Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
2'624 48.9%
Men
2'737 51.1%
Children & youth (0–19)
931 17.4%
Swiss citizens
4'316 80.5%
Foreign residents
1'045 19.5%
Population density
303 pop./km²
0–19 · 931 · 17.4%20–64 · 3'036 · 56.6%65+ · 1'394 · 26.0%
Foreign residents 19.5%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +34 (+0.6%) · 42 births · 45 deaths · net migration +53
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% Yes
17.0% YesNo 83.0%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes
29.9% YesNo 70.1%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes
55.7% YesNo 44.4%
14.06.2026Gegenvorschlag Referendumskomitee - Teilrevision des Gesetzes über die Steuern des Kantons und der Gemeinden (Steuergesetz, StG)Cantonal NW● Rejected · 41.0% Yes
38.9% YesNo 61.1%
14.06.2026Vorlage des Landrates - Teilrevision des Gesetzes über die Steuern des Kantons und der Gemeinden (Steuergesetz, StG)Cantonal NW● Accepted · 69.5% Yes
70.4% YesNo 29.6%
14.06.2026Bewilligung eines Objektkredits für den Ersatzneubau einer Dreifachsporthalle für die kantonale MittelschuleCantonal NW● Accepted · 72.8% Yes
75.0% YesNo 25.0%
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% Yes
15.0% YesNo 85.0%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023Mitte43.0% · strongest party
Mitte43.0%
SVP40.4%
FDP16.6%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier150%
Cantonal tax multiplier261%
150%NW range 120%250%
Tax rank 2 of 11 in canton NidwaldenTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
9'684 CHF(9.7%)
Rank 2 of 11 in the canton · 50 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 10'591 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Hergiswil 9'105 CHF · most expensive Wolfenschiessen 11'614 CHF
100'000 CHF:9'684 CHF(~9.7%)
EnnetbürgenCanton range NidwaldenSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Ennetbürgen | Nidwalden | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 4.9% | 4.6–6% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 6.1% | 5.7–7.4% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 7.1% | 6.6–8.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 7.9% | 7.4–9.6% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 8.5% | 8–10.3% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 9% | 8.4–10.8% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 9.7% | 9.1–11.6% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 10.3% | 9.7–12.3% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 10.8% | 10.2–12.9% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 11.3% | 10.7–13.4% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 11.8% | 11.2–14% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 12.3% | 11.7–14.5% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 13.5% | 12.8–15.8% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 14.6% | 13.9–16.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 15.3% | 14.6–17.7% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 16% | 15.3–18.4% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 16.6% | 15.9–19% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 17.1% | 16.4–19.5% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.5 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'291 mm
7.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
1'125 m
Mean elevation
555 m
Relief
691 m
Mean slope
10.8°
Flat share
54.7%
South-facing
33.5%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 691 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
28.5 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
40.4 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
6'300
Per inhabitant
5'316 kWh/yr
29 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
21.96 Rp./kWh
Energy
6.08 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
10.98 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
3.3 Rp./kWh
21.96 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 21.96 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Kantonales Elektrizitätswerk Nidwalden (EWN)
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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300493 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Nidwalden344 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Nidwalden (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
0.57 %
Second homes
8 %
Avg. rooms
3.8
Dwellings
2'615
Built before 19466.2%
Built since 200135.7%
0.57 %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
1'962
Workplaces
354
Services share
67.2 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 93 (4.7%) · Secondary 551 (28.1%) · Tertiary 1'318 (67.2%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
32
Organic share
18.8 %
Farmland
472 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 · CC0BFS municipality number1505
Websiteennetbuergen.ch ↗
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities5'361 #4 NW · #398 CHGrowing municipalities0.6% #6 NW · #1002 CHShrinking municipalities0.6% #6 NW · #1103 CHJobs per resident0.37 #7 NW · #956 CHFamilies & children17.4% #8 NW · #1760 CHAge structure26% #2 NW · #301 CHWomen share48.9% #5 NW · #1556 CHForeign residents19.5% #4 NW · #906 CHPopulation density303/km² #4 NW · #775 CHTax burden9'684 #2 NW · #50 CHTaxes150% #2 NWWarmest municipalities7.5 °C #9 NW · #1784 CHSunniest municipalities42.1% #10 NW · #1110 CHRainiest municipalities1'291 mm #6 NW · #507 CHVoter turnout55.2% #11 NW · #1185 CHAgainst Switzerland19.6% #7 NW · #533 CHAligned with Switzerland80.4% #5 NW · #886 CHSVP strongholds40.4% #7 NW · #641 CHCentre strongholds43% #7 NW · #109 CHFDP strongholds16.6% #6 NW · #687 CHLargest by area17.7 km² #4 NW · #540 CHHighest municipalities435 m #11 NW · #1661 CHSecond homes8% #6 NW · #1622 CHOrganic farming18.8% #5 NW · #700 CHBest-connected municipalities110 min #8 NW · #1842 CHRemotest municipalities110 min #5 NW · #264 CHHighest peaks1'125 m #10 NW · #651 CHHighest-lying municipalities555 m #10 NW · #1188 CHGreatest vertical range691 m #10 NW · #562 CHSteepest municipalities10.8° #11 NW · #864 CHSolar potential29 GWh #3 NW · #716 CHSolar potential per capita5'316 kWh #6 NW · #1932 CHCheapest electricity21.96 Rp./kWh #4 NW · #38 CHMost expensive electricity21.96 Rp./kWh #5 NW · #2066 CH
Postal codes (3)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 4Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Ennetbürgen?
- Ennetbürgen has 3 postal codes: 6363, 6373, 6374.
- What is the tax rate in Ennetbürgen?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Ennetbürgen is 150% (2026); canton NW levies 261%.
- How much tax do you pay in Ennetbürgen?
- A single person without children pays about 9'684 CHF income tax in Ennetbürgen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 2 of 11 in canton NW. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Ennetbürgen have?
- Ennetbürgen has 5'361 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Ennetbürgen?
- Ennetbürgen has 1'045 foreign residents, a share of 19.49% (2025).
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