What is the postal code of Neuhausen am Rheinfall?

Neuhausen am Rheinfall has 2 postal codes: 8200, 8212.

What is the tax rate in Neuhausen am Rheinfall?

The municipal tax multiplier of Neuhausen am Rheinfall is 78% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Neuhausen am Rheinfall?

A single person without children pays about 11'228 CHF income tax in Neuhausen am Rheinfall on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Neuhausen am Rheinfall have?

Neuhausen am Rheinfall has 12'198 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Neuhausen am Rheinfall?

Neuhausen am Rheinfall has 5'633 foreign residents, a share of 46.18% (2025).

Neuhausen am Rheinfall (SH): Postal Codes 8200

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'993 49.1%

Men

6'205 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'270 18.6%

Swiss citizens

6'565 53.8%

Foreign residents

5'633 46.2%

Population density

1'525 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'270 · 18.6%20–64 · 7'482 · 61.3%65+ · 2'446 · 20.1%

Foreign residents 46.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +364 (+3.1%) · 109 births · 113 deaths · net migration +343

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 Neuhausen am Rheinfall

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 Schaffhausen: 32.9% Yes

32.5% YesNo 67.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 33.7% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

27.09.2026C. Stichfrage: Welche der beiden Vorlagen soll in Kraft treten, falls sowohl die kantonale Volksinitiative als auch der Gegenvorschlag angenommen werden?Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.3% Yes

50.3% YesNo 49.7%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.1% Yes

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.0% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 49.2% Yes

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 44.3% Yes

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 74.2% Yes

70.2% YesNo 29.8%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 66.2% Yes

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 50.6% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.2% · strongest party

SVP37.2%

SP30.2%

FDP11.6%

GLP5.3%

GRÜNE5.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier78%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

78%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 3 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'228 CHF(11.2%)

Rank 3 of 26 in the canton · 143 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'457 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Buchberg 10'060 CHF · most expensive Oberhallau 13'625 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:11'228 CHF(~11.2%)

Neuhausen am RheinfallCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	5%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	6.3%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.5%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	8.5%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	9.4%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	10.2%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	11.2%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	12.1%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	12.8%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	13.4%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	14%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	14.6%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	16.1%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	17.4%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	18.6%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	19.5%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	20.1%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	20.6%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020881 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

568 m

Mean elevation

466 m

Relief

209 m

Mean slope

7.1°

Flat share

40.4%

South-facing

22.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 209 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

51.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

71.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'500

Per inhabitant

4'254 kWh/yr

52 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

30.82 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

30.82 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.82 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen 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 300597 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schaffhausen413 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Neuhausen am Rheinfall →Canton Schaffhausen →Premiums explained →

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

1.13 %

Second homes

7.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

6'274

Built before 194624.1%

Built since 200116.9%

1.13 %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

5'444

Workplaces

736

Services share

74.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (0.8%) · Secondary 1'354 (24.9%) · Tertiary 4'049 (74.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

5

Organic share

40 %

Farmland

182 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 55 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 25/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2937

Websiteneuhausen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schaffhausen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Neuhausen am Rheinfall ranks

37

Largest municipalities12'198 #2 SH · #132 CH Growing municipalities3.1% #5 SH · #150 CH Shrinking municipalities3.1% #22 SH · #1959 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #4 SH · #674 CH Families & children18.6% #17 SH · #1556 CH Age structure20.1% #23 SH · #1225 CH Women share49.1% #20 SH · #1478 CH Foreign residents46.2% #1 SH · #26 CH Population density1'525/km² #1 SH · #115 CH Tax burden11'228 #3 SH · #143 CH Taxes78% #3 SH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #5 SH · #805 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #7 SH · #1882 CH Rainiest municipalities881 mm #13 SH · #1977 CH Voter turnout64.2% #26 SH · #243 CH Against Switzerland18.6% #9 SH · #616 CH Aligned with Switzerland81.4% #6 SH · #827 CH SVP strongholds37.2% #25 SH · #826 CH SP strongholds30.2% #2 SH · #44 CH Centre strongholds4.4% #3 SH · #1858 CH FDP strongholds11.6% #13 SH · #1198 CH GLP strongholds5.3% #17 SH · #1130 CH Green strongholds5% #6 SH · #1542 CH Largest by area8 km² #13 SH · #1137 CH Highest municipalities410 m #24 SH · #1842 CH Second homes7.6% #19 SH · #1697 CH Organic farming40% #1 SH · #202 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #2 SH · #1115 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #25 SH · #1002 CH Highest peaks568 m #22 SH · #1652 CH Highest-lying municipalities466 m #20 SH · #1616 CH Greatest vertical range209 m #17 SH · #1317 CH Steepest municipalities7.1° #16 SH · #1223 CH Solar potential52 GWh #3 SH · #303 CH Solar potential per capita4'254 kWh #26 SH · #2036 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #14 SH · #1874 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #13 SH · #233 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

8200

Schaffhausen

8212

Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Neuhausen am Rheinfall8212 Schaffhausen8200 8203 8207 8208

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Neuhausen am Rheinfall?: Neuhausen am Rheinfall has 2 postal codes: 8200, 8212.
What is the tax rate in Neuhausen am Rheinfall?: The municipal tax multiplier of Neuhausen am Rheinfall is 78% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Neuhausen am Rheinfall?: A single person without children pays about 11'228 CHF income tax in Neuhausen am Rheinfall on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Neuhausen am Rheinfall have?: Neuhausen am Rheinfall has 12'198 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Neuhausen am Rheinfall?: Neuhausen am Rheinfall has 5'633 foreign residents, a share of 46.18% (2025).

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