What is the postal code of Bellinzona?

Bellinzona has 17 postal codes: 6500, 6503, 6512, 6513, 6514, 6515, 6518, 6523, 6524, 6525, 6528, 6532 ….

What is the tax rate in Bellinzona?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bellinzona is 93% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Bellinzona?

A single person without children pays about 14'538 CHF income tax in Bellinzona on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 77 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bellinzona have?

Bellinzona has 45'828 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bellinzona?

Bellinzona has 12'903 foreign residents, a share of 28.16% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Bellinzona

Bellinzona

6500–6702

TI CANTON6500 6503 6512 6513+13 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

23'561 51.4%

Men

22'267 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

8'614 18.8%

Swiss citizens

32'925 71.8%

Foreign residents

12'903 28.2%

Population density

279 pop./km²

0–19 · 8'614 · 18.8%20–64 · 27'239 · 59.4%65+ · 9'975 · 21.8%

Foreign residents 28.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +523 (+1.2%) · 362 births · 408 deaths · net migration +552

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 Bellinzona

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 Distretto di Bellinzona: 32.4% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 46.1% Yes

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 52.1% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 51.6% Yes

50.1% YesNo 49.9%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 74.4% Yes

74.0% YesNo 26.0%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 29.3% Yes

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 49.1% Yes

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

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 Distretto di Bellinzona: 29.7% Yes

30.9% YesNo 69.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 44.1% Yes

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Bellinzona: 51.9% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP25.5% · strongest party

FDP25.5%

Mitte16.5%

SP15.1%

SVP12.0%

Lega10.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier93%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

93%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 77 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'538 CHF(14.5%)

Rank 77 of 100 in the canton · 934 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'538 CHF(~14.5%)

BellinzonaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bellinzona	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7.1%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.1%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.7%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12.2%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.3%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.5%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.5%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.5%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.4%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.3%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	19.1%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.9%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.4%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.7%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.9%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.9%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.8%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'604 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'704 m

Mean elevation

1'008 m

Relief

2'504 m

Mean slope

28.2°

Flat share

14.6%

South-facing

24.1%

Above 2000 m

3.4%

Relief 2'504 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

358.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

488.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

79'600

Per inhabitant

7'816 kWh/yr

358 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

25.2 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.4 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.95 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.2 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Azienda Multiservizi Bellinzona (AMB)

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

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Bellinzona →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

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

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

2.27 %

Second homes

16.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

27'218

Built before 194617.6%

Built since 200125.1%

2.27 %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

29'198

Workplaces

3'700

Services share

87.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 359 (1.2%) · Secondary 3'166 (10.8%) · Tertiary 25'673 (87.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.6 %

Farmland

971 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 42 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 9 min · Car 7 min

Remoteness 56/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5002

Websitebellinzona.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Bellinzona

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bellinzona ranks

Largest municipalities45'828 #2 TI · #11 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #18 TI · #709 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #83 TI · #1399 CH Jobs per resident0.64 #27 TI · #286 CH Families & children18.8% #24 TI · #1510 CH Age structure21.8% #77 TI · #900 CH Women share51.4% #34 TI · #263 CH Foreign residents28.2% #32 TI · #395 CH Population density279/km² #51 TI · #820 CH Tax burden14'538 #77 TI · #934 CH Taxes93% #77 TI Warmest municipalities9 °C #68 TI · #1384 CH Sunniest municipalities55.2% #43 TI · #66 CH Rainiest municipalities1'604 mm #84 TI · #172 CH Voter turnout52.4% #75 TI · #1549 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #59 TI · #552 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #13 TI · #905 CH SVP strongholds12% #88 TI · #2071 CH SP strongholds15.1% #11 TI · #941 CH Centre strongholds16.5% #54 TI · #733 CH FDP strongholds25.5% #14 TI · #210 CH GLP strongholds1.2% #55 TI · #1904 CH Green strongholds9.5% #38 TI · #641 CH Largest by area164.2 km² #4 TI · #28 CH Highest municipalities230 m #89 TI · #2082 CH Second homes16.5% #71 TI · #480 CH Organic farming10.6% #42 TI · #1179 CH Best-connected municipalities42 min #44 TI · #277 CH Remotest municipalities42 min #56 TI · #1835 CH Highest peaks2'704 m #18 TI · #209 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'008 m #30 TI · #412 CH Greatest vertical range2'504 m #8 TI · #77 CH Steepest municipalities28.2° #28 TI · #155 CH Solar potential358 GWh #2 TI · #8 CH Solar potential per capita7'816 kWh #80 TI · #1502 CH Cheapest electricity25.2 Rp./kWh #4 TI · #481 CH Most expensive electricity25.2 Rp./kWh #95 TI · #1624 CH

Postal codes (17)

swisstopo

S. Antonio (Val Morobbia)

Localities

swisstopo · 16

Bellinzona6500 6503 Camorino6528 Carena6584 Castione6532 Claro6702 Giubiasco6512 Gnosca6525 Gorduno6518 Gudo6515 Moleno6524 Monte Carasso6513 Pianezzo6582 Preonzo6523 S. Antonino6592 S. Antonio (Val Morobbia)6583 Sementina6514

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Comunanza Cadenazzo/Monteceneri

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bellinzona?: Bellinzona has 17 postal codes: 6500, 6503, 6512, 6513, 6514, 6515, 6518, 6523, 6524, 6525, 6528, 6532 ….
What is the tax rate in Bellinzona?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bellinzona is 93% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Bellinzona?: A single person without children pays about 14'538 CHF income tax in Bellinzona on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 77 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bellinzona have?: Bellinzona has 45'828 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bellinzona?: Bellinzona has 12'903 foreign residents, a share of 28.16% (2025).

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