What is the postal code of Penthaz?

The postal code of Penthaz is 1303.

What is the tax rate in Penthaz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Penthaz is 69.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Penthaz?

A single person without children pays about 16'122 CHF income tax in Penthaz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 135 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Penthaz have?

Penthaz has 1'911 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Penthaz?

Penthaz has 475 foreign residents, a share of 24.86% (2025).

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

Penthaz

1303

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

947 49.6%

Men

964 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

454 23.8%

Swiss citizens

1'436 75.1%

Foreign residents

475 24.9%

Population density

498 pop./km²

0–19 · 454 · 23.8%20–64 · 1'179 · 61.7%65+ · 278 · 14.5%

Foreign residents 24.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −34 (−1.8%) · 19 births · 13 deaths · net migration −44

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 Penthaz

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

20.4% YesNo 79.6%

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

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

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

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

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

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

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

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

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

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

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

51.2% YesNo 48.8%

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

36.6% YesNo 63.4%

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

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

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

67.4% YesNo 32.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP25.6% · strongest party

SVP25.6%

SP25.5%

FDP20.4%

GRÜNE11.1%

GLP7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier69.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

69.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 138 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'122 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 135 of 300 in the canton · 1339 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:16'122 CHF(~16.1%)

PenthazCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Penthaz	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%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.1%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.8%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.7%	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	28.3%	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 1991–202010.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020930 mm

10.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

529 m

Mean elevation

483 m

Relief

116 m

Mean slope

4.6°

Flat share

69.7%

South-facing

7.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 116 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

13.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'000

Per inhabitant

7'117 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

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 Penthaz →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

0.49 %

Second homes

6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

822

Built before 19469.0%

Built since 200131.9%

0.49 %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

689

Workplaces

137

Services share

53.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 8 (1.2%) · Secondary 311 (45.1%) · Tertiary 370 (53.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

106 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 40 min · Car 20 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 244/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5496

Head of governmentPhilippe Besson

Websitepenthaz.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Gros-de-Vaud

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Penthaz ranks

Largest municipalities1'911 #87 VD · #997 CH Growing municipalities-1.8% #268 VD · #1958 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.8% #34 VD · #152 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #105 VD · #1018 CH Families & children23.8% #89 VD · #192 CH Age structure14.5% #256 VD · #2020 CH Women share49.6% #192 VD · #1229 CH Foreign residents24.9% #105 VD · #563 CH Population density498/km² #44 VD · #505 CH Tax burden16'122 #137 VD · #1341 CH Taxes69.5% #138 VD Warmest municipalities10.7 °C #48 VD · #163 CH Sunniest municipalities45% #152 VD · #666 CH Rainiest municipalities930 mm #270 VD · #1866 CH Voter turnout54.3% #261 VD · #1321 CH Against Switzerland16% #88 VD · #820 CH Aligned with Switzerland84% #54 VD · #637 CH SVP strongholds25.6% #133 VD · #1536 CH SP strongholds25.5% #63 VD · #158 CH Centre strongholds5.4% #107 VD · #1755 CH FDP strongholds20.4% #200 VD · #425 CH GLP strongholds7% #154 VD · #765 CH Green strongholds11.1% #167 VD · #442 CH Largest by area3.8 km² #212 VD · #1755 CH Highest municipalities482 m #206 VD · #1306 CH Second homes6% #282 VD · #1971 CH Organic farming0% #206 VD · #1955 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #54 VD · #238 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #244 VD · #1883 CH Highest peaks529 m #238 VD · #1785 CH Highest-lying municipalities483 m #217 VD · #1516 CH Greatest vertical range116 m #211 VD · #1755 CH Steepest municipalities4.6° #190 VD · #1650 CH Solar potential14 GWh #114 VD · #1316 CH Solar potential per capita7'117 kWh #255 VD · #1658 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #137 VD · #1435 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #86 VD · #594 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1303

Penthaz

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Penthaz1303

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Penthaz?: The postal code of Penthaz is 1303.
What is the tax rate in Penthaz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Penthaz is 69.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Penthaz?: A single person without children pays about 16'122 CHF income tax in Penthaz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 135 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Penthaz have?: Penthaz has 1'911 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Penthaz?: Penthaz has 475 foreign residents, a share of 24.86% (2025).

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