What is the postal code of Escholzmatt-Marbach?

Escholzmatt-Marbach has 7 postal codes: 3555, 6170, 6173, 6182, 6192, 6196, 6197.

What is the tax rate in Escholzmatt-Marbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Escholzmatt-Marbach is 200% (2026); canton LU levies 145%.

How much tax do you pay in Escholzmatt-Marbach?

A single person without children pays about 13'390 CHF income tax in Escholzmatt-Marbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 44 of 79 in canton LU. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Escholzmatt-Marbach have?

Escholzmatt-Marbach has 4'587 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Escholzmatt-Marbach?

Escholzmatt-Marbach has 392 foreign residents, a share of 8.55% (2025).

Escholzmatt-Marbach (LU): Postal Codes 3555–6197, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'253 49.1%

Men

2'334 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

916 20.0%

Swiss citizens

4'195 91.5%

Foreign residents

392 8.6%

Population density

43 pop./km²

0–19 · 916 · 20.0%20–64 · 2'579 · 56.2%65+ · 1'092 · 23.8%

Foreign residents 8.6%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Escholzmatt-Marbach

BFS

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

69.8% YesNo 30.2%

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

71.5% YesNo 28.5%

14.06.2026Neuer Standort Kantonsgericht. Kauf Grundstück Würzenbachstrasse 8, LuzernCantonal LU● Accepted · 67.3% Yes

62.4% YesNo 37.6%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

26.9% YesNo 73.1%

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

9.9% YesNo 90.1%

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

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

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

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

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

59.5% YesNo 40.5%

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

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

08.03.2026Ausbau der Kantonsstrasse K 36 durch die Lammschlucht im Entlebuch, 2. AbschnittCantonal LU● Accepted · 82.8% Yes

93.4% YesNo 6.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte50.3% · strongest party

Mitte50.3%

SVP35.1%

FDP7.6%

SP2.6%

Übrige1.9%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier200%

Cantonal tax multiplier145%

200%LU range 90%240%

Tax rank 44 of 79 in canton Lucerne

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'390 CHF(13.4%)

Rank 44 of 79 in the canton · 658 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 13'053 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Meggen 9'679 CHF · most expensive Luthern 14'739 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'390 CHF(~13.4%)

Escholzmatt-MarbachCanton range LucerneSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Escholzmatt-Marbach	Lucerne	Switzerland median
40'000	5.9%	4.2–6.5%	5.4%
50'000	8.3%	5.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.2%	7.2–11.3%	10.5%
70'000	11.2%	8–12.4%	11.9%
80'000	12%	8.6–13.3%	13.1%
90'000	12.6%	9–13.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.4%	9.7–14.7%	15.3%
110'000	14.1%	10.3–15.4%	16.3%
120'000	14.6%	10.7–16%	17.2%
130'000	15.1%	11.2–16.6%	18.1%
140'000	15.7%	11.7–17.2%	19%
150'000	16.3%	12.1–17.7%	19.7%
175'000	17.6%	13.3–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	18.7%	14.3–20.3%	23.2%
225'000	19.8%	15.3–21.5%	24.6%
250'000	20.9%	16.2–22.6%	25.8%
275'000	21.7%	17–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	22.4%	17.6–24.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20207.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'598 mm

7.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'044 m

Mean elevation

1'084 m

Relief

1'298 m

Mean slope

21.4°

Flat share

8.3%

South-facing

19.2%

Above 2000 m

0.1%

Relief 1'298 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

64.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

90 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'300

64 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 range H4

25.41–32.23 Rp./kWh

28.82 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 25.41 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operators CKW AG · Elektrizitätsgenossenschaft Schangnau

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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

1.24 %

Avg. rooms

4

Dwellings

2'425

Built before 194634.3%

Built since 200119.2%

1.24 %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 70 min · Car 70 min

AgglomerationPT 65 min · Car 56 min

Remoteness 72/79 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteescholzmatt-marbach.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities4'587 #26 LU · #482 CH Families & children20% #69 LU · #1137 CH Age structure23.8% #5 LU · #540 CH Women share49.1% #50 LU · #1466 CH Foreign residents8.6% #69 LU · #1820 CH Population density43/km² #76 LU · #1818 CH Tax burden13'390 #45 LU · #661 CH Taxes200% #44 LU Warmest municipalities7.3 °C #75 LU · #1814 CH Sunniest municipalities42.7% #2 LU · #1034 CH Rainiest municipalities1'598 mm #6 LU · #179 CH Voter turnout58.5% #31 LU · #628 CH Against Switzerland33% #2 LU · #27 CH Aligned with Switzerland67% #70 LU · #1428 CH SVP strongholds35.1% #20 LU · #956 CH SP strongholds2.6% #72 LU · #2007 CH Centre strongholds50.3% #4 LU · #78 CH FDP strongholds7.6% #77 LU · #1638 CH GLP strongholds0.7% #78 LU · #1959 CH Green strongholds1.5% #73 LU · #1989 CH Largest by area106.4 km² #2 LU · #62 CH Highest municipalities858 m #7 LU · #361 CH Remotest municipalities70 min #72 LU · #1025 CH Best-connected municipalities70 min #7 LU · #1075 CH Highest peaks2'044 m #3 LU · #348 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'084 m #4 LU · #364 CH Greatest vertical range1'298 m #5 LU · #390 CH Steepest municipalities21.4° #3 LU · #363 CH Solar potential64 GWh #15 LU · #204 CH Cheapest electricity28.82 Rp./kWh #76 LU · #1241 CH Most expensive electricity28.82 Rp./kWh #4 LU · #866 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 7

Escholzmatt6182 Flühli LU6173 Marbach LU6196 Schangnau6197 Schüpfheim6170 Trubschachen3555 Wiggen6192

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Escholzmatt-Marbach?: Escholzmatt-Marbach has 7 postal codes: 3555, 6170, 6173, 6182, 6192, 6196, 6197.
What is the tax rate in Escholzmatt-Marbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Escholzmatt-Marbach is 200% (2026); canton LU levies 145%.
How much tax do you pay in Escholzmatt-Marbach?: A single person without children pays about 13'390 CHF income tax in Escholzmatt-Marbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 44 of 79 in canton LU. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Escholzmatt-Marbach have?: Escholzmatt-Marbach has 4'587 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Escholzmatt-Marbach?: Escholzmatt-Marbach has 392 foreign residents, a share of 8.55% (2025).

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