What is the postal code of Gersau?

Gersau has 2 postal codes: 6410, 6442.

What is the tax rate in Gersau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gersau is 145% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Gersau?

A single person without children pays about 7'440 CHF income tax in Gersau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 9 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gersau have?

Gersau has 2'505 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gersau?

Gersau has 773 foreign residents, a share of 30.86% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Gersau

Gersau

6410–6442

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'202 48.0%

Men

1'303 52.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

384 15.3%

Swiss citizens

1'732 69.1%

Foreign residents

773 30.9%

Population density

106 pop./km²

0–19 · 384 · 15.3%20–64 · 1'493 · 59.6%65+ · 628 · 25.1%

Foreign residents 30.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +43 (+1.8%) · 21 births · 22 deaths · net migration +31

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 Gersau

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 Gersau: 21.9% Yes

21.9% YesNo 78.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 34.9% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 61.2% Yes

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 55.0% Yes

55.0% YesNo 45.0%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 41.8% Yes

41.8% YesNo 58.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 41.6% Yes

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

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 Gersau: 18.7% Yes

18.7% YesNo 81.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 44.0% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 69.8% Yes

69.8% YesNo 30.2%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Gersau: 67.7% Yes

67.7% YesNo 32.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP27.8% · strongest party

SVP27.8%

FDP24.5%

Mitte22.6%

SP10.7%

Übrige7.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier145%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

145%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 10 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

7'440 CHF(7.4%)

Rank 9 of 30 in the canton · 20 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:7'440 CHF(~7.4%)

GersauCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gersau	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.4%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	3.8%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	4.7%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5.5%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.1%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	6.7%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	7.4%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.1%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	8.6%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.1%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	9.7%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.1%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	11.3%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	12.2%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	13.1%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	13.9%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	14.6%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	15.1%	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 1991–20204.8 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)8.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20202'040 mm

4.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'655 m

Mean elevation

763 m

Relief

1'222 m

Mean slope

16.9°

Flat share

38.7%

South-facing

38.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'222 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

15.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'400

Per inhabitant

6'080 kWh/yr

15 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

27.38 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.54 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.64 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.6 Rp./kWh

27.38 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator EWS 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 Gersau →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

1.41 %

Second homes

25 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

1'627

Built before 194648.0%

Built since 200122.4%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.41 %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

560

Workplaces

199

Services share

66.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 102 (18.2%) · Secondary 87 (15.5%) · Tertiary 371 (66.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

60 %

Farmland

478 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 112 min · Car 62 min

AgglomerationPT 37 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 4/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1311

Websitegersau.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Gersau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gersau ranks

Largest municipalities2'505 #20 SZ · #840 CH Growing municipalities1.8% #5 SZ · #429 CH Shrinking municipalities1.8% #26 SZ · #1680 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #27 SZ · #1671 CH Families & children15.3% #29 SZ · #1955 CH Age structure25.1% #3 SZ · #388 CH Women share48% #19 SZ · #1856 CH Foreign residents30.9% #4 SZ · #280 CH Population density106/km² #21 SZ · #1435 CH Tax burden7'440 #10 SZ · #21 CH Taxes145% #10 SZ Warmest municipalities4.8 °C #29 SZ · #2000 CH Sunniest municipalities43.6% #20 SZ · #907 CH Rainiest municipalities2'040 mm #6 SZ · #19 CH Voter turnout62.3% #12 SZ · #391 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #17 SZ · #399 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #6 SZ · #1020 CH SVP strongholds27.8% #28 SZ · #1409 CH SP strongholds10.7% #11 SZ · #1447 CH Centre strongholds22.6% #7 SZ · #423 CH FDP strongholds24.5% #5 SZ · #249 CH GLP strongholds3.1% #12 SZ · #1566 CH Green strongholds3.9% #3 SZ · #1748 CH Largest by area23.6 km² #12 SZ · #405 CH Highest municipalities435 m #23 SZ · #1660 CH Second homes25% #6 SZ · #288 CH Organic farming60% #1 SZ · #79 CH Best-connected municipalities112 min #27 SZ · #1864 CH Remotest municipalities112 min #4 SZ · #241 CH Highest peaks1'655 m #14 SZ · #418 CH Highest-lying municipalities763 m #19 SZ · #654 CH Greatest vertical range1'222 m #12 SZ · #404 CH Steepest municipalities16.9° #17 SZ · #491 CH Solar potential15 GWh #21 SZ · #1232 CH Solar potential per capita6'080 kWh #22 SZ · #1824 CH Cheapest electricity27.38 Rp./kWh #20 SZ · #1165 CH Most expensive electricity27.38 Rp./kWh #11 SZ · #942 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Gersau6442 Rigi Scheidegg6410

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gersau?: Gersau has 2 postal codes: 6410, 6442.
What is the tax rate in Gersau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gersau is 145% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Gersau?: A single person without children pays about 7'440 CHF income tax in Gersau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 9 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gersau have?: Gersau has 2'505 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gersau?: Gersau has 773 foreign residents, a share of 30.86% (2025).

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