What is the postal code of Dornach?

The postal code of Dornach is 4143.

What is the tax rate in Dornach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Dornach is 92% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Dornach?

A single person without children pays about 14'808 CHF income tax in Dornach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Dornach have?

Dornach has 6'898 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Dornach?

Dornach has 2'011 foreign residents, a share of 29.15% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SO · Bezirk Dorneck

Dornach

4143

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'609 52.3%

Men

3'289 47.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'332 19.3%

Swiss citizens

4'887 70.9%

Foreign residents

2'011 29.2%

Population density

1'191 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'332 · 19.3%20–64 · 3'877 · 56.2%65+ · 1'689 · 24.5%

Foreign residents 29.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −3 (−0%) · 46 births · 74 deaths · net migration +46

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 Dornach

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 Dorneck: 29.8% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 29.4% Yes

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 51.2% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 45.4% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 62.8% Yes

68.9% YesNo 31.1%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 62.7% Yes

68.2% YesNo 31.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 52.7% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

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 Dorneck: 28.1% Yes

33.0% YesNo 67.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 37.0% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Dorneck: 38.5% Yes

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP22.0% · strongest party

SVP22.0%

SP17.6%

GRÜNE17.2%

Mitte15.8%

FDP12.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier92%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

92%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 5 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'808 CHF(14.8%)

Rank 5 of 104 in the canton · 978 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:14'808 CHF(~14.8%)

DornachCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Dornach	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	6.9%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	9%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	10.7%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	12%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	13.1%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	13.9%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	14.8%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	15.6%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	16.3%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	17%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	17.8%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	18.4%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	20%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	21.3%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	22.5%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	23.5%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	24.3%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	25%	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 1991–202010.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'022 mm

10.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

678 m

Mean elevation

420 m

Relief

394 m

Mean slope

12.1°

Flat share

20.2%

South-facing

11.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 394 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

38.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

48.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'500

Per inhabitant

5'564 kWh/yr

38 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 Dornach →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

2.11 %

Second homes

11 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

3'551

Built before 194619.4%

Built since 200120.6%

2.11 %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

2'867

Workplaces

498

Services share

86.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 9 (0.3%) · Secondary 374 (13.0%) · Tertiary 2'484 (86.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

75 %

Farmland

74 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 40 min · Car 18 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 101/104 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2473

Websitedornach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Dorneck

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Dornach ranks

Largest municipalities6'898 #8 SO · #286 CH Growing municipalities-0% #66 SO · #1448 CH Shrinking municipalities-0% #39 SO · #658 CH Jobs per resident0.42 #29 SO · #762 CH Families & children19.3% #60 SO · #1365 CH Age structure24.5% #28 SO · #457 CH Women share52.3% #3 SO · #96 CH Foreign residents29.2% #18 SO · #340 CH Population density1'191/km² #8 SO · #170 CH Tax burden14'808 #5 SO · #978 CH Taxes92% #5 SO Warmest municipalities10.7 °C #2 SO · #154 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #9 SO · #1279 CH Rainiest municipalities1'022 mm #97 SO · #1530 CH Voter turnout55.7% #38 SO · #1123 CH Against Switzerland19.8% #14 SO · #520 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.2% #62 SO · #938 CH SVP strongholds22% #94 SO · #1699 CH SP strongholds17.6% #30 SO · #672 CH Centre strongholds15.8% #66 SO · #774 CH FDP strongholds12.7% #82 SO · #1064 CH GLP strongholds7% #25 SO · #751 CH Green strongholds17.2% #4 SO · #57 CH Largest by area5.8 km² #53 SO · #1419 CH Highest municipalities387 m #100 SO · #1944 CH Second homes11% #35 SO · #1046 CH Organic farming75% #1 SO · #42 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #4 SO · #232 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #101 SO · #1877 CH Highest peaks678 m #53 SO · #1274 CH Highest-lying municipalities420 m #98 SO · #1910 CH Greatest vertical range394 m #43 SO · #825 CH Steepest municipalities12.1° #39 SO · #760 CH Solar potential38 GWh #18 SO · #493 CH Solar potential per capita5'564 kWh #101 SO · #1894 CH Cheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #65 SO · #1908 CH Most expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #21 SO · #160 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4143

Dornach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Dornach4143

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Dornach?: The postal code of Dornach is 4143.
What is the tax rate in Dornach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Dornach is 92% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Dornach?: A single person without children pays about 14'808 CHF income tax in Dornach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Dornach have?: Dornach has 6'898 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Dornach?: Dornach has 2'011 foreign residents, a share of 29.15% (2025).

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