What is the postal code of Caslano?

The postal code of Caslano is 6987.

What is the tax rate in Caslano?

The municipal tax multiplier of Caslano is 85% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Caslano?

A single person without children pays about 14'007 CHF income tax in Caslano on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Caslano have?

Caslano has 4'393 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Caslano?

Caslano has 1'325 foreign residents, a share of 30.16% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Lugano

Caslano

6987

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'326 52.9%

Men

2'067 47.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

760 17.3%

Swiss citizens

3'068 69.8%

Foreign residents

1'325 30.2%

Population density

943 pop./km²

0–19 · 760 · 17.3%20–64 · 2'318 · 52.8%65+ · 1'315 · 29.9%

Foreign residents 30.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −7 (−0.2%) · 21 births · 50 deaths · net migration +30

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 Caslano

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 Lugano: 31.4% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 48.8% Yes

50.7% YesNo 49.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 54.5% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 49.7% Yes

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 74.7% Yes

74.3% YesNo 25.7%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 47.6% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.2%

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 Lugano: 28.6% Yes

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 47.2% Yes

51.4% YesNo 48.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 51.7% Yes

57.6% YesNo 42.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP19.6% · strongest party

SVP19.6%

FDP17.1%

Mitte16.4%

Lega14.3%

SP11.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier85%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

85%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 47 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'007 CHF(14%)

Rank 47 of 100 in the canton · 833 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:14'007 CHF(~14%)

CaslanoCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Caslano	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.6%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	6.8%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.7%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.3%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	11.7%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	12.8%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	15.9%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	16.8%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	17.6%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.4%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.2%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	21.7%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.1%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'774 mm

11 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

523 m

Mean elevation

303 m

Relief

252 m

Mean slope

8°

Flat share

71.5%

South-facing

8.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 252 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

33.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

46.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'500

Per inhabitant

7'726 kWh/yr

34 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

25.91 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.35 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.63 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.91 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Aziende Industriali di Lugano (AIL) SA

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 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

1.62 %

Second homes

31.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

3'021

Built before 19467.6%

Built since 200119.6%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.62 %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

1'796

Workplaces

357

Services share

66.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 4 (0.2%) · Secondary 594 (33.1%) · Tertiary 1'198 (66.7%)

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 36 min · Car 22 min

AgglomerationPT 36 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 64/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5171

Websitecaslano.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Lugano

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Caslano ranks

Largest municipalities4'393 #21 TI · #514 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #56 TI · #1513 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #44 TI · #598 CH Jobs per resident0.41 #54 TI · #819 CH Families & children17.3% #45 TI · #1782 CH Age structure29.9% #23 TI · #99 CH Women share52.9% #6 TI · #43 CH Foreign residents30.2% #22 TI · #304 CH Population density943/km² #20 TI · #245 CH Tax burden14'007 #49 TI · #835 CH Taxes85% #47 TI Warmest municipalities11 °C #32 TI · #70 CH Sunniest municipalities55.6% #28 TI · #47 CH Rainiest municipalities1'774 mm #45 TI · #87 CH Voter turnout55.3% #58 TI · #1179 CH Against Switzerland23.5% #38 TI · #309 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.5% #32 TI · #1154 CH SVP strongholds19.6% #18 TI · #1805 CH SP strongholds11.9% #51 TI · #1310 CH Centre strongholds16.4% #55 TI · #739 CH FDP strongholds17.1% #73 TI · #656 CH GLP strongholds3.1% #9 TI · #1574 CH Green strongholds8.5% #53 TI · #800 CH Largest by area4.7 km² #66 TI · #1596 CH Highest municipalities291 m #78 TI · #2066 CH Second homes31.6% #48 TI · #253 CH Best-connected municipalities36 min #38 TI · #177 CH Remotest municipalities36 min #64 TI · #1941 CH Highest peaks523 m #83 TI · #1805 CH Highest-lying municipalities303 m #93 TI · #2099 CH Greatest vertical range252 m #82 TI · #1136 CH Steepest municipalities8° #91 TI · #1119 CH Solar potential34 GWh #29 TI · #591 CH Solar potential per capita7'726 kWh #84 TI · #1530 CH Cheapest electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #19 TI · #832 CH Most expensive electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #57 TI · #1250 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6987

Caslano

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Caslano6987

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Caslano?: The postal code of Caslano is 6987.
What is the tax rate in Caslano?: The municipal tax multiplier of Caslano is 85% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Caslano?: A single person without children pays about 14'007 CHF income tax in Caslano on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Caslano have?: Caslano has 4'393 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Caslano?: Caslano has 1'325 foreign residents, a share of 30.16% (2025).

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