What is the postal code of Lauerz?

The postal code of Lauerz is 6424.

What is the tax rate in Lauerz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lauerz is 175% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Lauerz?

A single person without children pays about 8'115 CHF income tax in Lauerz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lauerz have?

Lauerz has 1'165 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lauerz?

Lauerz has 174 foreign residents, a share of 14.94% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Schwyz

Lauerz

6424

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

559 48.0%

Men

606 52.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

265 22.7%

Swiss citizens

991 85.1%

Foreign residents

174 14.9%

Population density

127 pop./km²

0–19 · 265 · 22.7%20–64 · 719 · 61.7%65+ · 181 · 15.5%

Foreign residents 14.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +16 (+1.4%) · 9 births · 15 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 Lauerz

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 Schwyz: 18.6% Yes

17.5% YesNo 82.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 45.8% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 62.4% Yes

62.3% YesNo 37.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 66.4% Yes

69.8% YesNo 30.3%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 40.4% Yes

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 31.2% Yes

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

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 Schwyz: 15.8% Yes

12.9% YesNo 87.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 49.6% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 48.7% Yes

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 68.4% Yes

62.5% YesNo 37.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.3% · strongest party

SVP37.3%

Übrige20.6%

FDP17.5%

Mitte15.5%

SP4.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

175%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 25 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

8'115 CHF(8.1%)

Rank 25 of 30 in the canton · 36 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:8'115 CHF(~8.1%)

LauerzCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lauerz	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.6%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	4.2%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	5.2%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	6%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.7%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	7.3%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	8.1%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.8%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	9.4%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.9%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	10.5%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.9%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	12.1%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	13.1%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	14%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.8%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	15.5%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	16.1%	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 1991–202010 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'284 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'650 m

Mean elevation

783 m

Relief

1'203 m

Mean slope

18.6°

Flat share

16.9%

South-facing

1.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'203 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

6.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

9.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'500

Per inhabitant

5'957 kWh/yr

7 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

25.1 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.16 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.45 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

25.1 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator ebs Energie 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 Lauerz →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

0.93 %

Second homes

15.5 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

540

Built before 194616.1%

Built since 200131.7%

0.93 %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

253

Workplaces

Services share

59.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 52 (20.6%) · Secondary 51 (20.2%) · Tertiary 150 (59.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.8 %

Farmland

336 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 74 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 11 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 21/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1365

Websitelauerz.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schwyz

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lauerz ranks

Largest municipalities1'165 #23 SZ · #1347 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #12 SZ · #589 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #19 SZ · #1519 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #28 SZ · #1672 CH Families & children22.7% #4 SZ · #371 CH Age structure15.5% #28 SZ · #1938 CH Women share48% #20 SZ · #1857 CH Foreign residents14.9% #20 SZ · #1287 CH Population density127/km² #18 SZ · #1329 CH Tax burden8'115 #25 SZ · #36 CH Taxes175% #25 SZ Warmest municipalities10 °C #10 SZ · #493 CH Sunniest municipalities44.8% #9 SZ · #690 CH Rainiest municipalities1'284 mm #28 SZ · #521 CH Voter turnout66.2% #2 SZ · #161 CH Against Switzerland35.3% #6 SZ · #13 CH Aligned with Switzerland64.7% #19 SZ · #1445 CH SVP strongholds37.3% #18 SZ · #816 CH SP strongholds4.5% #25 SZ · #1956 CH Centre strongholds15.5% #15 SZ · #794 CH FDP strongholds17.5% #13 SZ · #612 CH GLP strongholds1.8% #21 SZ · #1786 CH Green strongholds2.6% #10 SZ · #1914 CH Largest by area9.2 km² #27 SZ · #1029 CH Highest municipalities699 m #15 SZ · #599 CH Second homes15.5% #9 SZ · #538 CH Organic farming15.8% #6 SZ · #836 CH Best-connected municipalities74 min #10 SZ · #1206 CH Remotest municipalities74 min #21 SZ · #901 CH Highest peaks1'650 m #15 SZ · #419 CH Highest-lying municipalities783 m #18 SZ · #634 CH Greatest vertical range1'203 m #13 SZ · #409 CH Steepest municipalities18.6° #9 SZ · #436 CH Solar potential7 GWh #26 SZ · #1762 CH Solar potential per capita5'957 kWh #24 SZ · #1839 CH Cheapest electricity25.1 Rp./kWh #6 SZ · #447 CH Most expensive electricity25.1 Rp./kWh #22 SZ · #1657 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6424

Lauerz

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Lauerz6424

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lauerz?: The postal code of Lauerz is 6424.
What is the tax rate in Lauerz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lauerz is 175% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Lauerz?: A single person without children pays about 8'115 CHF income tax in Lauerz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lauerz have?: Lauerz has 1'165 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lauerz?: Lauerz has 174 foreign residents, a share of 14.94% (2025).

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