What is the postal code of Maracon?

The postal code of Maracon is 1613.

What is the tax rate in Maracon?

The municipal tax multiplier of Maracon is 74.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Maracon?

A single person without children pays about 16'454 CHF income tax in Maracon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 221 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Maracon have?

Maracon has 562 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Maracon?

Maracon has 62 foreign residents, a share of 11.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Lavaux-Oron

Maracon

1613

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

295 52.5%

Men

267 47.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

137 24.4%

Swiss citizens

500 89.0%

Foreign residents

62 11.0%

Population density

128 pop./km²

0–19 · 137 · 24.4%20–64 · 323 · 57.5%65+ · 102 · 18.1%

Foreign residents 11.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −7 (−1.2%) · 3 births · 4 deaths · net migration −7

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 Maracon

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 Lavaux-Oron: 23.0% Yes

29.1% YesNo 70.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 24.7% Yes

36.6% YesNo 63.4%

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 Lavaux-Oron: 56.8% Yes

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 47.7% Yes

45.3% YesNo 54.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 33.2% Yes

42.6% YesNo 57.4%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 39.4% Yes

42.3% YesNo 57.7%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 48.8% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

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 Lavaux-Oron: 41.7% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

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 Lavaux-Oron: 44.5% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 69.0% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.4% · strongest party

SVP26.4%

SP19.5%

GRÜNE18.7%

FDP15.1%

GLP7.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier74.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

74.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 222 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'454 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 221 of 300 in the canton · 1551 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:16'454 CHF(~16.5%)

MaraconCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Maracon	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.4%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.6%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.1%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.9%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.2%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.8%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'405 mm

8.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

883 m

Mean elevation

826 m

Relief

159 m

Mean slope

6.3°

Flat share

48.7%

South-facing

15.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 159 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

6.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

9.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'500

Per inhabitant

12'028 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

27.81 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

27.81 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Groupe E 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 Maracon →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

0 %

Second homes

8.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

260

Built before 194645.8%

Built since 200126.9%

0 %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

100

Workplaces

Services share

45 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 24 (24.0%) · Secondary 31 (31.0%) · Tertiary 45 (45.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

216 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 40 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 246/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5790

Head of governmentJean-Claude Serex

Websitemaracon.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Lavaux-Oron

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Maracon ranks

Largest municipalities562 #195 VD · #1747 CH Growing municipalities-1.2% #254 VD · #1872 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.2% #48 VD · #240 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #230 VD · #1877 CH Families & children24.4% #63 VD · #132 CH Age structure18.1% #144 VD · #1632 CH Women share52.5% #24 VD · #80 CH Foreign residents11% #269 VD · #1627 CH Population density128/km² #154 VD · #1325 CH Tax burden16'454 #221 VD · #1551 CH Taxes74.5% #222 VD Warmest municipalities8.5 °C #259 VD · #1582 CH Sunniest municipalities46.5% #95 VD · #516 CH Rainiest municipalities1'405 mm #30 VD · #348 CH Voter turnout69.4% #28 VD · #72 CH SVP strongholds26.4% #123 VD · #1495 CH SP strongholds19.5% #176 VD · #508 CH Centre strongholds5.1% #124 VD · #1786 CH FDP strongholds15.1% #265 VD · #816 CH GLP strongholds7.7% #134 VD · #635 CH Green strongholds18.7% #12 VD · #34 CH Largest by area4.4 km² #187 VD · #1653 CH Highest municipalities861 m #35 VD · #360 CH Second homes8.5% #213 VD · #1518 CH Organic farming0% #269 VD · #2018 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #56 VD · #240 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #246 VD · #1885 CH Highest peaks883 m #81 VD · #853 CH Highest-lying municipalities826 m #58 VD · #590 CH Greatest vertical range159 m #165 VD · #1542 CH Steepest municipalities6.3° #130 VD · #1354 CH Solar potential7 GWh #199 VD · #1774 CH Solar potential per capita12'028 kWh #123 VD · #751 CH Cheapest electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #10 VD · #1217 CH Most expensive electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #286 VD · #885 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1613

Maracon

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Maracon1613

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Maracon?: The postal code of Maracon is 1613.
What is the tax rate in Maracon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Maracon is 74.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Maracon?: A single person without children pays about 16'454 CHF income tax in Maracon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 221 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Maracon have?: Maracon has 562 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Maracon?: Maracon has 62 foreign residents, a share of 11.03% (2025).

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