What is the postal code of Niedergösgen?

The postal code of Niedergösgen is 5013.

What is the tax rate in Niedergösgen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Niedergösgen is 110% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Niedergösgen?

A single person without children pays about 16'009 CHF income tax in Niedergösgen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 16 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Niedergösgen have?

Niedergösgen has 4'297 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Niedergösgen?

Niedergösgen has 1'398 foreign residents, a share of 32.53% (2025).

Niedergösgen (SO): Postal Codes 5013, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'092 48.7%

Men

2'205 51.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

866 20.2%

Swiss citizens

2'899 67.5%

Foreign residents

1'398 32.5%

Population density

995 pop./km²

0–19 · 866 · 20.2%20–64 · 2'545 · 59.2%65+ · 886 · 20.6%

Foreign residents 32.5%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Niedergösgen

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

62.8% YesNo 37.3%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

56.7% YesNo 43.4%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% Yes

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

20.1% YesNo 79.9%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

43.9% YesNo 56.1%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

40.9% YesNo 59.1%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

71.5% YesNo 28.5%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.3%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte30.8% · strongest party

Mitte30.8%

SVP29.0%

FDP12.9%

SP12.8%

GRÜNE5.4%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier110%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

110%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 18 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'009 CHF(16%)

Rank 16 of 104 in the canton · 1272 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'009 CHF(~16%)

NiedergösgenCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Niedergösgen	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	7.5%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	9.8%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	11.6%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	15%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	16%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.1%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	19.8%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.4%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	22.8%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	24%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	25.1%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	25.9%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	26.6%	22.5–29.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'079 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

525 m

Mean elevation

430 m

Relief

154 m

Mean slope

5.7°

Flat share

60.2%

South-facing

26.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 154 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

31.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

41.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'900

31 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

32.26 Rp./kWh

Energy

15.2 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.62 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.37 Rp./kWh

32.26 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 30.42 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Aare Versorgungs AG (AVAG)

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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.93 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'038

Built before 194625.7%

Built since 200118.4%

0.93 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 60 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 13 min

Remoteness 61/104 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteniedergoesgen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities4'297 #20 SO · #522 CH Families & children20.2% #42 SO · #1081 CH Age structure20.6% #73 SO · #1118 CH Women share48.7% #79 SO · #1639 CH Foreign residents32.5% #12 SO · #215 CH Population density995/km² #11 SO · #225 CH Tax burden16'009 #19 SO · #1275 CH Taxes110% #18 SO Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #28 SO · #878 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #63 SO · #1732 CH Rainiest municipalities1'079 mm #75 SO · #1225 CH Voter turnout48.5% #86 SO · #1822 CH Against Switzerland14% #31 SO · #1002 CH Aligned with Switzerland86% #41 SO · #458 CH SVP strongholds29% #75 SO · #1334 CH SP strongholds12.8% #59 SO · #1182 CH Centre strongholds30.8% #13 SO · #222 CH FDP strongholds12.9% #81 SO · #1039 CH GLP strongholds3.4% #91 SO · #1508 CH Green strongholds5.4% #78 SO · #1462 CH Largest by area4.3 km² #77 SO · #1663 CH Highest municipalities450 m #72 SO · #1536 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #61 SO · #1293 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #40 SO · #811 CH Highest peaks525 m #75 SO · #1801 CH Highest-lying municipalities430 m #91 SO · #1864 CH Greatest vertical range154 m #64 SO · #1568 CH Steepest municipalities5.7° #69 SO · #1448 CH Solar potential31 GWh #26 SO · #644 CH Cheapest electricity32.26 Rp./kWh #88 SO · #1952 CH Most expensive electricity32.26 Rp./kWh #17 SO · #155 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

5013

Niedergösgen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Niedergösgen5013

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Niedergösgen?: The postal code of Niedergösgen is 5013.
What is the tax rate in Niedergösgen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Niedergösgen is 110% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Niedergösgen?: A single person without children pays about 16'009 CHF income tax in Niedergösgen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 16 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Niedergösgen have?: Niedergösgen has 4'297 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Niedergösgen?: Niedergösgen has 1'398 foreign residents, a share of 32.53% (2025).

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