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

Dornach

4143

SO CANTON4143

Residents

6'898

Area

5.8 km²

Population density

1'191 pop./km²

Elevation

387 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

678 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

92%

Postal codes

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

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%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Dornach

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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

68.9% YesNo 31.1%

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

68.2% YesNo 31.8%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

33.0% YesNo 67.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

73.7% YesNo 26.3%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

47.0% YesNo 53.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 31.08.2026

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 31.08.2026

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

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

31.98 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.73 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.26 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.92 Rp./kWh

31.98 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 30.42 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

2.11 %

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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitedornach.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities6'898 #8 SO · #286 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 turnout54% #41 SO · #1211 CH Against Switzerland20.2% #14 SO · #519 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.8% #62 SO · #939 CH SVP strongholds22% #94 SO · #1696 CH SP strongholds17.6% #30 SO · #668 CH Centre strongholds15.8% #66 SO · #771 CH FDP strongholds12.7% #82 SO · #1062 CH GLP strongholds7% #25 SO · #750 CH Green strongholds17.2% #4 SO · #56 CH Largest by area5.8 km² #53 SO · #1419 CH Highest municipalities387 m #100 SO · #1945 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #101 SO · #1877 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #4 SO · #232 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 Cheapest electricity31.98 Rp./kWh #64 SO · #1870 CH Most expensive electricity31.98 Rp./kWh #23 SO · #196 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4143

Dornach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Dornach4143

Nearby municipalities

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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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