Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
1'743 48.4%
Men
1'861 51.6%
Children & youth (0–19)
799 22.2%
Swiss citizens
3'309 91.8%
Foreign residents
295 8.2%
Population density
21 pop./km²
0–19 · 799 · 22.2%20–64 · 2'078 · 57.7%65+ · 727 · 20.2%
Foreign residents 8.2%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +21 (+0.6%) · 29 births · 22 deaths · net migration +11
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
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
8.4% YesNo 91.6%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 45.8% Yes
65.2% YesNo 34.8%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 62.4% Yes
68.2% YesNo 31.8%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 66.4% Yes
85.4% YesNo 14.6%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 40.4% Yes
31.2% YesNo 68.8%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 31.2% Yes
14.1% YesNo 86.0%
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
7.0% YesNo 93.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 49.6% Yes
61.4% YesNo 38.7%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 48.7% Yes
62.1% YesNo 37.9%
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
62.3% YesNo 37.7%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP43.8% · strongest party
SVP43.8%
Übrige24.6%
Mitte19.8%
FDP7.4%
SP2.0%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier150%
Cantonal tax multiplier110%
150%SZ range 64%195%
Tax rank 12 of 30 in canton SchwyzTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
7'553 CHF(7.6%)
Rank 12 of 30 in the canton · 23 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
100'000 CHF:7'553 CHF(~7.6%)
MuotathalCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Muotathal | Schwyz | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 2.4% | 1.7–2.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 3.9% | 2.7–4.4% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 4.8% | 3.4–5.5% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 5.6% | 4–6.4% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 6.2% | 4.5–7.1% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 6.8% | 5–7.7% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 7.6% | 5.6–8.6% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 8.2% | 6.2–9.3% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 8.8% | 6.7–9.9% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 9.3% | 7.1–10.4% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 9.8% | 7.6–11% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 10.3% | 8–11.5% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 11.4% | 9–12.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 12.4% | 9.9–13.7% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 13.3% | 10.7–14.6% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 14.1% | 11.5–15.4% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 14.7% | 12.1–16.1% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 15.3% | 12.6–16.7% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20205 °C
Precipitation 1991–20202'356 mm
5 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
2'794 m
Mean elevation
1'627 m
Relief
2'245 m
Mean slope
25.4°
Flat share
6.0%
South-facing
24.6%
Above 2000 m
25.7%
Relief 2'245 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
Roof potential
28.5 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
41.3 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
6'300
Per inhabitant
7'900 kWh/yr
28 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 · 2027Tariff range H4
25.1–25.28 Rp./kWh
25.19 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operators ebs Energie AG · Elektrogenossenschaft Bisisthal
ElCom tariff comparison ↗This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.
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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300521 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
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 · AREVacancy rate
0.21 %
Second homes
11.5 %
Avg. rooms
4
Dwellings
1'861
Built before 194626.5%
Built since 200121.5%
0.21 %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 · 2024Jobs
1'588
Workplaces
291
Services share
42.1 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 247 (15.6%) · Secondary 672 (42.3%) · Tertiary 669 (42.1%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
87
Organic share
4.6 %
Farmland
1'212 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities3'604 #16 SZ · #618 CHGrowing municipalities0.6% #17 SZ · #1038 CHShrinking municipalities0.6% #14 SZ · #1069 CHJobs per resident0.44 #12 SZ · #700 CHFamilies & children22.2% #5 SZ · #496 CHAge structure20.2% #16 SZ · #1206 CHWomen share48.4% #15 SZ · #1736 CHForeign residents8.2% #28 SZ · #1849 CHPopulation density21/km² #28 SZ · #1963 CHTax burden7'553 #12 SZ · #23 CHTaxes150% #12 SZWarmest municipalities5 °C #28 SZ · #1990 CHSunniest municipalities45.7% #2 SZ · #587 CHRainiest municipalities2'356 mm #1 SZ · #1 CHVoter turnout66.5% #1 SZ · #147 CHAgainst Switzerland40.2% #3 SZ · #3 CHAligned with Switzerland59.8% #22 SZ · #1455 CHSVP strongholds43.8% #10 SZ · #462 CHSP strongholds2% #30 SZ · #2023 CHCentre strongholds19.8% #8 SZ · #533 CHFDP strongholds7.4% #28 SZ · #1666 CHGLP strongholds0.5% #28 SZ · #1989 CHGreen strongholds1.6% #20 SZ · #1990 CHLargest by area172.1 km² #1 SZ · #22 CHHighest municipalities610 m #16 SZ · #788 CHSecond homes11.5% #15 SZ · #990 CHOrganic farming4.6% #23 SZ · #1543 CHBest-connected municipalities115 min #28 SZ · #1888 CHRemotest municipalities115 min #3 SZ · #210 CHHighest peaks2'794 m #1 SZ · #195 CHHighest-lying municipalities1'627 m #1 SZ · #177 CHGreatest vertical range2'245 m #1 SZ · #138 CHSteepest municipalities25.4° #2 SZ · #250 CHSolar potential28 GWh #15 SZ · #718 CHSolar potential per capita7'900 kWh #12 SZ · #1482 CHCheapest electricity25.19 Rp./kWh #11 SZ · #460 CHMost expensive electricity25.19 Rp./kWh #20 SZ · #1647 CH
Postal codes (3)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 5Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Muotathal?
- Muotathal has 3 postal codes: 6433, 6436, 8750.
- What is the tax rate in Muotathal?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Muotathal is 150% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
- How much tax do you pay in Muotathal?
- A single person without children pays about 7'553 CHF income tax in Muotathal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Muotathal have?
- Muotathal has 3'604 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Muotathal?
- Muotathal has 295 foreign residents, a share of 8.19% (2025).
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