What is the postal code of Rüdlingen?

The postal code of Rüdlingen is 8455.

What is the tax rate in Rüdlingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rüdlingen is 80% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Rüdlingen?

A single person without children pays about 11'351 CHF income tax in Rüdlingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 4 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rüdlingen have?

Rüdlingen has 825 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüdlingen?

Rüdlingen has 110 foreign residents, a share of 13.33% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Schaffhausen

Rüdlingen

8455

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

409 49.6%

Men

416 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

158 19.2%

Swiss citizens

715 86.7%

Foreign residents

110 13.3%

Population density

150 pop./km²

0–19 · 158 · 19.2%20–64 · 463 · 56.1%65+ · 204 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 13.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +10 (+1.2%) · 7 births · 4 deaths · net migration +5

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 Rüdlingen

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 Bezirk Schaffhausen: 32.9% Yes

26.1% YesNo 73.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 33.7% Yes

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

27.09.2026C. Stichfrage: Welche der beiden Vorlagen soll in Kraft treten, falls sowohl die kantonale Volksinitiative als auch der Gegenvorschlag angenommen werden?Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.3% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.1% Yes

52.0% YesNo 48.0%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 45.0% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 49.2% Yes

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 44.3% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 74.2% Yes

71.9% YesNo 28.1%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 66.2% Yes

75.4% YesNo 24.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schaffhausen: 50.6% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.3% · strongest party

SVP51.3%

SP15.3%

GLP10.3%

FDP9.7%

GRÜNE5.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier80%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

80%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 4 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'351 CHF(11.4%)

Rank 4 of 26 in the canton · 169 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'457 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Buchberg 10'060 CHF · most expensive Oberhallau 13'625 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:11'351 CHF(~11.4%)

RüdlingenCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüdlingen	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	5%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.6%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	8.6%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	10.4%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	11.4%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	12.2%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	12.9%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	13.5%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	14.2%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	14.8%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	16.2%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	17.6%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	18.8%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	19.7%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	20.3%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	20.8%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020915 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

489 m

Mean elevation

395 m

Relief

146 m

Mean slope

6.6°

Flat share

62.2%

South-facing

7.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 146 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

8.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'900

Per inhabitant

10'521 kWh/yr

9 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

30.82 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.05 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

30.82 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.82 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen AG

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 300557 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schaffhausen413 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Rüdlingen →Canton Schaffhausen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Schaffhausen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Schaffhausen (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

0.76 %

Second homes

10 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

397

Built before 194631.7%

Built since 200124.4%

0.76 %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

227

Workplaces

Services share

62.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (18.1%) · Secondary 45 (19.8%) · Tertiary 141 (62.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

319 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 74 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 46 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 23/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2938

Websiteruedlingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schaffhausen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüdlingen ranks

Largest municipalities825 #18 SH · #1567 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #12 SH · #670 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #15 SH · #1440 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #15 SH · #1385 CH Families & children19.2% #14 SH · #1396 CH Age structure24.7% #9 SH · #432 CH Women share49.6% #14 SH · #1207 CH Foreign residents13.3% #22 SH · #1420 CH Population density150/km² #13 SH · #1226 CH Tax burden11'351 #4 SH · #169 CH Taxes80% #4 SH Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #1 SH · #335 CH Sunniest municipalities39.8% #15 SH · #1970 CH Rainiest municipalities915 mm #6 SH · #1905 CH Voter turnout82.6% #1 SH · #1 CH SVP strongholds51.3% #9 SH · #205 CH SP strongholds15.3% #22 SH · #917 CH Centre strongholds2% #13 SH · #2050 CH FDP strongholds9.7% #17 SH · #1434 CH GLP strongholds10.3% #3 SH · #283 CH Green strongholds5.2% #4 SH · #1514 CH Largest by area5.5 km² #21 SH · #1472 CH Highest municipalities367 m #26 SH · #1996 CH Second homes10% #15 SH · #1197 CH Organic farming11.1% #14 SH · #1141 CH Best-connected municipalities74 min #4 SH · #1210 CH Remotest municipalities74 min #23 SH · #905 CH Highest peaks489 m #26 SH · #1916 CH Highest-lying municipalities395 m #26 SH · #1992 CH Greatest vertical range146 m #24 SH · #1610 CH Steepest municipalities6.6° #21 SH · #1306 CH Solar potential9 GWh #21 SH · #1637 CH Solar potential per capita10'521 kWh #17 SH · #979 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #15 SH · #1875 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #14 SH · #234 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8455

Rüdlingen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Rüdlingen8455

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüdlingen?: The postal code of Rüdlingen is 8455.
What is the tax rate in Rüdlingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüdlingen is 80% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüdlingen?: A single person without children pays about 11'351 CHF income tax in Rüdlingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 4 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüdlingen have?: Rüdlingen has 825 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüdlingen?: Rüdlingen has 110 foreign residents, a share of 13.33% (2025).

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