Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut
Château-d’Oex
1659–1660Residents
3'681
Area
113.7 km²
Population density
32 pop./km²
Elevation
958 m a.s.l.
Terrain up to
2'528 m a.s.l.
Tax multiplier
81.5%
Postal codes
2
BFS no.
5841
Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio
Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
1'889 51.3%
Men
1'792 48.7%
Children & youth (0–19)
727 19.8%
Swiss citizens
2'575 70.0%
Foreign residents
1'106 30.1%
Population density
32 pop./km²
0–19 · 727 · 19.8%20–64 · 2'061 · 56.0%65+ · 893 · 24.3%
Foreign residents 30.1%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +28 (+0.8%) · 30 births · 51 deaths · net migration +48
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
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 District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 27.4% Yes
14.9% YesNo 85.1%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 25.6% Yes
33.2% YesNo 66.8%
27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 51.8% Yes
51.2% YesNo 48.8%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 45.1% Yes
59.6% YesNo 40.4%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 34.2% Yes
47.8% YesNo 52.2%
14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 43.3% Yes
29.1% YesNo 71.0%
14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 45.7% Yes
54.7% YesNo 45.3%
14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 46.1% Yes
28.8% YesNo 71.2%
14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 49.0% Yes
32.4% YesNo 67.6%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 69.4% Yes
61.5% YesNo 38.5%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP35.1% · strongest party
SVP35.1%
FDP30.7%
SP14.9%
GRÜNE6.6%
GLP4.2%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier81.5%
Cantonal tax multiplier155%
81.5%VD range 46%83%
Tax rank 299 of 300 in canton VaudTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'920 CHF(16.9%)
Rank 298 of 300 in the canton · 1815 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF
100'000 CHF:16'920 CHF(~16.9%)
Château-d’OexCanton range VaudSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Château-d’Oex | Vaud | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 4.3% | 3.7–4.3% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 8% | 6.9–8.1% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 11.7% | 10–11.8% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 14% | 11.9–14.1% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 15% | 12.8–15.1% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 15.8% | 13.5–15.9% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 16.9% | 14.6–17% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.9% | 15.4–18% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.9% | 16.3–19% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19.7% | 17.1–19.9% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 20.7% | 17.9–20.8% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 21.5% | 18.6–21.6% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 23.5% | 20.5–23.6% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 25.2% | 22.1–25.4% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 26.8% | 23.5–26.9% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 28.2% | 24.8–28.4% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 29.5% | 26–29.6% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 30.6% | 27–30.7% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20206 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'299 mm
6 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
2'528 m
Mean elevation
1'489 m
Relief
1'660 m
Mean slope
25.3°
Flat share
3.3%
South-facing
24.2%
Above 2000 m
6.8%
Relief 1'660 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
Roof potential
69.3 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
94.6 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
15'400
Per inhabitant
18'832 kWh/yr
69 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 · 2027Tariff H4
27.81 Rp./kWh
Energy
13.15 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
9.19 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
3.62 Rp./kWh
27.81 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Groupe E 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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Vaud. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Vaud (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 · AREVacancy rate
1.2 %
Second homes
43.4 %
Avg. rooms
3.6
Dwellings
3'011
Built before 194645.1%
Built since 200112.3%
Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).
1.2 %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 · 2024Jobs
1'811
Workplaces
418
Services share
71.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 208 (11.5%) · Secondary 314 (17.3%) · Tertiary 1'289 (71.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
67
Organic share
29.9 %
Farmland
1'952 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities3'681 #50 VD · #613 CHGrowing municipalities0.8% #134 VD · #930 CHShrinking municipalities0.8% #168 VD · #1183 CHJobs per resident0.49 #68 VD · #567 CHFamilies & children19.8% #257 VD · #1230 CHAge structure24.3% #16 VD · #483 CHWomen share51.3% #78 VD · #296 CHForeign residents30.1% #60 VD · #307 CHPopulation density32/km² #286 VD · #1889 CHTax burden16'920 #298 VD · #1815 CHTaxes81.5% #299 VDWarmest municipalities6 °C #296 VD · #1946 CHSunniest municipalities48% #25 VD · #326 CHRainiest municipalities1'299 mm #56 VD · #492 CHVoter turnout55.8% #247 VD · #1113 CHAgainst Switzerland14.7% #125 VD · #957 CHAligned with Switzerland85.3% #31 VD · #555 CHSVP strongholds35.1% #41 VD · #965 CHSP strongholds14.9% #255 VD · #956 CHCentre strongholds3.3% #253 VD · #1969 CHFDP strongholds30.7% #34 VD · #76 CHGLP strongholds4.2% #250 VD · #1378 CHGreen strongholds6.6% #265 VD · #1196 CHLargest by area113.7 km² #1 VD · #55 CHHighest municipalities958 m #26 VD · #290 CHSecond homes43.4% #7 VD · #190 CHOrganic farming29.9% #46 VD · #343 CHBest-connected municipalities110 min #299 VD · #1849 CHRemotest municipalities110 min #3 VD · #271 CHHighest peaks2'528 m #5 VD · #233 CHHighest-lying municipalities1'489 m #6 VD · #201 CHGreatest vertical range1'660 m #9 VD · #291 CHSteepest municipalities25.3° #7 VD · #253 CHSolar potential69 GWh #16 VD · #183 CHSolar potential per capita18'832 kWh #34 VD · #227 CHCheapest electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #16 VD · #1223 CHMost expensive electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #292 VD · #891 CH
Postal codes (2)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 6Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Château-d’Oex?
- Château-d’Oex has 2 postal codes: 1659, 1660.
- What is the tax rate in Château-d’Oex?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Château-d’Oex is 81.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
- How much tax do you pay in Château-d’Oex?
- A single person without children pays about 16'920 CHF income tax in Château-d’Oex on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 298 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Château-d’Oex have?
- Château-d’Oex has 3'681 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Château-d’Oex?
- Château-d’Oex has 1'106 foreign residents, a share of 30.05% (2025).
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