What is the postal code of Puidoux?

Puidoux has 5 postal codes: 1070, 1071, 1096, 1098, 1607.

What is the tax rate in Puidoux?

The municipal tax multiplier of Puidoux is 68.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Puidoux?

A single person without children pays about 16'055 CHF income tax in Puidoux on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 116 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Puidoux have?

Puidoux has 3'013 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Puidoux?

Puidoux has 941 foreign residents, a share of 31.23% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de Lavaux-Oron

Puidoux

1070–1607

VD CANTON1070 1071 1096 1098+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'465 48.6%

Men

1'548 51.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

613 20.3%

Swiss citizens

2'072 68.8%

Foreign residents

941 31.2%

Population density

91 pop./km²

0–19 · 613 · 20.3%20–64 · 1'953 · 64.8%65+ · 447 · 14.8%

Foreign residents 31.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +39 (+1.3%) · 34 births · 10 deaths · net migration +21

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 Puidoux

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

19.5% YesNo 80.5%

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

29.0% YesNo 71.1%

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

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

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

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

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

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

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

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

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

47.8% YesNo 52.2%

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 Lavaux-Oron: 41.7% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

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

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

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

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP24.6% · strongest party

FDP24.6%

SVP19.8%

SP18.8%

GRÜNE12.2%

GLP8.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier68.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

68.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 118 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'055 CHF(16.1%)

Rank 116 of 300 in the canton · 1299 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:16'055 CHF(~16.1%)

PuidouxCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Puidoux	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	11.1%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.2%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	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%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	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	20.4%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'259 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

983 m

Mean elevation

600 m

Relief

611 m

Mean slope

6.5°

Flat share

54.1%

South-facing

8.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 611 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

42.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

54.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'500

Per inhabitant

14'242 kWh/yr

43 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Puidoux →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

0.39 %

Second homes

14.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

1'542

Built before 194635.0%

Built since 200121.5%

0.39 %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

2'640

Workplaces

349

Services share

57.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 204 (7.7%) · Secondary 915 (34.7%) · Tertiary 1'521 (57.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

21.3 %

Farmland

1'458 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 29 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 291/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5607

Head of governmentRené Gillieron

Websitepuidoux.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de Lavaux-Oron

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Puidoux ranks

Largest municipalities3'013 #64 VD · #727 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #92 VD · #628 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #208 VD · #1483 CH Jobs per resident0.88 #21 VD · #122 CH Families & children20.3% #239 VD · #1052 CH Age structure14.8% #250 VD · #2004 CH Women share48.6% #247 VD · #1691 CH Foreign residents31.2% #53 VD · #261 CH Population density91/km² #197 VD · #1525 CH Tax burden16'055 #118 VD · #1301 CH Taxes68.5% #118 VD Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #164 VD · #745 CH Sunniest municipalities46.8% #75 VD · #479 CH Rainiest municipalities1'259 mm #67 VD · #561 CH Voter turnout57.7% #215 VD · #862 CH Against Switzerland13.9% #127 VD · #965 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.1% #16 VD · #497 CH SVP strongholds19.8% #220 VD · #1796 CH SP strongholds18.8% #183 VD · #554 CH Centre strongholds6% #76 VD · #1684 CH FDP strongholds24.6% #124 VD · #248 CH GLP strongholds8.8% #95 VD · #471 CH Green strongholds12.2% #121 VD · #325 CH Largest by area33.1 km² #18 VD · #279 CH Highest municipalities663 m #90 VD · #664 CH Second homes14.6% #62 VD · #611 CH Organic farming21.3% #69 VD · #591 CH Best-connected municipalities29 min #10 VD · #74 CH Remotest municipalities29 min #291 VD · #2040 CH Highest peaks983 m #67 VD · #744 CH Highest-lying municipalities600 m #143 VD · #1012 CH Greatest vertical range611 m #57 VD · #603 CH Steepest municipalities6.5° #122 VD · #1323 CH Solar potential43 GWh #38 VD · #425 CH Solar potential per capita14'242 kWh #88 VD · #505 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #159 VD · #1457 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #108 VD · #616 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Cully1096 Epesses1098 Les Thioleyres1607 Puidoux1070 Rivaz1071

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Puidoux?: Puidoux has 5 postal codes: 1070, 1071, 1096, 1098, 1607.
What is the tax rate in Puidoux?: The municipal tax multiplier of Puidoux is 68.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Puidoux?: A single person without children pays about 16'055 CHF income tax in Puidoux on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 116 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Puidoux have?: Puidoux has 3'013 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Puidoux?: Puidoux has 941 foreign residents, a share of 31.23% (2025).

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