What is the postal code of Ettiswil?

Ettiswil has 4 postal codes: 6022, 6217, 6218, 6248.

What is the tax rate in Ettiswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ettiswil is 215% (2026); canton LU levies 145%.

How much tax do you pay in Ettiswil?

A single person without children pays about 13'896 CHF income tax in Ettiswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 79 in canton LU. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ettiswil have?

Ettiswil has 2'877 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ettiswil?

Ettiswil has 389 foreign residents, a share of 13.52% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton LU

Ettiswil

6022–6248

LU CANTON6022 6217 6218 6248

Residents

2'877

Area

12.6 km²

Population density

229 pop./km²

Elevation

520 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

215%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'444 50.2%

Men

1'433 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

664 23.1%

Swiss citizens

2'488 86.5%

Foreign residents

389 13.5%

Population density

229 pop./km²

0–19 · 664 · 23.1%20–64 · 1'706 · 59.3%65+ · 507 · 17.6%

Foreign residents 13.5%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Ettiswil

BFS

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

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

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

61.6% YesNo 38.4%

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

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

39.9% YesNo 60.1%

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

12.7% YesNo 87.4%

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

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

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

36.5% YesNo 63.5%

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

72.0% YesNo 28.0%

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

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

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

86.3% YesNo 13.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte37.4% · strongest party

Mitte37.4%

SVP28.6%

FDP19.5%

SP6.2%

GLP3.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier215%

Cantonal tax multiplier145%

215%LU range 90%240%

Tax rank 64 of 79 in canton Lucerne

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'896 CHF(13.9%)

Rank 62 of 79 in the canton · 805 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:13'896 CHF(~13.9%)

EttiswilCanton range LucerneSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ettiswil	Lucerne	Switzerland median
40'000	6.1%	4.2–6.5%	5.4%
50'000	8.7%	5.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.6%	7.2–11.3%	10.5%
70'000	11.7%	8–12.4%	11.9%
80'000	12.5%	8.6–13.3%	13.1%
90'000	13.1%	9–13.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.9%	9.7–14.7%	15.3%
110'000	14.6%	10.3–15.4%	16.3%
120'000	15.1%	10.7–16%	17.2%
130'000	15.7%	11.2–16.6%	18.1%
140'000	16.3%	11.7–17.2%	19%
150'000	16.8%	12.1–17.7%	19.7%
175'000	18.1%	13.3–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	19.3%	14.3–20.3%	23.2%
225'000	20.4%	15.3–21.5%	24.6%
250'000	21.5%	16.2–22.6%	25.8%
275'000	22.4%	17–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	23.1%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'018 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

689 m

Mean elevation

536 m

Relief

192 m

Mean slope

4.5°

Flat share

73.8%

South-facing

3.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 192 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

31.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

41.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'000

31 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

25.41 Rp./kWh

Energy

12 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.73 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.31 Rp./kWh

25.41 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

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

Network operator CKW 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

0.08 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'272

Built before 194615.9%

Built since 200135.9%

0.08 %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 84 min · Car 63 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 49/79 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteettiswil.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities2'877 #41 LU · #750 CH Families & children23.1% #17 LU · #293 CH Age structure17.6% #51 LU · #1694 CH Women share50.2% #17 LU · #793 CH Foreign residents13.5% #49 LU · #1406 CH Population density229/km² #41 LU · #948 CH Tax burden13'896 #64 LU · #807 CH Taxes215% #64 LU Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #38 LU · #1045 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #33 LU · #1362 CH Rainiest municipalities1'018 mm #76 LU · #1548 CH Voter turnout56.1% #53 LU · #925 CH Against Switzerland18% #27 LU · #678 CH Aligned with Switzerland82% #47 LU · #727 CH SVP strongholds28.6% #48 LU · #1358 CH SP strongholds6.2% #49 LU · #1855 CH Centre strongholds37.4% #18 LU · #154 CH FDP strongholds19.5% #19 LU · #488 CH GLP strongholds3.3% #58 LU · #1525 CH Green strongholds2.7% #64 LU · #1900 CH Largest by area12.6 km² #39 LU · #765 CH Highest municipalities520 m #51 LU · #1121 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #49 LU · #671 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #31 LU · #1429 CH Highest peaks689 m #62 LU · #1241 CH Highest-lying municipalities536 m #60 LU · #1276 CH Greatest vertical range192 m #63 LU · #1409 CH Steepest municipalities4.5° #66 LU · #1662 CH Solar potential31 GWh #40 LU · #639 CH Cheapest electricity25.41 Rp./kWh #56 LU · #413 CH Most expensive electricity25.41 Rp./kWh #60 LU · #1730 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Alberswil6248 Ettiswil6218 Grosswangen6022 Kottwil6217

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ettiswil?: Ettiswil has 4 postal codes: 6022, 6217, 6218, 6248.
What is the tax rate in Ettiswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ettiswil is 215% (2026); canton LU levies 145%.
How much tax do you pay in Ettiswil?: A single person without children pays about 13'896 CHF income tax in Ettiswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 79 in canton LU. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ettiswil have?: Ettiswil has 2'877 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ettiswil?: Ettiswil has 389 foreign residents, a share of 13.52% (2025).

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