What is the postal code of Paudex?

Paudex has 2 postal codes: 1094, 1095.

What is the tax rate in Paudex?

The municipal tax multiplier of Paudex is 66.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Paudex?

A single person without children pays about 15'922 CHF income tax in Paudex on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 97 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Paudex have?

Paudex has 1'480 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Paudex?

Paudex has 491 foreign residents, a share of 33.18% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Lavaux-Oron

Paudex

1094–1095

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

767 51.8%

Men

713 48.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

287 19.4%

Swiss citizens

989 66.8%

Foreign residents

491 33.2%

Population density

379 pop./km²

0–19 · 287 · 19.4%20–64 · 876 · 59.2%65+ · 317 · 21.4%

Foreign residents 33.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −29 (−1.9%) · 10 births · 9 deaths · net migration −35

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 Paudex

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 de Lavaux-Oron: 23.0% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 24.7% Yes

29.2% YesNo 70.9%

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 de Lavaux-Oron: 56.8% Yes

62.7% YesNo 37.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 47.7% Yes

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 33.2% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 39.4% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 48.8% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

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 de Lavaux-Oron: 41.7% Yes

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

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 de Lavaux-Oron: 44.5% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de Lavaux-Oron: 69.0% Yes

72.8% YesNo 27.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP29.5% · strongest party

FDP29.5%

SP24.6%

SVP16.7%

GRÜNE10.4%

GLP8.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier66.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

66.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 98 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'922 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 97 of 300 in the canton · 1242 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:15'922 CHF(~15.9%)

PaudexCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Paudex	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.1%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.1%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	14.8%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.8%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.6%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.3%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.2%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	26.8%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'133 mm

11.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

513 m

Mean elevation

379 m

Relief

141 m

Mean slope

1.2°

Flat share

91.8%

South-facing

3.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 141 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

7.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

10.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'600

Per inhabitant

4'926 kWh/yr

7 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

22.71 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.83 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.43 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.37 Rp./kWh

22.71 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Commune de Paudex, Electricité

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 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

2.54 %

Second homes

12.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

827

Built before 194612.9%

Built since 200116.7%

2.54 %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

1'399

Workplaces

178

Services share

87.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 1'226 (87.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

1 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 22 min · Car 15 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 298/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5588

Head of governmentSerge Reichen

Websitepaudex.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Lavaux-Oron

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Paudex ranks

Largest municipalities1'480 #98 VD · #1182 CH Growing municipalities-1.9% #272 VD · #1978 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.9% #28 VD · #129 CH Jobs per resident0.95 #18 VD · #97 CH Families & children19.4% #261 VD · #1351 CH Age structure21.4% #50 VD · #980 CH Women share51.8% #47 VD · #178 CH Foreign residents33.2% #42 VD · #192 CH Population density379/km² #63 VD · #643 CH Tax burden15'922 #98 VD · #1243 CH Taxes66.5% #98 VD Warmest municipalities11.1 °C #11 VD · #54 CH Sunniest municipalities46.1% #112 VD · #555 CH Rainiest municipalities1'133 mm #105 VD · #914 CH Voter turnout56.6% #235 VD · #1011 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #78 VD · #803 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #63 VD · #694 CH SVP strongholds16.7% #262 VD · #1929 CH SP strongholds24.6% #80 VD · #196 CH Centre strongholds3.6% #240 VD · #1953 CH FDP strongholds29.5% #45 VD · #100 CH GLP strongholds8% #125 VD · #593 CH Green strongholds10.4% #186 VD · #513 CH Largest by area3.9 km² #208 VD · #1735 CH Highest municipalities427 m #265 VD · #1732 CH Second homes12.4% #103 VD · #860 CH Organic farming0% #226 VD · #1975 CH Best-connected municipalities22 min #3 VD · #34 CH Remotest municipalities22 min #298 VD · #2078 CH Highest peaks513 m #246 VD · #1835 CH Highest-lying municipalities379 m #292 VD · #2038 CH Greatest vertical range141 m #187 VD · #1638 CH Steepest municipalities1.2° #280 VD · #2062 CH Solar potential7 GWh #189 VD · #1733 CH Solar potential per capita4'926 kWh #284 VD · #1980 CH Cheapest electricity22.71 Rp./kWh #1 VD · #61 CH Most expensive electricity22.71 Rp./kWh #300 VD · #2046 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Lutry1095 Paudex1094

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Paudex?: Paudex has 2 postal codes: 1094, 1095.
What is the tax rate in Paudex?: The municipal tax multiplier of Paudex is 66.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Paudex?: A single person without children pays about 15'922 CHF income tax in Paudex on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 97 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Paudex have?: Paudex has 1'480 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Paudex?: Paudex has 491 foreign residents, a share of 33.18% (2025).

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