #377 CH Highest municipalities421 m #28 SZ · #1769 CH Second homes9.4% #21 SZ · #1335 CH Organic farming13.6% #10 SZ · #978 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #5 SZ · #808 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #27 SZ · #1290 CH Highest peaks1'316 m #22 SZ · #540 CH Highest-lying municipalities729 m #21 SZ · #706 CH Greatest vertical range910 m #18 SZ · #466 CH Steepest municipalities12.2° #23 SZ · #753 CH Solar potential46 GWh #8 SZ · #383 CH Solar potential per capita6'042 kWh #23 SZ · #1830 CH Cheapest electricity32.93 Rp./kWh #26 SZ · #2025 CH Most expensive electricity32.93 Rp./kWh #5 SZ · #82 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Altendorf8852 Willerzell8846

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Altendorf?: Altendorf has 2 postal codes: 8846, 8852.
What is the tax rate in Altendorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Altendorf is 115% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Altendorf?: A single person without children pays about 6'765 CHF income tax in Altendorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 4 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Altendorf have?: Altendorf has 7'539 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Altendorf?: Altendorf has 1'792 foreign residents, a share of 23.77% (2025).

Map

OpenStreetMap

Compare

Altendorf compared with