What is the postal code of Estavayer?

Estavayer has 7 postal codes: 1470, 1473, 1475, 1486, 1489, 1541, 1542.

What is the tax rate in Estavayer?

The municipal tax multiplier of Estavayer is 84% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.

How much tax do you pay in Estavayer?

A single person without children pays about 16'766 CHF income tax in Estavayer on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Estavayer have?

Estavayer has 10'812 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Estavayer?

Estavayer has 2'580 foreign residents, a share of 23.86% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton FR · District de la Broye

Estavayer

1470–1542

FR CANTON1470 1473 1475 1486+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'444 50.4%

Men

5'368 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'311 21.4%

Swiss citizens

8'232 76.1%

Foreign residents

2'580 23.9%

Population density

158 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'311 · 21.4%20–64 · 6'462 · 59.8%65+ · 2'039 · 18.9%

Foreign residents 23.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +189 (+1.8%) · 107 births · 61 deaths · net migration +138

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 Estavayer

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 la Broye: 24.9% Yes

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 32.3% Yes

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 53.4% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 50.2% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

26.04.2026Gesetz zur Sanierung der KantonsfinanzenCantonal FR● Rejected · 31.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 31.7% Yes

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 56.5% Yes

58.6% YesNo 41.4%

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 District de la Broye: 25.8% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 40.8% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 51.1% Yes

49.9% YesNo 50.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict District de la Broye: 61.4% Yes

63.0% YesNo 37.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP23.9% · strongest party

SP23.9%

Mitte23.9%

SVP22.5%

FDP13.3%

GRÜNE9.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier84%

Cantonal tax multiplier96%

84%FR range 32%100%

Tax rank 73 of 119 in canton Fribourg

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'766 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 70 of 119 in the canton · 1745 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'515 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Greng 12'414 CHF · most expensive Jaun 18'106 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'766 CHF(~16.8%)

EstavayerCanton range FribourgSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Estavayer	Fribourg	Switzerland median
40'000	7.5%	5.4–8.1%	5.4%
50'000	10.1%	7.3–11%	7.8%
60'000	12.1%	8.8–13.1%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	9.8–14.5%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	10.7–15.8%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	11.5–16.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	12.4–18.1%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	13.2–19.1%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	13.9–20%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	14.5–20.8%	18.1%
140'000	20.1%	15.2–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.9%	15.8–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23%	17.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.8%	19–26.5%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	20.3–28.1%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	21.2–29.2%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	21.8–29.8%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	22.3–30.4%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'005 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

819 m

Mean elevation

496 m

Relief

390 m

Mean slope

2.4°

Flat share

83.3%

South-facing

2.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 390 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

101.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

132.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

22'600

Per inhabitant

9'415 kWh/yr

102 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

26.48 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

26.48 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 26.48 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Groupe E SA

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300558 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Fribourg405 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Estavayer →Canton Fribourg →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Fribourg. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Fribourg (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

1.66 %

Second homes

14.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

5'481

Built before 194621.8%

Built since 200135.7%

1.66 %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

4'570

Workplaces

738

Services share

59.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 206 (4.5%) · Secondary 1'632 (35.7%) · Tertiary 2'732 (59.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

2'370 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 95 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 14/119 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2054

Websiteestavayer.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Estavayer ranks

Largest municipalities10'812 #4 FR · #158 CH Growing municipalities1.8% #38 FR · #421 CH Shrinking municipalities1.8% #81 FR · #1689 CH Jobs per resident0.42 #30 FR · #758 CH Families & children21.4% #69 FR · #678 CH Age structure18.9% #37 FR · #1457 CH Women share50.4% #21 FR · #677 CH Foreign residents23.9% #23 FR · #603 CH Population density158/km² #68 FR · #1174 CH Tax burden16'766 #72 FR · #1747 CH Taxes84% #73 FR Warmest municipalities10 °C #15 FR · #497 CH Sunniest municipalities43.4% #91 FR · #945 CH Rainiest municipalities1'005 mm #96 FR · #1600 CH Voter turnout54.7% #59 FR · #1265 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #41 FR · #607 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #45 FR · #818 CH SVP strongholds22.5% #99 FR · #1679 CH SP strongholds23.9% #17 FR · #219 CH Centre strongholds23.9% #22 FR · #384 CH FDP strongholds13.3% #66 FR · #1001 CH GLP strongholds3.5% #46 FR · #1488 CH Green strongholds9.3% #59 FR · #665 CH Largest by area68.5 km² #2 FR · #112 CH Highest municipalities448 m #109 FR · #1551 CH Second homes14.9% #18 FR · #586 CH Organic farming6.3% #60 FR · #1465 CH Best-connected municipalities95 min #107 FR · #1642 CH Remotest municipalities95 min #14 FR · #466 CH Highest peaks819 m #57 FR · #956 CH Highest-lying municipalities496 m #103 FR · #1444 CH Greatest vertical range390 m #29 FR · #833 CH Steepest municipalities2.4° #113 FR · #1968 CH Solar potential102 GWh #3 FR · #78 CH Solar potential per capita9'415 kWh #89 FR · #1176 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #17 FR · #934 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #24 FR · #1095 CH

Postal codes (7)

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Estavayer?: Estavayer has 7 postal codes: 1470, 1473, 1475, 1486, 1489, 1541, 1542.
What is the tax rate in Estavayer?: The municipal tax multiplier of Estavayer is 84% (2026); canton FR levies 96%.
How much tax do you pay in Estavayer?: A single person without children pays about 16'766 CHF income tax in Estavayer on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 70 of 119 in canton FR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Estavayer have?: Estavayer has 10'812 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Estavayer?: Estavayer has 2'580 foreign residents, a share of 23.86% (2025).

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