What is the postal code of Epalinges?

The postal code of Epalinges is 1066.

What is the tax rate in Epalinges?

The municipal tax multiplier of Epalinges is 64.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Epalinges?

A single person without children pays about 15'789 CHF income tax in Epalinges on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 67 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Epalinges have?

Epalinges has 9'860 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Epalinges?

Epalinges has 2'985 foreign residents, a share of 30.27% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Lausanne

Epalinges

1066

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'123 52.0%

Men

4'737 48.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'210 22.4%

Swiss citizens

6'875 69.7%

Foreign residents

2'985 30.3%

Population density

2'158 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'210 · 22.4%20–64 · 5'852 · 59.4%65+ · 1'798 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 30.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −45 (−0.5%) · 65 births · 69 deaths · net migration −49

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 Epalinges

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 District de Lausanne: 34.2% Yes

24.3% YesNo 75.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 21.9% Yes

23.2% YesNo 76.9%

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 Lausanne: 42.1% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 34.1% Yes

44.6% YesNo 55.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 26.3% Yes

28.7% YesNo 71.3%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 56.0% Yes

42.6% YesNo 57.4%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 37.0% Yes

45.7% YesNo 54.3%

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 Lausanne: 59.0% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.8%

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 Lausanne: 61.7% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Lausanne: 75.5% Yes

72.6% YesNo 27.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP27.6% · strongest party

SP27.6%

FDP25.1%

SVP15.4%

GRÜNE13.9%

GLP8.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier64.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

64.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 67 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'789 CHF(15.8%)

Rank 67 of 300 in the canton · 1173 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

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'789 CHF(~15.8%)

EpalingesCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Epalinges	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	10.9%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.7%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.8%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.3%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.1%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.7%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.6%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	27.8%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'273 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

856 m

Mean elevation

775 m

Relief

202 m

Mean slope

7.8°

Flat share

41.1%

South-facing

20.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 202 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

45.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

63.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'000

Per inhabitant

4'584 kWh/yr

45 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

28.02 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.92 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.28 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.82 Rp./kWh

28.02 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services Industriels de Lausanne

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 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Epalinges →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

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

Vacancy rate

1.58 %

Second homes

10.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

4'679

Built before 19465.1%

Built since 200128.6%

1.58 %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

3'926

Workplaces

608

Services share

96.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 5 (0.1%) · Secondary 148 (3.8%) · Tertiary 3'773 (96.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

53 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 31 min · Car 21 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 282/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5584

Head of governmentMaurice Mischler

Websiteepalinges.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Lausanne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Epalinges ranks

Largest municipalities9'860 #20 VD · #185 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #211 VD · #1629 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #90 VD · #482 CH Jobs per resident0.4 #89 VD · #866 CH Families & children22.4% #161 VD · #455 CH Age structure18.2% #140 VD · #1618 CH Women share52% #39 VD · #141 CH Foreign residents30.3% #58 VD · #300 CH Population density2'158/km² #7 VD · #59 CH Tax burden15'789 #68 VD · #1174 CH Taxes64.5% #67 VD Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #219 VD · #1174 CH Sunniest municipalities45.3% #141 VD · #630 CH Rainiest municipalities1'273 mm #63 VD · #537 CH Voter turnout60.7% #164 VD · #532 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #7 VD · #373 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #133 VD · #1109 CH SVP strongholds15.4% #278 VD · #1981 CH SP strongholds27.6% #44 VD · #98 CH Centre strongholds4.3% #178 VD · #1873 CH FDP strongholds25.1% #111 VD · #226 CH GLP strongholds8.3% #112 VD · #540 CH Green strongholds13.9% #64 VD · #195 CH Largest by area4.6 km² #183 VD · #1613 CH Highest municipalities785 m #44 VD · #451 CH Second homes10.3% #156 VD · #1153 CH Organic farming0% #225 VD · #1974 CH Best-connected municipalities31 min #16 VD · #92 CH Remotest municipalities31 min #282 VD · #2018 CH Highest peaks856 m #85 VD · #893 CH Highest-lying municipalities775 m #63 VD · #640 CH Greatest vertical range202 m #126 VD · #1357 CH Steepest municipalities7.8° #95 VD · #1134 CH Solar potential45 GWh #31 VD · #387 CH Solar potential per capita4'584 kWh #289 VD · #2018 CH Cheapest electricity28.02 Rp./kWh #111 VD · #1340 CH Most expensive electricity28.02 Rp./kWh #189 VD · #766 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1066

Epalinges

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Epalinges1066

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Epalinges?: The postal code of Epalinges is 1066.
What is the tax rate in Epalinges?: The municipal tax multiplier of Epalinges is 64.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Epalinges?: A single person without children pays about 15'789 CHF income tax in Epalinges on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 67 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Epalinges have?: Epalinges has 9'860 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Epalinges?: Epalinges has 2'985 foreign residents, a share of 30.27% (2025).

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