What is the postal code of Ogens?

The postal code of Ogens is 1045.

What is the tax rate in Ogens?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ogens is 76% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Ogens?

A single person without children pays about 16'554 CHF income tax in Ogens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ogens have?

Ogens has 343 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ogens?

Ogens has 40 foreign residents, a share of 11.66% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Gros-de-Vaud

Ogens

1045

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

180 52.5%

Men

163 47.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

93 27.1%

Swiss citizens

303 88.3%

Foreign residents

40 11.7%

Population density

101 pop./km²

0–19 · 93 · 27.1%20–64 · 193 · 56.3%65+ · 57 · 16.6%

Foreign residents 11.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +2 (+0.6%) · 4 births · 1 deaths · net migration −2

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 Ogens

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 District du Gros-de-Vaud: 19.4% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 28.8% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.4%

27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 58.2% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 52.8% Yes

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 43.9% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 37.7% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 51.0% Yes

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 40.8% Yes

40.5% YesNo 59.5%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 43.4% Yes

48.4% YesNo 51.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Gros-de-Vaud: 65.1% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP30.8% · strongest party

FDP30.8%

SVP20.8%

SP17.1%

GRÜNE14.5%

PdA/Sol.4.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

76%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 246 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'554 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 245 of 300 in the canton · 1611 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'554 CHF(~16.6%)

OgensCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ogens	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.5%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	21%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	23%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.7%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	29%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	30%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'010 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

734 m

Mean elevation

632 m

Relief

214 m

Mean slope

8.9°

Flat share

37.8%

South-facing

8.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 214 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

4.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

13'936 kWh/yr

5 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

28.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

28.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Romande Energie SA

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 300663 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Ogens →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Vaud. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Vaud (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

2.13 %

Second homes

7.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

141

Built before 194668.8%

Built since 200116.3%

2.13 %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

Workplaces

Services share

33.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 18 (18.9%) · Secondary 45 (47.4%) · Tertiary 32 (33.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

142 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 76 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 55 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 53/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5680

Head of governmentChristian Guichard

Websiteogens.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Gros-de-Vaud

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ogens ranks

Largest municipalities343 #249 VD · #1930 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #150 VD · #1041 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #150 VD · #1072 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #150 VD · #1398 CH Families & children27.1% #12 VD · #20 CH Age structure16.6% #197 VD · #1838 CH Women share52.5% #23 VD · #79 CH Foreign residents11.7% #263 VD · #1574 CH Population density101/km² #182 VD · #1465 CH Tax burden16'554 #255 VD · #1621 CH Taxes76% #246 VD Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #191 VD · #919 CH Sunniest municipalities43.8% #243 VD · #880 CH Rainiest municipalities1'010 mm #196 VD · #1583 CH Voter turnout64.4% #89 VD · #235 CH SVP strongholds20.8% #208 VD · #1752 CH SP strongholds17.1% #219 VD · #729 CH Centre strongholds3.7% #233 VD · #1944 CH FDP strongholds30.8% #33 VD · #75 CH GLP strongholds3.3% #270 VD · #1538 CH Green strongholds14.5% #49 VD · #159 CH Largest by area3.4 km² #227 VD · #1815 CH Highest municipalities629 m #107 VD · #744 CH Second homes7.8% #233 VD · #1667 CH Organic farming25% #57 VD · #477 CH Best-connected municipalities76 min #247 VD · #1270 CH Remotest municipalities76 min #53 VD · #867 CH Highest peaks734 m #125 VD · #1116 CH Highest-lying municipalities632 m #119 VD · #925 CH Greatest vertical range214 m #120 VD · #1295 CH Steepest municipalities8.9° #77 VD · #1032 CH Solar potential5 GWh #246 VD · #1936 CH Solar potential per capita13'936 kWh #94 VD · #537 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #177 VD · #1475 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #126 VD · #634 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1045

Ogens

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Ogens1045

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ogens?: The postal code of Ogens is 1045.
What is the tax rate in Ogens?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ogens is 76% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Ogens?: A single person without children pays about 16'554 CHF income tax in Ogens on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ogens have?: Ogens has 343 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ogens?: Ogens has 40 foreign residents, a share of 11.66% (2025).

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