Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
164 47.1%
Men
184 52.9%
Children & youth (0–19)
72 20.7%
Swiss citizens
304 87.4%
Foreign residents
44 12.6%
Population density
65 pop./km²
0–19 · 72 · 20.7%20–64 · 205 · 58.9%65+ · 71 · 20.4%
Foreign residents 12.6%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +7 (+2.1%) · 5 births · 2 deaths · net migration +2
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
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 Gösgen: 26.4% Yes
27.6% YesNo 72.4%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 29.0% Yes
24.8% YesNo 75.2%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 56.5% Yes
50.9% YesNo 49.1%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 53.3% Yes
51.7% YesNo 48.3%
14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 58.9% Yes
62.3% YesNo 37.8%
14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 59.1% Yes
62.5% YesNo 37.5%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 50.6% Yes
54.8% YesNo 45.2%
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 Gösgen: 23.5% Yes
29.6% YesNo 70.4%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 41.8% Yes
44.7% YesNo 55.3%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Gösgen: 39.0% Yes
34.4% YesNo 65.6%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023Mitte29.1% · strongest party
Mitte29.1%
SVP27.6%
GRÜNE13.0%
SP10.0%
FDP9.8%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier125%
Cantonal tax multiplier104%
125%SO range 65%145%
Tax rank 73 of 104 in canton SolothurnTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
17'010 CHF(17%)
Rank 64 of 104 in the canton · 1830 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF
100'000 CHF:17'010 CHF(~17%)
Hauenstein-IfenthalCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Hauenstein-Ifenthal | Solothurn | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 8% | 6.1–8.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 10.4% | 7.9–11.4% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 12.4% | 9.4–13.5% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 13.9% | 10.5–15.1% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 15.1% | 11.5–16.3% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 16% | 12.2–17.3% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 17% | 13–18.4% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.9% | 13.8–19.3% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.6% | 14.4–20.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19.4% | 15.1–20.9% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 20.2% | 15.7–21.8% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 20.9% | 16.4–22.5% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 22.7% | 17.8–24.3% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 24.1% | 19.1–25.8% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 25.3% | 20.1–27% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 26.4% | 21.1–28.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 27.3% | 21.9–29.1% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 28% | 22.5–29.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20209 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'114 mm
9 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
968 m
Mean elevation
743 m
Relief
407 m
Mean slope
17°
Flat share
5.4%
South-facing
33.1%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 407 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
Roof potential
4.3 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
5.7 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
1'000
Per inhabitant
12'471 kWh/yr
4 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 · 2027Tariff H4
31.21 Rp./kWh
Energy
13.45 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
13.78 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.91 Rp./kWh
31.21 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.51 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Primeo Netz 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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300606 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Solothurn424 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Solothurn (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
0.62 %
Second homes
11.6 %
Avg. rooms
4.5
Dwellings
162
Built before 194637.7%
Built since 200130.2%
0.62 %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 · 2024Jobs
66
Workplaces
33
Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 0 (0.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
10
Organic share
40 %
Farmland
236 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities348 #97 SO · #1923 CHGrowing municipalities2.1% #15 SO · #335 CHShrinking municipalities2.1% #90 SO · #1773 CHJobs per resident0.19 #81 SO · #1821 CHFamilies & children20.7% #28 SO · #911 CHAge structure20.4% #80 SO · #1163 CHWomen share47.1% #99 SO · #2003 CHForeign residents12.6% #66 SO · #1481 CHPopulation density65/km² #97 SO · #1680 CHTax burden17'010 #68 SO · #1834 CHTaxes125% #73 SOWarmest municipalities9 °C #81 SO · #1367 CHSunniest municipalities40.6% #40 SO · #1566 CHRainiest municipalities1'114 mm #47 SO · #1024 CHVoter turnout58.6% #21 SO · #750 CHSVP strongholds27.6% #83 SO · #1423 CHSP strongholds10% #73 SO · #1520 CHCentre strongholds29.1% #15 SO · #250 CHFDP strongholds9.8% #102 SO · #1420 CHGLP strongholds8% #12 SO · #578 CHGreen strongholds13% #9 SO · #246 CHLargest by area5.4 km² #63 SO · #1495 CHHighest municipalities675 m #8 SO · #649 CHSecond homes11.6% #29 SO · #961 CHOrganic farming40% #7 SO · #197 CHBest-connected municipalities66 min #58 SO · #965 CHRemotest municipalities66 min #47 SO · #1142 CHHighest peaks968 m #25 SO · #754 CHHighest-lying municipalities743 m #14 SO · #685 CHGreatest vertical range407 m #41 SO · #805 CHSteepest municipalities17° #15 SO · #490 CHSolar potential4 GWh #99 SO · #1965 CHSolar potential per capita12'471 kWh #17 SO · #698 CHCheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #71 SO · #1914 CHMost expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #27 SO · #166 CH
Postal codes (1)
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swisstopo- What is the postal code of Hauenstein-Ifenthal?
- The postal code of Hauenstein-Ifenthal is 4633.
- What is the tax rate in Hauenstein-Ifenthal?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Hauenstein-Ifenthal is 125% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
- How much tax do you pay in Hauenstein-Ifenthal?
- A single person without children pays about 17'010 CHF income tax in Hauenstein-Ifenthal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 64 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Hauenstein-Ifenthal have?
- Hauenstein-Ifenthal has 348 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Hauenstein-Ifenthal?
- Hauenstein-Ifenthal has 44 foreign residents, a share of 12.64% (2025).
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