What is the postal code of Payerne?

Payerne has 3 postal codes: 1530, 1551, 1562.

What is the tax rate in Payerne?

The municipal tax multiplier of Payerne is 70% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Payerne?

A single person without children pays about 16'155 CHF income tax in Payerne on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 139 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Payerne have?

Payerne has 10'938 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Payerne?

Payerne has 4'945 foreign residents, a share of 45.21% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Broye-Vully

Payerne

1530–1562

VD CANTON1530 1551 1562

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'530 50.6%

Men

5'408 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'652 24.2%

Swiss citizens

5'993 54.8%

Foreign residents

4'945 45.2%

Population density

452 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'652 · 24.2%20–64 · 6'525 · 59.7%65+ · 1'761 · 16.1%

Foreign residents 45.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +180 (+1.7%) · 122 births · 70 deaths · net migration +135

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 Payerne

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 la Broye-Vully: 18.6% Yes

17.6% YesNo 82.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 32.5% Yes

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

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 la Broye-Vully: 58.7% Yes

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 56.8% Yes

58.3% YesNo 41.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 49.9% Yes

50.6% YesNo 49.4%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 35.1% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 50.9% Yes

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

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 la Broye-Vully: 38.1% Yes

38.1% YesNo 61.9%

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 la Broye-Vully: 41.6% Yes

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Broye-Vully: 62.0% Yes

65.1% YesNo 34.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP31.1% · strongest party

FDP31.1%

SP29.0%

SVP23.2%

GRÜNE5.4%

Mitte4.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier70%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

70%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 144 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'155 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 139 of 300 in the canton · 1347 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:16'155 CHF(~16.2%)

PayerneCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Payerne	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.6%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.2%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.5%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020878 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

633 m

Mean elevation

473 m

Relief

197 m

Mean slope

2.8°

Flat share

80.6%

South-facing

2.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 197 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

99.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

128.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

22'100

Per inhabitant

9'097 kWh/yr

100 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

27.81 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.19 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.62 Rp./kWh

27.81 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Groupe E 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 Payerne →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

0.6 %

Second homes

9.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

5'306

Built before 194628.9%

Built since 200122.2%

0.6 %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

7'044

Workplaces

855

Services share

85.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 82 (1.2%) · Secondary 947 (13.4%) · Tertiary 6'015 (85.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

1'283 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 0 min · Car 0 min

Remoteness 71/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5822

Head of governmentChristelle Luisier · FDP.Die Liberalen

Websitepayerne.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Broye-Vully

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Payerne ranks

Largest municipalities10'938 #17 VD · #153 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #69 VD · #459 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #233 VD · #1655 CH Jobs per resident0.64 #39 VD · #289 CH Families & children24.2% #74 VD · #151 CH Age structure16.1% #214 VD · #1892 CH Women share50.6% #118 VD · #600 CH Foreign residents45.2% #8 VD · #34 CH Population density452/km² #52 VD · #550 CH Tax burden16'155 #150 VD · #1358 CH Taxes70% #144 VD Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #157 VD · #657 CH Sunniest municipalities43.5% #269 VD · #934 CH Rainiest municipalities878 mm #289 VD · #1982 CH Voter turnout48.9% #288 VD · #1867 CH Against Switzerland11.8% #139 VD · #1138 CH Aligned with Switzerland88.2% #3 VD · #362 CH SVP strongholds23.2% #169 VD · #1655 CH SP strongholds29% #30 VD · #68 CH Centre strongholds4.5% #165 VD · #1853 CH FDP strongholds31.1% #31 VD · #72 CH GLP strongholds4% #253 VD · #1417 CH Green strongholds5.4% #287 VD · #1482 CH Largest by area24.2 km² #29 VD · #388 CH Highest municipalities456 m #237 VD · #1486 CH Second homes9.7% #174 VD · #1270 CH Organic farming0% #274 VD · #2023 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #232 VD · #1129 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #71 VD · #1016 CH Highest peaks633 m #179 VD · #1413 CH Highest-lying municipalities473 m #225 VD · #1574 CH Greatest vertical range197 m #131 VD · #1389 CH Steepest municipalities2.8° #252 VD · #1927 CH Solar potential100 GWh #7 VD · #86 CH Solar potential per capita9'097 kWh #195 VD · #1235 CH Cheapest electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #14 VD · #1221 CH Most expensive electricity27.81 Rp./kWh #290 VD · #889 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Corcelles-près-Payerne

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Corcelles-près-Payerne1562 Payerne1530 Vers-chez-Perrin1551

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Corcelles-près-Payerne

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Payerne?: Payerne has 3 postal codes: 1530, 1551, 1562.
What is the tax rate in Payerne?: The municipal tax multiplier of Payerne is 70% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Payerne?: A single person without children pays about 16'155 CHF income tax in Payerne on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 139 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Payerne have?: Payerne has 10'938 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Payerne?: Payerne has 4'945 foreign residents, a share of 45.21% (2025).

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