What is the postal code of Roche?

The postal code of Roche is 1852.

What is the tax rate in Roche?

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

How much tax do you pay in Roche?

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

How many residents does Roche have?

Roche has 2'039 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Roche?

Roche has 716 foreign residents, a share of 35.12% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District d'Aigle

Roche

1852

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'053 51.6%

Men

986 48.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

546 26.8%

Swiss citizens

1'323 64.9%

Foreign residents

716 35.1%

Population density

316 pop./km²

0–19 · 546 · 26.8%20–64 · 1'206 · 59.1%65+ · 287 · 14.1%

Foreign residents 35.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +45 (+2.3%) · 26 births · 9 deaths · net migration +30

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 Roche

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 d'Aigle: 24.7% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 32.3% Yes

36.5% YesNo 63.5%

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 d'Aigle: 57.8% Yes

63.0% YesNo 37.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 51.3% Yes

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 43.3% Yes

50.8% YesNo 49.2%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 39.3% Yes

41.3% YesNo 58.7%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 47.7% Yes

45.3% YesNo 54.8%

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 d'Aigle: 41.8% Yes

43.9% YesNo 56.1%

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 d'Aigle: 45.6% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District d'Aigle: 65.3% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.1% · strongest party

SVP30.1%

SP29.3%

FDP16.6%

GLP7.5%

GRÜNE7.0%

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 99 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%)

RocheCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Roche	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 1991–202010.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'129 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'476 m

Mean elevation

488 m

Relief

1'102 m

Mean slope

12.8°

Flat share

67.8%

South-facing

10.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'102 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

19.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

23.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'200

Per inhabitant

9'353 kWh/yr

19 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

28.79 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.82 Rp./kWh

28.79 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 Roche →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

0.44 %

Second homes

6.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

903

Built before 194622.3%

Built since 200151.6%

0.44 %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

613

Workplaces

112

Services share

37.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 19 (3.1%) · Secondary 362 (59.1%) · Tertiary 232 (37.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

286 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 115/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5413

Head of governmentChristophe Lanz

Websiteroche-vd.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict d'Aigle

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Roche ranks

Largest municipalities2'039 #83 VD · #963 CH Growing municipalities2.3% #47 VD · #290 CH Shrinking municipalities2.3% #254 VD · #1822 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #136 VD · #1301 CH Families & children26.8% #17 VD · #27 CH Age structure14.1% #267 VD · #2043 CH Women share51.6% #54 VD · #216 CH Foreign residents35.1% #34 VD · #156 CH Population density316/km² #74 VD · #751 CH Tax burden15'922 #99 VD · #1244 CH Taxes66.5% #99 VD Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #96 VD · #284 CH Sunniest municipalities50.1% #10 VD · #239 CH Rainiest municipalities1'129 mm #108 VD · #929 CH Voter turnout48.7% #290 VD · #1882 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #71 VD · #796 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #56 VD · #687 CH SVP strongholds30.1% #82 VD · #1266 CH SP strongholds29.3% #25 VD · #59 CH Centre strongholds2.3% #287 VD · #2040 CH FDP strongholds16.6% #249 VD · #692 CH GLP strongholds7.5% #140 VD · #666 CH Green strongholds7% #260 VD · #1112 CH Largest by area6.5 km² #139 VD · #1336 CH Highest municipalities390 m #290 VD · #1932 CH Second homes6.1% #281 VD · #1961 CH Organic farming16.7% #92 VD · #802 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #186 VD · #834 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #115 VD · #1316 CH Highest peaks1'476 m #37 VD · #468 CH Highest-lying municipalities488 m #215 VD · #1489 CH Greatest vertical range1'102 m #21 VD · #429 CH Steepest municipalities12.8° #34 VD · #712 CH Solar potential19 GWh #86 VD · #1056 CH Solar potential per capita9'353 kWh #190 VD · #1188 CH Cheapest electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #240 VD · #1546 CH Most expensive electricity28.79 Rp./kWh #59 VD · #559 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1852

Roche VD

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Roche VD1852

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Roche?: The postal code of Roche is 1852.
What is the tax rate in Roche?: The municipal tax multiplier of Roche is 66.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Roche?: A single person without children pays about 15'922 CHF income tax in Roche on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 97 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Roche have?: Roche has 2'039 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Roche?: Roche has 716 foreign residents, a share of 35.12% (2025).

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