What is the postal code of Muttenz?

Muttenz has 4 postal codes: 4127, 4132, 4133, 4142.

What is the tax rate in Muttenz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Muttenz is 56% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Muttenz?

A single person without children pays about 15'900 CHF income tax in Muttenz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Muttenz have?

Muttenz has 18'308 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Muttenz?

Muttenz has 4'307 foreign residents, a share of 23.53% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Arlesheim

Muttenz

4127–4142

BL CANTON4127 4132 4133 4142

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

9'420 51.5%

Men

8'888 48.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'503 19.1%

Swiss citizens

14'001 76.5%

Foreign residents

4'307 23.5%

Population density

1'100 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'503 · 19.1%20–64 · 10'315 · 56.3%65+ · 4'490 · 24.5%

Foreign residents 23.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +188 (+1%) · 114 births · 176 deaths · net migration +250

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 Muttenz

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 Arlesheim: 26.8% Yes

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 23.2% Yes

24.7% YesNo 75.3%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 34.5% Yes

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 46.0% Yes

47.0% YesNo 53.0%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 30.5% Yes

32.5% YesNo 67.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 50.8% Yes

50.7% YesNo 49.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 39.2% Yes

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 58.3% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 41.9% Yes

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Arlesheim: 58.0% Yes

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP28.5% · strongest party

SP28.5%

SVP25.8%

FDP12.5%

Mitte10.5%

GRÜNE9.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier56%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

56%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 17 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'900 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 15 of 86 in the canton · 1228 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'264 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Pfeffingen 14'899 CHF · most expensive Waldenburg 17'356 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:15'900 CHF(~15.9%)

MuttenzCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Muttenz	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	6.1%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8.3%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.4%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	12.1%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	13.4%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	14.6%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	19%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	20.8%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	27.1–30.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020858 mm

11.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

644 m

Mean elevation

334 m

Relief

390 m

Mean slope

6.7°

Flat share

54.4%

South-facing

4.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 390 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

114.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

155.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

25'500

Per inhabitant

6'263 kWh/yr

115 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

31.21 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.45 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.91 Rp./kWh

31.21 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 31.21 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Primeo Netz 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

Premium regionRegion 1

Standard model, deductible 300680 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Muttenz →Canton Basel-Landschaft →Premiums explained →

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

0.53 %

Second homes

9.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

9'037

Built before 194614.5%

Built since 200115.3%

0.53 %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

13'434

Workplaces

1'277

Services share

72.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 40 (0.3%) · Secondary 3'668 (27.3%) · Tertiary 9'726 (72.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

221 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 29 min · Car 14 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 77/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2770

Websitemuttenz.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Arlesheim

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Muttenz ranks

Largest municipalities18'308 #3 BL · #68 CH Growing municipalities1% #33 BL · #769 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #55 BL · #1340 CH Jobs per resident0.73 #5 BL · #197 CH Families & children19.1% #49 BL · #1423 CH Age structure24.5% #28 BL · #459 CH Women share51.5% #14 BL · #234 CH Foreign residents23.5% #23 BL · #618 CH Population density1'100/km² #14 BL · #192 CH Tax burden15'900 #19 BL · #1232 CH Taxes56% #17 BL Warmest municipalities11.1 °C #4 BL · #49 CH Sunniest municipalities41.7% #22 BL · #1179 CH Rainiest municipalities858 mm #82 BL · #2007 CH Voter turnout52.1% #53 BL · #1573 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #39 BL · #1373 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #9 BL · #99 CH SVP strongholds25.8% #77 BL · #1526 CH SP strongholds28.5% #10 BL · #77 CH Centre strongholds10.5% #27 BL · #1153 CH FDP strongholds12.5% #31 BL · #1090 CH GLP strongholds7% #28 BL · #753 CH Green strongholds9.7% #38 BL · #610 CH Largest by area16.7 km² #2 BL · #578 CH Highest municipalities291 m #84 BL · #2065 CH Second homes9.6% #57 BL · #1289 CH Organic farming11.1% #48 BL · #1137 CH Best-connected municipalities29 min #11 BL · #72 CH Remotest municipalities29 min #77 BL · #2038 CH Highest peaks644 m #48 BL · #1379 CH Highest-lying municipalities334 m #78 BL · #2080 CH Greatest vertical range390 m #23 BL · #834 CH Steepest municipalities6.7° #72 BL · #1286 CH Solar potential115 GWh #2 BL · #60 CH Solar potential per capita6'263 kWh #62 BL · #1793 CH Cheapest electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #73 BL · #1940 CH Most expensive electricity31.21 Rp./kWh #13 BL · #192 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Birsfelden4127 Münchenstein4142 Muttenz4132 Pratteln4133

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Muttenz?: Muttenz has 4 postal codes: 4127, 4132, 4133, 4142.
What is the tax rate in Muttenz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Muttenz is 56% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Muttenz?: A single person without children pays about 15'900 CHF income tax in Muttenz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Muttenz have?: Muttenz has 18'308 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Muttenz?: Muttenz has 4'307 foreign residents, a share of 23.53% (2025).

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