What is the postal code of Biasca?

Biasca has 2 postal codes: 6710, 6742.

What is the tax rate in Biasca?

The municipal tax multiplier of Biasca is 95% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Biasca?

A single person without children pays about 14'671 CHF income tax in Biasca on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 83 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Biasca have?

Biasca has 6'213 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Biasca?

Biasca has 2'254 foreign residents, a share of 36.28% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Riviera

Biasca

6710–6742

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'043 49.0%

Men

3'170 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'204 19.4%

Swiss citizens

3'959 63.7%

Foreign residents

2'254 36.3%

Population density

105 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'204 · 19.4%20–64 · 3'468 · 55.8%65+ · 1'541 · 24.8%

Foreign residents 36.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +12 (+0.2%) · 41 births · 62 deaths · net migration +36

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 Biasca

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 Riviera: 28.6% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 54.2% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 58.0% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 59.9% Yes

59.8% YesNo 40.2%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 76.9% Yes

76.0% YesNo 24.0%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 29.4% Yes

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 41.1% Yes

40.0% YesNo 60.0%

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 Distretto di Riviera: 24.8% Yes

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 50.4% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Riviera: 57.1% Yes

59.2% YesNo 40.8%

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%

SVP17.0%

Mitte16.0%

Lega15.7%

SP12.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

95%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 95 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'671 CHF(14.7%)

Rank 83 of 100 in the canton · 961 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:14'671 CHF(~14.7%)

BiascaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Biasca	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7.1%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.2%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.8%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12.3%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.4%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.7%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.7%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.7%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.6%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.4%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	19.2%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	21.1%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.6%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.9%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	26.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	27%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)5.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'491 mm

10.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'911 m

Mean elevation

1'478 m

Relief

2'644 m

Mean slope

33.4°

Flat share

8.0%

South-facing

20.4%

Above 2000 m

25.3%

Relief 2'644 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

55 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

71.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'200

Per inhabitant

8'854 kWh/yr

55 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300683 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

1.26 %

Second homes

16.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

3'723

Built before 194614.6%

Built since 200116.3%

1.26 %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

3'444

Workplaces

543

Services share

73.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 55 (1.6%) · Secondary 846 (24.6%) · Tertiary 2'543 (73.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

296 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 56 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 41/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5281

Websitebiasca.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Riviera

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Biasca ranks

Largest municipalities6'213 #10 TI · #327 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #42 TI · #1295 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #58 TI · #818 CH Jobs per resident0.55 #40 TI · #433 CH Families & children19.4% #15 TI · #1350 CH Age structure24.8% #55 TI · #422 CH Women share49% #82 TI · #1535 CH Foreign residents36.3% #12 TI · #133 CH Population density105/km² #70 TI · #1443 CH Tax burden14'671 #86 TI · #964 CH Taxes95% #95 TI Warmest municipalities10.7 °C #41 TI · #160 CH Sunniest municipalities52.4% #81 TI · #174 CH Rainiest municipalities1'491 mm #93 TI · #251 CH Voter turnout49.8% #88 TI · #1797 CH Against Switzerland28.7% #8 TI · #96 CH Aligned with Switzerland71.3% #67 TI · #1366 CH SVP strongholds17% #36 TI · #1915 CH SP strongholds12.3% #43 TI · #1258 CH Centre strongholds16% #59 TI · #769 CH FDP strongholds25.5% #15 TI · #211 CH GLP strongholds0.5% #87 TI · #1992 CH Green strongholds5.1% #89 TI · #1535 CH Largest by area59.1 km² #17 TI · #139 CH Highest municipalities305 m #74 TI · #2052 CH Second homes16.6% #68 TI · #471 CH Organic farming33.3% #16 TI · #274 CH Best-connected municipalities56 min #63 TI · #667 CH Remotest municipalities56 min #41 TI · #1469 CH Highest peaks2'911 m #9 TI · #163 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'478 m #15 TI · #205 CH Greatest vertical range2'644 m #5 TI · #55 CH Steepest municipalities33.4° #11 TI · #29 CH Solar potential55 GWh #11 TI · #274 CH Solar potential per capita8'854 kWh #70 TI · #1288 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #83 TI · #1572 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #28 TI · #545 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Biasca6710 Pollegio6742

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Biasca?: Biasca has 2 postal codes: 6710, 6742.
What is the tax rate in Biasca?: The municipal tax multiplier of Biasca is 95% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Biasca?: A single person without children pays about 14'671 CHF income tax in Biasca on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 83 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Biasca have?: Biasca has 6'213 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Biasca?: Biasca has 2'254 foreign residents, a share of 36.28% (2025).

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