What is the postal code of Büsserach?

The postal code of Büsserach is 4227.

What is the tax rate in Büsserach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Büsserach is 111% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Büsserach?

A single person without children pays about 16'076 CHF income tax in Büsserach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 23 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Büsserach have?

Büsserach has 2'473 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Büsserach?

Büsserach has 426 foreign residents, a share of 17.23% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SO · Bezirk Thierstein

Büsserach

4227

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'220 49.3%

Men

1'253 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

483 19.5%

Swiss citizens

2'047 82.8%

Foreign residents

426 17.2%

Population density

328 pop./km²

0–19 · 483 · 19.5%20–64 · 1'483 · 60.0%65+ · 507 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 17.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +23 (+0.9%) · 18 births · 16 deaths · net migration +22

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 Büsserach

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 Thierstein: 27.1% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 38.5% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 55.8% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 59.7% Yes

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 50.4% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 50.5% Yes

46.1% YesNo 53.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 46.5% Yes

44.1% YesNo 56.0%

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 Bezirk Thierstein: 20.1% Yes

17.6% YesNo 82.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 46.6% Yes

46.1% YesNo 53.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Thierstein: 47.7% Yes

48.7% YesNo 51.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.1% · strongest party

SVP39.1%

Mitte20.8%

FDP17.9%

SP6.2%

GRÜNE5.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier111%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

111%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 24 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'076 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 23 of 104 in the canton · 1306 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'076 CHF(~16.1%)

BüsserachCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Büsserach	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	7.6%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	9.8%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	11.7%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	18.4%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.2%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	19.9%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	22.9%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	24.1%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	26%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	26.7%	22.5–29.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020948 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

803 m

Mean elevation

522 m

Relief

406 m

Mean slope

14°

Flat share

19.1%

South-facing

12.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 406 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

22.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'000

Per inhabitant

9'025 kWh/yr

22 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 28.51 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

Standard model, deductible 300606 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Solothurn424 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Büsserach →Canton Solothurn →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Solothurn (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

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

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

3.91 %

Second homes

10 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'201

Built before 194616.2%

Built since 200131.3%

3.91 %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

674

Workplaces

152

Services share

56.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 19 (2.8%) · Secondary 273 (40.5%) · Tertiary 382 (56.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

276 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 55 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 32 min

Remoteness 86/104 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2614

Websitebuesserach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Thierstein

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Büsserach ranks

Largest municipalities2'473 #35 SO · #852 CH Growing municipalities0.9% #40 SO · #839 CH Shrinking municipalities0.9% #65 SO · #1270 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #64 SO · #1428 CH Families & children19.5% #58 SO · #1310 CH Age structure20.5% #78 SO · #1144 CH Women share49.3% #67 SO · #1376 CH Foreign residents17.2% #43 SO · #1109 CH Population density328/km² #47 SO · #720 CH Tax burden16'076 #23 SO · #1306 CH Taxes111% #24 SO Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #5 SO · #328 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #18 SO · #1369 CH Rainiest municipalities948 mm #100 SO · #1823 CH Voter turnout51% #77 SO · #1695 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #4 SO · #207 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #72 SO · #1244 CH SVP strongholds39.1% #14 SO · #713 CH SP strongholds6.2% #94 SO · #1863 CH Centre strongholds20.8% #40 SO · #495 CH FDP strongholds17.9% #39 SO · #588 CH GLP strongholds5.8% #45 SO · #1009 CH Green strongholds5.8% #70 SO · #1378 CH Largest by area7.6 km² #36 SO · #1189 CH Highest municipalities464 m #61 SO · #1428 CH Second homes10% #49 SO · #1198 CH Organic farming0% #101 SO · #1785 CH Best-connected municipalities55 min #20 SO · #625 CH Remotest municipalities55 min #86 SO · #1486 CH Highest peaks803 m #42 SO · #989 CH Highest-lying municipalities522 m #48 SO · #1332 CH Greatest vertical range406 m #42 SO · #808 CH Steepest municipalities14° #28 SO · #620 CH Solar potential22 GWh #38 SO · #933 CH Solar potential per capita9'025 kWh #58 SO · #1256 CH Cheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #80 SO · #1923 CH Most expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #36 SO · #175 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4227

Büsserach

Localities

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Büsserach4227

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Büsserach?: The postal code of Büsserach is 4227.
What is the tax rate in Büsserach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Büsserach is 111% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Büsserach?: A single person without children pays about 16'076 CHF income tax in Büsserach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 23 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Büsserach have?: Büsserach has 2'473 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Büsserach?: Büsserach has 426 foreign residents, a share of 17.23% (2025).

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