What is the postal code of Binningen?

Binningen has 3 postal codes: 4053, 4101, 4102.

What is the tax rate in Binningen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Binningen is 49% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Binningen?

A single person without children pays about 15'263 CHF income tax in Binningen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Binningen have?

Binningen has 16'245 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Binningen?

Binningen has 4'895 foreign residents, a share of 30.13% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Arlesheim

Binningen

4053–4102

BL CANTON4053 4101 4102

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'486 52.2%

Men

7'759 47.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'144 19.4%

Swiss citizens

11'350 69.9%

Foreign residents

4'895 30.1%

Population density

3'642 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'144 · 19.4%20–64 · 9'191 · 56.6%65+ · 3'910 · 24.1%

Foreign residents 30.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +192 (+1.2%) · 128 births · 155 deaths · net migration +248

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 Binningen

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 Arlesheim: 26.8% Yes

27.4% YesNo 72.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 23.2% Yes

20.7% YesNo 79.4%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 34.5% Yes

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 46.0% Yes

48.7% YesNo 51.3%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 30.5% Yes

28.8% YesNo 71.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 50.8% Yes

48.7% YesNo 51.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 39.2% Yes

32.4% YesNo 67.7%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 58.3% Yes

65.8% YesNo 34.2%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 41.9% Yes

36.7% YesNo 63.3%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 58.0% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP26.2% · strongest party

SP26.2%

SVP21.0%

FDP19.9%

Mitte10.8%

GRÜNE10.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier49%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

49%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 5 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'263 CHF(15.3%)

Rank 5 of 86 in the canton · 1046 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'263 CHF(~15.3%)

BinningenCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Binningen	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	5.9%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	11.6%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	12.9%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	14%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	15.3%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	16.4%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	17.4%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	19.2%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	20%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.8%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	23.3%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	24.6%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	25.8%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	27.6%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020846 mm

11 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

356 m

Mean elevation

319 m

Relief

91 m

Mean slope

5°

Flat share

61.3%

South-facing

1.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 91 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

58.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

85.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'900

Per inhabitant

3'582 kWh/yr

58 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

31.21 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.45 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.91 Rp./kWh

31.21 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Primeo Netz 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

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300680 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Binningen →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Basel-Landschaft. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Basel-Landschaft (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

0.98 %

Second homes

12.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

8'605

Built before 194615.3%

Built since 200119.7%

0.98 %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

5'802

Workplaces

924

Services share

94.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 18 (0.3%) · Secondary 314 (5.4%) · Tertiary 5'470 (94.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

40 %

Farmland

154 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 15 min · Car 9 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 86/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2765

Websitebinningen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Arlesheim

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Binningen ranks

Largest municipalities16'245 #5 BL · #86 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #30 BL · #685 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #57 BL · #1425 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #28 BL · #1002 CH Families & children19.4% #42 BL · #1342 CH Age structure24.1% #33 BL · #504 CH Women share52.2% #5 BL · #108 CH Foreign residents30.1% #10 BL · #305 CH Population density3'642/km² #2 BL · #20 CH Tax burden15'263 #5 BL · #1046 CH Taxes49% #5 BL Warmest municipalities11 °C #7 BL · #65 CH Sunniest municipalities42.2% #7 BL · #1091 CH Rainiest municipalities846 mm #83 BL · #2019 CH Voter turnout58% #20 BL · #821 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #31 BL · #1285 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #15 BL · #184 CH SVP strongholds21% #84 BL · #1740 CH SP strongholds26.2% #13 BL · #130 CH Centre strongholds10.8% #25 BL · #1127 CH FDP strongholds19.9% #2 BL · #457 CH GLP strongholds8.5% #11 BL · #510 CH Green strongholds10.3% #27 BL · #526 CH Largest by area4.5 km² #53 BL · #1627 CH Highest municipalities296 m #81 BL · #2057 CH Second homes12.6% #19 BL · #824 CH Organic farming40% #10 BL · #201 CH Best-connected municipalities15 min #1 BL · #9 CH Remotest municipalities15 min #86 BL · #2101 CH Highest peaks356 m #84 BL · #2103 CH Highest-lying municipalities319 m #82 BL · #2091 CH Greatest vertical range91 m #82 BL · #1872 CH Steepest municipalities5° #76 BL · #1570 CH Solar potential58 GWh #9 BL · #255 CH Solar potential per capita3'582 kWh #86 BL · #2073 CH Cheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #68 BL · #1935 CH Most expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #8 BL · #187 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Basel4001 4031 4051 4052 4053 4054 4055 4056 4057 4058 4059 Binningen4102 Bruderholz4101

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Binningen?: Binningen has 3 postal codes: 4053, 4101, 4102.
What is the tax rate in Binningen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Binningen is 49% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Binningen?: A single person without children pays about 15'263 CHF income tax in Binningen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Binningen have?: Binningen has 16'245 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Binningen?: Binningen has 4'895 foreign residents, a share of 30.13% (2025).

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