What is the postal code of Niederdorf?

Niederdorf has 3 postal codes: 4431, 4435, 4436.

What is the tax rate in Niederdorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Niederdorf is 64% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Niederdorf?

A single person without children pays about 16'628 CHF income tax in Niederdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 69 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Niederdorf have?

Niederdorf has 1'823 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Niederdorf?

Niederdorf has 491 foreign residents, a share of 26.93% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BL · Bezirk Waldenburg

Niederdorf

4431–4436

BL CANTON4431 4435 4436

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

899 49.3%

Men

924 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

333 18.3%

Swiss citizens

1'332 73.1%

Foreign residents

491 26.9%

Population density

413 pop./km²

0–19 · 333 · 18.3%20–64 · 1'053 · 57.8%65+ · 437 · 24.0%

Foreign residents 26.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +40 (+2.2%) · 12 births · 28 deaths · net migration +69

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 Niederdorf

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 Waldenburg: 23.4% Yes

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 36.0% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: StichfrageCantonal BL● Rejected · 36.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 42.1% Yes

47.3% YesNo 52.8%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der Mehrwertabgabe: GegenvorschlagCantonal BL● Rejected · 43.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 38.1% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.6%

27.09.2026Gesetzesinitiative Fairer Kompromiss bei der MehrwertabgabeCantonal BL● Rejected · 31.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 34.9% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 57.3% Yes

52.9% YesNo 47.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 57.8% Yes

57.2% YesNo 42.8%

14.06.2026Neue Ortsdurchfahrt BirsfeldenCantonal BL● Accepted · 56.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 48.3% Yes

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

14.06.2026Gesetzesinitiative Energiepolitik nur mit der BevölkerungCantonal BL● Rejected · 44.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 51.8% Yes

54.9% YesNo 45.1%

14.06.2026Verfassungsinitiative Zämme in EuropaCantonal BL● Accepted · 53.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Waldenburg: 40.5% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.3% · strongest party

SVP41.3%

SP22.0%

FDP9.4%

Mitte8.9%

GRÜNE8.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier64%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

64%BL range 45%72%

Tax rank 69 of 86 in canton Basel-Landschaft

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'628 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 69 of 86 in the canton · 1663 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:16'628 CHF(~16.6%)

NiederdorfCanton range Basel-LandschaftSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Niederdorf	Basel-Landschaft	Switzerland median
40'000	6.4%	5.7–6.7%	5.4%
50'000	8.8%	7.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.9%	9.7–11.4%	10.5%
70'000	12.6%	11.3–13.2%	11.9%
80'000	14.1%	12.6–14.7%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.7–16%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.9–17.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.8%	16–18.6%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	17–19.7%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	17.9–20.7%	18.1%
140'000	20.8%	18.7–21.7%	19%
150'000	21.6%	19.5–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	23.6%	21.3–24.5%	21.6%
200'000	25.2%	22.8–26.2%	23.2%
225'000	26.6%	24.1–27.6%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	25.3–28.8%	25.8%
275'000	28.8%	26.3–29.9%	26.8%
300'000	29.7%	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 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'083 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

792 m

Mean elevation

561 m

Relief

348 m

Mean slope

12.2°

Flat share

10.6%

South-facing

15.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 348 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

14.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

19.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'200

Per inhabitant

7'866 kWh/yr

14 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

25.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.62 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.64 Rp./kWh

25.7 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator EBL (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland)

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 300635 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Basel-Landschaft479 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.68 %

Second homes

9.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

879

Built before 194618.5%

Built since 200112.6%

0.68 %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

879

Workplaces

110

Services share

71.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 25 (2.8%) · Secondary 225 (25.6%) · Tertiary 629 (71.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

188 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 43 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 43 min · Car 29 min

Remoteness 52/86 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2891

Websiteniederdorf.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Waldenburg

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Niederdorf ranks

Largest municipalities1'823 #32 BL · #1025 CH Growing municipalities2.2% #13 BL · #293 CH Shrinking municipalities2.2% #74 BL · #1816 CH Jobs per resident0.48 #18 BL · #582 CH Families & children18.3% #63 BL · #1618 CH Age structure24% #38 BL · #517 CH Women share49.3% #65 BL · #1381 CH Foreign residents26.9% #19 BL · #452 CH Population density413/km² #35 BL · #593 CH Tax burden16'628 #73 BL · #1667 CH Taxes64% #69 BL Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #71 BL · #804 CH Sunniest municipalities41% #61 BL · #1420 CH Rainiest municipalities1'083 mm #17 BL · #1201 CH Voter turnout47.1% #79 BL · #1969 CH Against Switzerland17.6% #17 BL · #695 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.4% #36 BL · #744 CH SVP strongholds41.3% #29 BL · #604 CH SP strongholds22% #39 BL · #326 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #36 BL · #1322 CH FDP strongholds9.4% #63 BL · #1462 CH GLP strongholds4.1% #74 BL · #1390 CH Green strongholds8.3% #60 BL · #825 CH Largest by area4.4 km² #54 BL · #1643 CH Highest municipalities469 m #42 BL · #1391 CH Second homes9.8% #47 BL · #1231 CH Organic farming0% #84 BL · #1814 CH Best-connected municipalities43 min #34 BL · #298 CH Remotest municipalities43 min #52 BL · #1818 CH Highest peaks792 m #23 BL · #1004 CH Highest-lying municipalities561 m #28 BL · #1164 CH Greatest vertical range348 m #35 BL · #903 CH Steepest municipalities12.2° #45 BL · #757 CH Solar potential14 GWh #35 BL · #1273 CH Solar potential per capita7'866 kWh #43 BL · #1491 CH Cheapest electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #56 BL · #779 CH Most expensive electricity25.7 Rp./kWh #73 BL · #1371 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Bennwil4431 Niederdorf4435 Oberdorf BL4436

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Niederdorf?: Niederdorf has 3 postal codes: 4431, 4435, 4436.
What is the tax rate in Niederdorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Niederdorf is 64% (2026); canton BL levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Niederdorf?: A single person without children pays about 16'628 CHF income tax in Niederdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 69 of 86 in canton BL. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Niederdorf have?: Niederdorf has 1'823 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Niederdorf?: Niederdorf has 491 foreign residents, a share of 26.93% (2025).

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