What is the postal code of Buchberg?

Buchberg has 2 postal codes: 8454, 8455.

What is the tax rate in Buchberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Buchberg is 59% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Buchberg?

A single person without children pays about 10'060 CHF income tax in Buchberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Buchberg have?

Buchberg has 864 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Buchberg?

Buchberg has 80 foreign residents, a share of 9.26% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Schaffhausen

Buchberg

8454–8455

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

430 49.8%

Men

434 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

150 17.4%

Swiss citizens

784 90.7%

Foreign residents

80 9.3%

Population density

147 pop./km²

0–19 · 150 · 17.4%20–64 · 478 · 55.3%65+ · 236 · 27.3%

Foreign residents 9.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −21 (−2.4%) · 0 births · 6 deaths · net migration −14

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 Buchberg

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 Schaffhausen: 32.9% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 33.7% Yes

32.3% YesNo 67.8%

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 Schaffhausen: 45.3% Yes

43.1% YesNo 56.9%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.1% Yes

54.3% YesNo 45.7%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.0% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 49.2% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 44.3% Yes

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 74.2% Yes

80.2% YesNo 19.8%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 66.2% Yes

77.3% YesNo 22.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 50.6% Yes

48.2% YesNo 51.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP50.4% · strongest party

SVP50.4%

SP16.9%

FDP11.8%

GLP10.4%

GRÜNE3.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier59%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

59%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 1 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'060 CHF(10.1%)

Rank 1 of 26 in the canton · 63 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:10'060 CHF(~10.1%)

BuchbergCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

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

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020996 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

546 m

Mean elevation

448 m

Relief

202 m

Mean slope

9.3°

Flat share

40.3%

South-facing

16.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 202 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

9.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'100

Per inhabitant

10'752 kWh/yr

9 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 Buchberg →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

0.25 %

Second homes

6.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.6

Dwellings

408

Built before 194624.5%

Built since 200120.8%

0.25 %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

266

Workplaces

Services share

54.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 57 (21.4%) · Secondary 65 (24.4%) · Tertiary 144 (54.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

271 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 77 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 50 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 21/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2933

Websitebuchberg.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schaffhausen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Buchberg ranks

Largest municipalities864 #17 SH · #1544 CH Growing municipalities-2.4% #25 SH · #2015 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.4% #2 SH · #94 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #13 SH · #1239 CH Families & children17.4% #20 SH · #1765 CH Age structure27.3% #4 SH · #214 CH Women share49.8% #10 SH · #1073 CH Foreign residents9.3% #26 SH · #1772 CH Population density147/km² #14 SH · #1233 CH Tax burden10'060 #1 SH · #63 CH Taxes59% #1 SH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #3 SH · #715 CH Sunniest municipalities39.6% #20 SH · #2018 CH Rainiest municipalities996 mm #1 SH · #1636 CH Voter turnout79.9% #3 SH · #3 CH SVP strongholds50.4% #11 SH · #227 CH SP strongholds16.9% #19 SH · #748 CH Centre strongholds1.1% #23 SH · #2086 CH FDP strongholds11.8% #12 SH · #1173 CH GLP strongholds10.4% #2 SH · #279 CH Green strongholds3.8% #10 SH · #1765 CH Largest by area5.9 km² #19 SH · #1409 CH Highest municipalities487 m #12 SH · #1278 CH Second homes6.8% #24 SH · #1855 CH Organic farming0% #23 SH · #1816 CH Best-connected municipalities77 min #6 SH · #1284 CH Remotest municipalities77 min #21 SH · #829 CH Highest peaks546 m #24 SH · #1728 CH Highest-lying municipalities448 m #23 SH · #1729 CH Greatest vertical range202 m #19 SH · #1355 CH Steepest municipalities9.3° #8 SH · #987 CH Solar potential9 GWh #19 SH · #1597 CH Solar potential per capita10'752 kWh #14 SH · #948 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #12 SH · #1872 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #11 SH · #231 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Buchberg8454 Rüdlingen8455

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Buchberg?: Buchberg has 2 postal codes: 8454, 8455.
What is the tax rate in Buchberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Buchberg is 59% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Buchberg?: A single person without children pays about 10'060 CHF income tax in Buchberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Buchberg have?: Buchberg has 864 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Buchberg?: Buchberg has 80 foreign residents, a share of 9.26% (2025).

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