What is the postal code of Buch?

The postal code of Buch is 8263.

What is the tax rate in Buch?

The municipal tax multiplier of Buch is 96% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Buch?

A single person without children pays about 12'334 CHF income tax in Buch on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many foreign residents live in Buch?

Buch has 89 foreign residents, a share of 26.18% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Stein

Buch

8263

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

155 45.6%

Men

185 54.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

48 14.1%

Swiss citizens

251 73.8%

Foreign residents

89 26.2%

Population density

89 pop./km²

0–19 · 48 · 14.1%20–64 · 197 · 57.9%65+ · 95 · 27.9%

Foreign residents 26.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+1.2%) · 4 births · 2 deaths · net migration −10

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 Buch

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 Stein: 30.3% Yes

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 39.2% Yes

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

27.09.2026C. Stichfrage: Welche der beiden Vorlagen soll in Kraft treten, falls sowohl die kantonale Volksinitiative als auch der Gegenvorschlag angenommen werden?Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 47.7% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 50.3% Yes

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 46.9% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 55.1% Yes

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 51.8% Yes

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 69.3% Yes

63.1% YesNo 36.9%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 67.8% Yes

55.6% YesNo 44.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Stein: 43.7% Yes

40.0% YesNo 60.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP53.1% · strongest party

SVP53.1%

SP24.8%

Übrige6.6%

GRÜNE6.6%

FDP6.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier96%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

96%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 12 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'334 CHF(12.3%)

Rank 12 of 26 in the canton · 357 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'457 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Buchberg 10'060 CHF · most expensive Oberhallau 13'625 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:12'334 CHF(~12.3%)

BuchCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Buch	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.5%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	7%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	8.3%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	9.4%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	10.4%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	11.3%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	12.3%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	13.2%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	14%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	14.7%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	15.3%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	15.9%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	17.5%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	18.9%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	20.1%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	21.1%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	21.7%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	22.2%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020815 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

565 m

Mean elevation

440 m

Relief

154 m

Mean slope

4.9°

Flat share

70.1%

South-facing

1.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 154 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

5.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'300

Per inhabitant

17'206 kWh/yr

6 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

30.82 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

30.82 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.82 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300557 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schaffhausen413 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Buch →Canton Schaffhausen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Schaffhausen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Schaffhausen (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

1.18 %

Second homes

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.6

Dwellings

169

Built before 194645.6%

Built since 200125.4%

1.18 %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

Workplaces

Services share

64.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 20 (27.4%) · Secondary 6 (8.2%) · Tertiary 47 (64.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

283 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 97 min · Car 69 min

AgglomerationPT 33 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 5/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2961

Websitebuch-sh.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Stein

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Buch ranks

Largest municipalities340 #25 SH · #1931 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #13 SH · #691 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #14 SH · #1418 CH Jobs per resident0.21 #21 SH · #1728 CH Families & children14.1% #26 SH · #2020 CH Age structure27.9% #3 SH · #177 CH Women share45.6% #26 SH · #2065 CH Foreign residents26.2% #7 SH · #493 CH Population density89/km² #20 SH · #1539 CH Tax burden12'334 #12 SH · #357 CH Taxes96% #12 SH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #6 SH · #806 CH Sunniest municipalities39% #23 SH · #2086 CH Rainiest municipalities815 mm #24 SH · #2042 CH Voter turnout75.9% #6 SH · #14 CH SVP strongholds53.1% #7 SH · #160 CH SP strongholds24.8% #4 SH · #180 CH Centre strongholds0.8% #25 SH · #2091 CH FDP strongholds6.2% #24 SH · #1771 CH GLP strongholds1.6% #26 SH · #1823 CH Green strongholds6.6% #1 SH · #1191 CH Largest by area3.8 km² #26 SH · #1750 CH Highest municipalities416 m #23 SH · #1806 CH Second homes8.7% #17 SH · #1456 CH Organic farming0% #25 SH · #1818 CH Best-connected municipalities97 min #23 SH · #1669 CH Remotest municipalities97 min #5 SH · #442 CH Highest peaks565 m #23 SH · #1665 CH Highest-lying municipalities440 m #24 SH · #1793 CH Greatest vertical range154 m #23 SH · #1570 CH Steepest municipalities4.9° #25 SH · #1596 CH Solar potential6 GWh #24 SH · #1846 CH Solar potential per capita17'206 kWh #3 SH · #296 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #19 SH · #1879 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #18 SH · #238 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8263

Buch SH

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Buch SH8263

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Basadingen-Schlattingen

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Buch?: The postal code of Buch is 8263.
What is the tax rate in Buch?: The municipal tax multiplier of Buch is 96% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Buch?: A single person without children pays about 12'334 CHF income tax in Buch on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Buch have?: Buch has 340 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Buch?: Buch has 89 foreign residents, a share of 26.18% (2025).

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