What is the postal code of Freienbach?

Freienbach has 5 postal codes: 8640, 8806, 8807, 8808, 8832.

What is the tax rate in Freienbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Freienbach is 64% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Freienbach?

A single person without children pays about 5'617 CHF income tax in Freienbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Freienbach have?

Freienbach has 17'100 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Freienbach?

Freienbach has 5'370 foreign residents, a share of 31.4% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Höfe

Freienbach

8640–8832

SZ CANTON8640 8806 8807 8808+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'057 47.1%

Men

9'043 52.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'924 17.1%

Swiss citizens

11'730 68.6%

Foreign residents

5'370 31.4%

Population density

826 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'924 · 17.1%20–64 · 10'576 · 61.8%65+ · 3'600 · 21.1%

Foreign residents 31.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +72 (+0.4%) · 137 births · 127 deaths · net migration +73

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 Freienbach

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 Bezirk Höfe: 18.6% Yes

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 39.3% Yes

37.8% YesNo 62.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 66.9% Yes

65.5% YesNo 34.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 58.1% Yes

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 37.3% Yes

40.4% YesNo 59.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 43.3% Yes

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

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 Bezirk Höfe: 14.5% Yes

16.4% YesNo 83.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 49.2% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 41.3% Yes

41.9% YesNo 58.2%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Höfe: 71.8% Yes

71.6% YesNo 28.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.7% · strongest party

SVP35.7%

FDP24.3%

Mitte14.7%

SP10.3%

Übrige6.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier64%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

64%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 1 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

5'617 CHF(5.6%)

Rank 1 of 30 in the canton · 12 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 7'665 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Freienbach 5'617 CHF · most expensive Illgau 8'565 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:5'617 CHF(~5.6%)

FreienbachCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Freienbach	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	1.7%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	2.7%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	3.4%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	4%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	4.5%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	5%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	5.6%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	6.2%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	6.7%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	7.1%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	7.6%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	8%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	9%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	9.9%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	10.7%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	11.5%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	12.1%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	12.6%	12.6–16.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'275 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'016 m

Mean elevation

485 m

Relief

610 m

Mean slope

6.2°

Flat share

58.0%

South-facing

2.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 610 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

80.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

106.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

17'900

Per inhabitant

4'719 kWh/yr

81 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

22.49 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.95 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.36 Rp./kWh

22.49 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EW Höfe 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.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Standard model, deductible 300521 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Freienbach →Canton Schwyz →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Schwyz (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.26 %

Second homes

7.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

8'169

Built before 19464.9%

Built since 200131.9%

0.26 %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

18'017

Workplaces

2'843

Services share

83.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 134 (0.7%) · Secondary 2'784 (15.5%) · Tertiary 15'099 (83.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.4 %

Farmland

523 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 37 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 30/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1322

Websitefreienbach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Höfe

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Freienbach ranks

Largest municipalities17'100 #1 SZ · #76 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #20 SZ · #1149 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #11 SZ · #953 CH Jobs per resident1.05 #1 SZ · #79 CH Families & children17.1% #22 SZ · #1803 CH Age structure21.1% #11 SZ · #1021 CH Women share47.1% #25 SZ · #2001 CH Foreign residents31.4% #3 SZ · #253 CH Population density826/km² #3 SZ · #283 CH Tax burden5'617 #1 SZ · #12 CH Taxes64% #1 SZ Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #1 SZ · #269 CH Sunniest municipalities42.1% #27 SZ · #1109 CH Rainiest municipalities1'275 mm #29 SZ · #532 CH Voter turnout59.7% #19 SZ · #618 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #21 SZ · #605 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #4 SZ · #816 CH SVP strongholds35.7% #22 SZ · #924 CH SP strongholds10.3% #12 SZ · #1490 CH Centre strongholds14.7% #17 SZ · #849 CH FDP strongholds24.3% #6 SZ · #257 CH GLP strongholds5.3% #1 SZ · #1121 CH Green strongholds2.9% #8 SZ · #1880 CH Largest by area20.7 km² #16 SZ · #467 CH Highest municipalities463 m #21 SZ · #1433 CH Second homes7.5% #28 SZ · #1710 CH Organic farming9.4% #19 SZ · #1268 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #1 SZ · #502 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #30 SZ · #1611 CH Highest peaks1'016 m #27 SZ · #718 CH Highest-lying municipalities485 m #27 SZ · #1508 CH Greatest vertical range610 m #27 SZ · #605 CH Steepest municipalities6.2° #27 SZ · #1359 CH Solar potential81 GWh #4 SZ · #142 CH Solar potential per capita4'719 kWh #28 SZ · #2008 CH Cheapest electricity22.49 Rp./kWh #1 SZ · #48 CH Most expensive electricity22.49 Rp./kWh #29 SZ · #2058 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Bäch SZ8806 Freienbach8807 Hurden8640 Pfäffikon SZ8808 Wilen b. Wollerau8832 Wollerau8832

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Freienbach?: Freienbach has 5 postal codes: 8640, 8806, 8807, 8808, 8832.
What is the tax rate in Freienbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Freienbach is 64% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Freienbach?: A single person without children pays about 5'617 CHF income tax in Freienbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Freienbach have?: Freienbach has 17'100 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Freienbach?: Freienbach has 5'370 foreign residents, a share of 31.4% (2025).

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