What is the postal code of Lucens?

Lucens has 3 postal codes: 1522, 1526, 1683.

What is the tax rate in Lucens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lucens is 69.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Lucens?

A single person without children pays about 16'122 CHF income tax in Lucens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 135 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lucens have?

Lucens has 4'879 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lucens?

Lucens has 2'024 foreign residents, a share of 41.48% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Broye-Vully

Lucens

1522–1683

VD CANTON1522 1526 1683

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'472 50.7%

Men

2'407 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'304 26.7%

Swiss citizens

2'855 58.5%

Foreign residents

2'024 41.5%

Population density

253 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'304 · 26.7%20–64 · 2'834 · 58.1%65+ · 741 · 15.2%

Foreign residents 41.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +143 (+3%) · 51 births · 34 deaths · net migration +120

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 Lucens

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 District de la Broye-Vully: 18.6% Yes

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 32.5% Yes

33.1% YesNo 67.0%

27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 58.7% Yes

59.2% YesNo 40.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 56.8% Yes

47.2% YesNo 52.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 49.9% Yes

47.8% YesNo 52.2%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 35.1% Yes

44.3% YesNo 55.7%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 50.9% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.2%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 38.1% Yes

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 41.6% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 62.0% Yes

64.7% YesNo 35.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP30.7% · strongest party

SP30.7%

SVP28.5%

FDP16.8%

GRÜNE9.4%

Mitte4.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier69.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

69.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 135 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'122 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 135 of 300 in the canton · 1339 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'122 CHF(~16.1%)

LucensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lucens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.2%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.5%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.3%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'010 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

848 m

Mean elevation

649 m

Relief

372 m

Mean slope

8.7°

Flat share

36.1%

South-facing

8.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 372 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

44.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

59.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'900

Per inhabitant

9'147 kWh/yr

45 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

28.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

28.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Romande Energie SA

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Lucens →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Vaud. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Vaud (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

1.61 %

Second homes

10.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

2'242

Built before 194634.7%

Built since 200131.4%

1.61 %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

1'057

Workplaces

226

Services share

58.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 66 (6.2%) · Secondary 374 (35.4%) · Tertiary 617 (58.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

1'206 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 119/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5675

Head of governmentÉtienne Berger

Websitelucens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye-Vully

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lucens ranks

Largest municipalities4'879 #38 VD · #448 CH Growing municipalities3% #28 VD · #159 CH Shrinking municipalities3% #273 VD · #1950 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #198 VD · #1702 CH Families & children26.7% #19 VD · #29 CH Age structure15.2% #241 VD · #1980 CH Women share50.7% #111 VD · #552 CH Foreign residents41.5% #14 VD · #60 CH Population density253/km² #94 VD · #880 CH Tax burden16'122 #136 VD · #1340 CH Taxes69.5% #135 VD Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #190 VD · #918 CH Sunniest municipalities44.4% #192 VD · #765 CH Rainiest municipalities1'010 mm #195 VD · #1582 CH Voter turnout47.7% #294 VD · #1942 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #96 VD · #873 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #40 VD · #615 CH SVP strongholds28.5% #99 VD · #1369 CH SP strongholds30.7% #16 VD · #40 CH Centre strongholds4.5% #162 VD · #1850 CH FDP strongholds16.8% #247 VD · #672 CH GLP strongholds4.4% #242 VD · #1337 CH Green strongholds9.4% #213 VD · #661 CH Largest by area19.3 km² #42 VD · #496 CH Highest municipalities500 m #191 VD · #1210 CH Second homes10.1% #159 VD · #1186 CH Organic farming11.1% #142 VD · #1156 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #183 VD · #789 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #119 VD · #1349 CH Highest peaks848 m #90 VD · #914 CH Highest-lying municipalities649 m #111 VD · #886 CH Greatest vertical range372 m #79 VD · #862 CH Steepest municipalities8.7° #81 VD · #1051 CH Solar potential45 GWh #34 VD · #397 CH Solar potential per capita9'147 kWh #194 VD · #1228 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #175 VD · #1473 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #124 VD · #632 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lucens?: Lucens has 3 postal codes: 1522, 1526, 1683.
What is the tax rate in Lucens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lucens is 69.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Lucens?: A single person without children pays about 16'122 CHF income tax in Lucens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 135 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lucens have?: Lucens has 4'879 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lucens?: Lucens has 2'024 foreign residents, a share of 41.48% (2025).

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