What is the postal code of Küssnacht?

Küssnacht has 3 postal codes: 6402, 6403, 6405.

What is the tax rate in Küssnacht?

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

How much tax do you pay in Küssnacht?

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

How many residents does Küssnacht have?

Küssnacht has 14'185 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Küssnacht?

Küssnacht has 3'775 foreign residents, a share of 26.61% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ)

Küssnacht

6402–6405

SZ CANTON6402 6403 6405

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'895 48.6%

Men

7'290 51.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'651 18.7%

Swiss citizens

10'410 73.4%

Foreign residents

3'775 26.6%

Population density

392 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'651 · 18.7%20–64 · 8'489 · 59.8%65+ · 3'045 · 21.5%

Foreign residents 26.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +37 (+0.3%) · 111 births · 109 deaths · net migration +33

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 Küssnacht

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 Küssnacht (SZ): 20.5% Yes

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 32.1% Yes

32.1% YesNo 67.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 62.3% Yes

62.3% YesNo 37.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 52.6% Yes

52.6% YesNo 47.4%

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

41.8% YesNo 58.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 42.2% Yes

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

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 Küssnacht (SZ): 17.8% Yes

17.8% YesNo 82.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 43.9% Yes

43.9% YesNo 56.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 38.0% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Küssnacht (SZ): 73.3% Yes

73.3% YesNo 26.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP28.9% · strongest party

FDP28.9%

SVP28.7%

Mitte18.2%

SP12.3%

GLP4.5%

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 11 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%)

KüssnachtCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Küssnacht	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 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'309 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'759 m

Mean elevation

598 m

Relief

1'346 m

Mean slope

11.4°

Flat share

33.6%

South-facing

9.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'346 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

91.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

122.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

20'300

Per inhabitant

6'449 kWh/yr

91 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

27.33 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.54 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.64 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.55 Rp./kWh

27.33 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 Küssnacht →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

0.32 %

Second homes

10.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

6'876

Built before 194612.7%

Built since 200130.9%

0.32 %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

7'538

Workplaces

1'227

Services share

60.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 264 (3.5%) · Secondary 2'735 (36.3%) · Tertiary 4'539 (60.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.6 %

Farmland

1'424 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 79 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 5 min

Remoteness 18/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1331

Websitekuessnacht.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Küssnacht (SZ)

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Küssnacht ranks

Largest municipalities14'185 #4 SZ · #103 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #22 SZ · #1255 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #9 SZ · #855 CH Jobs per resident0.53 #8 SZ · #470 CH Families & children18.7% #18 SZ · #1520 CH Age structure21.5% #9 SZ · #950 CH Women share48.6% #12 SZ · #1673 CH Foreign residents26.6% #6 SZ · #467 CH Population density392/km² #7 SZ · #625 CH Tax burden7'440 #11 SZ · #22 CH Taxes145% #11 SZ Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #11 SZ · #599 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #30 SZ · #1322 CH Rainiest municipalities1'309 mm #26 SZ · #478 CH Voter turnout63.5% #7 SZ · #289 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #23 SZ · #919 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #2 SZ · #517 CH SVP strongholds28.7% #27 SZ · #1355 CH SP strongholds12.3% #6 SZ · #1252 CH Centre strongholds18.2% #10 SZ · #630 CH FDP strongholds28.9% #4 SZ · #111 CH GLP strongholds4.5% #3 SZ · #1301 CH Green strongholds2.9% #9 SZ · #1881 CH Largest by area36.2 km² #7 SZ · #255 CH Highest municipalities445 m #22 SZ · #1571 CH Second homes10.1% #19 SZ · #1191 CH Organic farming12.6% #12 SZ · #1016 CH Best-connected municipalities79 min #12 SZ · #1328 CH Remotest municipalities79 min #18 SZ · #781 CH Highest peaks1'759 m #11 SZ · #399 CH Highest-lying municipalities598 m #26 SZ · #1017 CH Greatest vertical range1'346 m #8 SZ · #372 CH Steepest municipalities11.4° #25 SZ · #820 CH Solar potential91 GWh #3 SZ · #104 CH Solar potential per capita6'449 kWh #18 SZ · #1764 CH Cheapest electricity27.33 Rp./kWh #19 SZ · #1158 CH Most expensive electricity27.33 Rp./kWh #12 SZ · #949 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Immensee6405 Küssnacht am Rigi6403 Merlischachen6402

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Küssnacht?: Küssnacht has 3 postal codes: 6402, 6403, 6405.
What is the tax rate in Küssnacht?: The municipal tax multiplier of Küssnacht is 145% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Küssnacht?: A single person without children pays about 7'440 CHF income tax in Küssnacht on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 9 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Küssnacht have?: Küssnacht has 14'185 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Küssnacht?: Küssnacht has 3'775 foreign residents, a share of 26.61% (2025).

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