What is the postal code of Plan-les-Ouates?

Plan-les-Ouates has 3 postal codes: 1212, 1228, 1257.

What is the tax rate in Plan-les-Ouates?

The municipal tax multiplier of Plan-les-Ouates is 37% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Plan-les-Ouates?

A single person without children pays about 14'821 CHF income tax in Plan-les-Ouates on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Plan-les-Ouates have?

Plan-les-Ouates has 12'644 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Plan-les-Ouates?

Plan-les-Ouates has 3'114 foreign residents, a share of 24.63% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GE

Plan-les-Ouates

1212–1257

GE CANTON1212 1228 1257

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'466 51.1%

Men

6'178 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'959 23.4%

Swiss citizens

9'530 75.4%

Foreign residents

3'114 24.6%

Population density

2'161 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'959 · 23.4%20–64 · 7'748 · 61.3%65+ · 1'937 · 15.3%

Foreign residents 24.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +458 (+3.8%) · 114 births · 63 deaths · net migration +460

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 Plan-les-Ouates

BFS

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

27.09.2026Loi 13579 indemnité à la Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale – GenèveCantonal GE● Rejected · 41.5% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

27.09.2026Loi 13025 LDTR pour que les locataires puissent devenir, s’ils le souhaitent, propriétaires de leur propre logementCantonal GE● Rejected · 36.5% Yes

38.2% YesNo 61.8%

27.09.2026Loi 13725 crédit de 39 500 000 francs pour la réalisation de projets transfrontaliersCantonal GE● Accepted · 56.8% Yes

55.6% YesNo 44.4%

27.09.2026IN 198 « Pour une contraception gratuite »Cantonal GE● Accepted · 58.5% Yes

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

43.7% YesNo 56.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026Loi sur les heures d'ouverture des magasins (LHOM) (Ouverture du dimanche)Cantonal GE● Accepted · 52.8% Yes

55.7% YesNo 44.3%

14.06.2026Loi pour une expression non ostentatoire des convictions religieusesCantonal GE● Accepted · 51.4% Yes

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

GRÜNE15.8% · strongest party

GRÜNE15.8%

SVP15.6%

Mitte15.2%

SP13.7%

FDP13.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier37%

Cantonal tax multiplier147.5%

37%GE range 25%51%

Tax rank 11 of 45 in canton Geneva

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'821 CHF(14.8%)

Rank 10 of 45 in the canton · 979 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 15'212 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Cologny 13'885 CHF · most expensive Avully 15'914 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:14'821 CHF(~14.8%)

Plan-les-OuatesCanton range GenevaSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Plan-les-Ouates	Geneva	Switzerland median
40'000	4.9%	4.6–5.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.3%	6.8–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.4%	8.8–10.1%	10.5%
70'000	11.1%	10.4–12%	11.9%
80'000	12.5%	11.7–13.4%	13.1%
90'000	13.6%	12.7–14.6%	14.1%
100'000	14.8%	13.9–15.9%	15.3%
110'000	15.9%	14.9–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.9%	15.8–18.1%	17.2%
130'000	17.7%	16.6–18.9%	18.1%
140'000	18.5%	17.4–19.8%	19%
150'000	19.2%	18.1–20.6%	19.7%
175'000	21%	19.8–22.4%	21.6%
200'000	22.5%	21.3–24%	23.2%
225'000	23.9%	22.6–25.5%	24.6%
250'000	25.2%	23.8–26.7%	25.8%
275'000	26.2%	24.8–27.8%	26.8%
300'000	27%	25.6–28.6%	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 1991–2020873 mm

11.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

475 m

Mean elevation

425 m

Relief

81 m

Mean slope

2.6°

Flat share

87.3%

South-facing

0.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 81 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

92.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

115 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

20'600

Per inhabitant

7'335 kWh/yr

93 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

24.43 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.33 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

24.43 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.43 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Services industriels de Genève

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

Standard model, deductible 300752 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Geneva539 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Plan-les-Ouates →Canton Geneva →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Geneva (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.21 %

Second homes

8.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

4'754

Built before 194610.5%

Built since 200141.8%

0.21 %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

21'498

Workplaces

1'235

Services share

54.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 30 (0.1%) · Secondary 9'783 (45.5%) · Tertiary 11'685 (54.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

338 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 31 min · Car 19 min

AgglomerationPT 31 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 34/45 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number6633

Head of governmentPhilippe Rochetin · Die Mitte

Websiteplan-les-ouates.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Plan-les-Ouates ranks

Largest municipalities12'644 #11 GE · #127 CH Growing municipalities3.8% #4 GE · #107 CH Shrinking municipalities3.8% #42 GE · #2002 CH Jobs per resident1.7 #2 GE · #17 CH Families & children23.4% #20 GE · #256 CH Age structure15.3% #42 GE · #1971 CH Women share51.1% #26 GE · #371 CH Foreign residents24.6% #29 GE · #573 CH Population density2'161/km² #11 GE · #58 CH Tax burden14'821 #10 GE · #979 CH Taxes37% #11 GE Warmest municipalities11.1 °C #8 GE · #61 CH Sunniest municipalities47.8% #9 GE · #341 CH Rainiest municipalities873 mm #34 GE · #1989 CH Voter turnout55.8% #28 GE · #1115 CH Against Switzerland23.5% #10 GE · #322 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.5% #30 GE · #1167 CH SVP strongholds15.6% #30 GE · #1975 CH SP strongholds13.7% #25 GE · #1090 CH Centre strongholds15.2% #4 GE · #817 CH FDP strongholds13.5% #35 GE · #992 CH GLP strongholds7.3% #20 GE · #708 CH Green strongholds15.8% #18 GE · #109 CH Largest by area5.9 km² #18 GE · #1414 CH Highest municipalities405 m #39 GE · #1873 CH Second homes8.1% #43 GE · #1607 CH Organic farming20% #25 GE · #673 CH Best-connected municipalities31 min #14 GE · #100 CH Remotest municipalities31 min #34 GE · #2026 CH Highest peaks475 m #14 GE · #1966 CH Highest-lying municipalities425 m #17 GE · #1889 CH Greatest vertical range81 m #19 GE · #1930 CH Steepest municipalities2.6° #18 GE · #1951 CH Solar potential93 GWh #6 GE · #97 CH Solar potential per capita7'335 kWh #20 GE · #1610 CH Cheapest electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #32 GE · #310 CH Most expensive electricity24.43 Rp./kWh #33 GE · #1816 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Grand-Lancy1212 La Croix-de-Rozon1257 Plan-les-Ouates1228

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Plan-les-Ouates?: Plan-les-Ouates has 3 postal codes: 1212, 1228, 1257.
What is the tax rate in Plan-les-Ouates?: The municipal tax multiplier of Plan-les-Ouates is 37% (2026); canton GE levies 147.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Plan-les-Ouates?: A single person without children pays about 14'821 CHF income tax in Plan-les-Ouates on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 45 in canton GE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Plan-les-Ouates have?: Plan-les-Ouates has 12'644 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Plan-les-Ouates?: Plan-les-Ouates has 3'114 foreign residents, a share of 24.63% (2025).

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