What is the postal code of Gächlingen?

Gächlingen has 3 postal codes: 8214, 8225, 8226.

What is the tax rate in Gächlingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gächlingen is 115% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Gächlingen?

A single person without children pays about 13'502 CHF income tax in Gächlingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 24 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gächlingen have?

Gächlingen has 1'043 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gächlingen?

Gächlingen has 153 foreign residents, a share of 14.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Oberklettgau

Gächlingen

8214–8226

SH CANTON8214 8225 8226

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

510 48.9%

Men

533 51.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

245 23.5%

Swiss citizens

890 85.3%

Foreign residents

153 14.7%

Population density

146 pop./km²

0–19 · 245 · 23.5%20–64 · 558 · 53.5%65+ · 240 · 23.0%

Foreign residents 14.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +14 (+1.4%) · 7 births · 16 deaths · net migration +19

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 Gächlingen

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 Oberklettgau: 23.2% Yes

23.6% YesNo 76.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 39.6% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

27.09.2026C. Stichfrage: Welche der beiden Vorlagen soll in Kraft treten, falls sowohl die kantonale Volksinitiative als auch der Gegenvorschlag angenommen werden?Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 47.0% Yes

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 45.2% Yes

45.5% YesNo 54.6%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 47.5% Yes

52.2% YesNo 47.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 60.4% Yes

64.5% YesNo 35.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 57.8% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 74.7% Yes

71.0% YesNo 29.0%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 69.7% Yes

65.5% YesNo 34.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Oberklettgau: 37.0% Yes

34.3% YesNo 65.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP49.8% · strongest party

SVP49.8%

SP17.7%

FDP9.7%

GLP8.3%

EVP4.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

115%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 25 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'502 CHF(13.5%)

Rank 24 of 26 in the canton · 697 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'457 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Buchberg 10'060 CHF · most expensive Oberhallau 13'625 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'502 CHF(~13.5%)

GächlingenCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gächlingen	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.1%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.1%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.3%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	11.4%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	12.4%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	13.5%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	14.5%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	15.3%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	16%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	16.7%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	17.3%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	18.9%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	20.4%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	21.7%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	22.7%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	23.3%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	23.8%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020861 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

862 m

Mean elevation

526 m

Relief

431 m

Mean slope

6.8°

Flat share

42.4%

South-facing

20.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 431 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

13.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'000

Per inhabitant

12'790 kWh/yr

13 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

30.82 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

30.82 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.82 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen 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

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300557 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schaffhausen413 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Gächlingen →Canton Schaffhausen →Premiums explained →

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

1.01 %

Second homes

10.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

493

Built before 194638.5%

Built since 200124.3%

1.01 %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

242

Workplaces

Services share

49.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 74 (30.6%) · Secondary 49 (20.2%) · Tertiary 119 (49.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

734 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 87 min · Car 65 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 11/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2901

Websitegaechlingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Oberklettgau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gächlingen ranks

Largest municipalities1'043 #14 SH · #1431 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #11 SH · #606 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #16 SH · #1502 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #16 SH · #1634 CH Families & children23.5% #4 SH · #230 CH Age structure23% #14 SH · #672 CH Women share48.9% #21 SH · #1564 CH Foreign residents14.7% #18 SH · #1310 CH Population density146/km² #15 SH · #1240 CH Tax burden13'502 #24 SH · #697 CH Taxes115% #25 SH Warmest municipalities9 °C #15 SH · #1374 CH Sunniest municipalities39.7% #17 SH · #1992 CH Rainiest municipalities861 mm #15 SH · #2004 CH Voter turnout72.2% #18 SH · #42 CH Against Switzerland23.5% #6 SH · #298 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.5% #9 SH · #1143 CH SVP strongholds49.8% #12 SH · #242 CH SP strongholds17.7% #13 SH · #664 CH Centre strongholds1.2% #21 SH · #2083 CH FDP strongholds9.7% #16 SH · #1433 CH GLP strongholds8.3% #6 SH · #531 CH Green strongholds2% #25 SH · #1959 CH Largest by area7.1 km² #15 SH · #1236 CH Highest municipalities539 m #8 SH · #1043 CH Second homes10.3% #13 SH · #1149 CH Organic farming14.3% #8 SH · #923 CH Best-connected municipalities87 min #15 SH · #1501 CH Remotest municipalities87 min #11 SH · #608 CH Highest peaks862 m #7 SH · #880 CH Highest-lying municipalities526 m #12 SH · #1323 CH Greatest vertical range431 m #4 SH · #775 CH Steepest municipalities6.8° #19 SH · #1266 CH Solar potential13 GWh #12 SH · #1328 CH Solar potential per capita12'790 kWh #10 SH · #659 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #2 SH · #1862 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #1 SH · #221 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Gächlingen8214 Schleitheim8226 Siblingen8225

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gächlingen?: Gächlingen has 3 postal codes: 8214, 8225, 8226.
What is the tax rate in Gächlingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gächlingen is 115% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Gächlingen?: A single person without children pays about 13'502 CHF income tax in Gächlingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 24 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gächlingen have?: Gächlingen has 1'043 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gächlingen?: Gächlingen has 153 foreign residents, a share of 14.67% (2025).

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