What is the postal code of Locarno?

Locarno has 10 postal codes: 6516, 6572, 6594, 6595, 6596, 6600, 6605, 6612, 6644, 6652.

What is the tax rate in Locarno?

The municipal tax multiplier of Locarno is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Locarno?

A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Locarno on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Locarno have?

Locarno has 16'463 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Locarno?

Locarno has 5'943 foreign residents, a share of 36.1% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Locarno

Locarno

6516–6652

TI CANTON6516 6572 6594 6595+6 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'665 52.6%

Men

7'798 47.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'608 15.8%

Swiss citizens

10'520 63.9%

Foreign residents

5'943 36.1%

Population density

669 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'608 · 15.8%20–64 · 9'605 · 58.3%65+ · 4'250 · 25.8%

Foreign residents 36.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +89 (+0.5%) · 107 births · 180 deaths · net migration +152

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 Locarno

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 Distretto di Locarno: 32.4% Yes

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 45.4% Yes

46.2% YesNo 53.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.4% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 49.3% Yes

46.1% YesNo 54.0%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 71.2% Yes

67.5% YesNo 32.5%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 31.4% Yes

37.4% YesNo 62.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.8% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.9%

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 Distretto di Locarno: 29.1% Yes

32.1% YesNo 67.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 47.0% Yes

49.4% YesNo 50.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Locarno: 52.7% Yes

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP19.1% · strongest party

FDP19.1%

Mitte18.8%

SP16.5%

SVP12.4%

GRÜNE11.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier90%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

90%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 67 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'339 CHF(14.3%)

Rank 62 of 100 in the canton · 886 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'339 CHF(~14.3%)

LocarnoCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Locarno	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	7%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	9%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	12%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	13.1%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	14.3%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	15.3%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	16.3%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	17.2%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	18%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18.8%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	20.7%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	22.2%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	23.5%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	24.6%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	25.6%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	26.5%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'771 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'479 m

Mean elevation

324 m

Relief

1'286 m

Mean slope

8°

Flat share

73.3%

South-facing

15.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'286 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

117.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

164 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

26'000

Per inhabitant

7'116 kWh/yr

117 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.76 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

28.79 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Società Elettrica Sopracenerina SA (Ticino)

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 1

Standard model, deductible 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Locarno →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

1.75 %

Second homes

19.5 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

12'298

Built before 194617.6%

Built since 200125.4%

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

1.75 %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

13'265

Workplaces

2'012

Services share

82.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 82 (0.6%) · Secondary 2'208 (16.6%) · Tertiary 10'975 (82.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

313 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 48 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 48/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5113

Websitelocarno.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Locarno

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Locarno ranks

Largest municipalities16'463 #3 TI · #84 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #34 TI · #1082 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #67 TI · #1032 CH Jobs per resident0.81 #18 TI · #155 CH Families & children15.8% #65 TI · #1931 CH Age structure25.8% #46 TI · #326 CH Women share52.6% #11 TI · #63 CH Foreign residents36.1% #14 TI · #139 CH Population density669/km² #31 TI · #380 CH Tax burden14'339 #65 TI · #890 CH Taxes90% #67 TI Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #51 TI · #440 CH Sunniest municipalities56.8% #3 TI · #12 CH Rainiest municipalities1'771 mm #46 TI · #88 CH Voter turnout48.4% #94 TI · #1900 CH Against Switzerland20.6% #56 TI · #488 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.4% #16 TI · #978 CH SVP strongholds12.4% #82 TI · #2063 CH SP strongholds16.5% #7 TI · #788 CH Centre strongholds18.8% #42 TI · #604 CH FDP strongholds19.1% #58 TI · #521 CH GLP strongholds1.1% #64 TI · #1919 CH Green strongholds11.2% #16 TI · #428 CH Largest by area24.6 km² #27 TI · #378 CH Highest municipalities210 m #93 TI · #2086 CH Second homes19.5% #60 TI · #347 CH Organic farming14.3% #36 TI · #942 CH Best-connected municipalities48 min #52 TI · #407 CH Remotest municipalities48 min #48 TI · #1700 CH Highest peaks1'479 m #45 TI · #466 CH Highest-lying municipalities324 m #89 TI · #2087 CH Greatest vertical range1'286 m #44 TI · #393 CH Steepest municipalities8° #90 TI · #1118 CH Solar potential117 GWh #4 TI · #56 CH Solar potential per capita7'116 kWh #86 TI · #1659 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #73 TI · #1562 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #18 TI · #535 CH

Postal codes (10)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 10

Ascona6612 Contone6594 Cugnasco6516 Gordola6596 Locarno6600 6605 Orselina6644 Quartino6572 Riazzino6595 Solduno6600 Tegna6652

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Locarno?: Locarno has 10 postal codes: 6516, 6572, 6594, 6595, 6596, 6600, 6605, 6612, 6644, 6652.
What is the tax rate in Locarno?: The municipal tax multiplier of Locarno is 90% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Locarno?: A single person without children pays about 14'339 CHF income tax in Locarno on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 62 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Locarno have?: Locarno has 16'463 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Locarno?: Locarno has 5'943 foreign residents, a share of 36.1% (2025).

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