What is the postal code of Sainte-Croix?

Sainte-Croix has 4 postal codes: 1445, 1450, 1452, 1454.

What is the tax rate in Sainte-Croix?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sainte-Croix is 70% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Sainte-Croix?

A single person without children pays about 16'155 CHF income tax in Sainte-Croix on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 139 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sainte-Croix have?

Sainte-Croix has 5'156 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sainte-Croix?

Sainte-Croix has 1'264 foreign residents, a share of 24.52% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District du Jura-Nord vaudois

Sainte-Croix

1445–1454

VD CANTON1445 1450 1452 1454

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'612 50.7%

Men

2'544 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

955 18.5%

Swiss citizens

3'892 75.5%

Foreign residents

1'264 24.5%

Population density

131 pop./km²

0–19 · 955 · 18.5%20–64 · 2'856 · 55.4%65+ · 1'345 · 26.1%

Foreign residents 24.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +17 (+0.3%) · 35 births · 54 deaths · net migration +39

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 Sainte-Croix

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 Jura-Nord vaudois: 23.6% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 31.3% Yes

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

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 du Jura-Nord vaudois: 51.4% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.7% Yes

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 41.7% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.9%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 42.7% Yes

40.1% YesNo 60.0%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 47.0% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

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 Jura-Nord vaudois: 45.8% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

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 Jura-Nord vaudois: 48.9% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District du Jura-Nord vaudois: 64.5% Yes

62.0% YesNo 38.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.5% · strongest party

SVP33.5%

SP29.8%

FDP16.1%

GRÜNE8.9%

PdA/Sol.2.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier70%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

70%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 155 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'155 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 139 of 300 in the canton · 1347 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:16'155 CHF(~16.2%)

Sainte-CroixCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sainte-Croix	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	15.1%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	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	28.4%	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 1991–20206.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'588 mm

6.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'549 m

Mean elevation

1'135 m

Relief

947 m

Mean slope

13.5°

Flat share

24.1%

South-facing

21.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 947 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

45.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

65.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'000

Per inhabitant

8'751 kWh/yr

45 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 Sainte-Croix →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

1.24 %

Second homes

19.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

3'455

Built before 194659.7%

Built since 20016.6%

1.24 %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

2'025

Workplaces

384

Services share

63.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 74 (3.7%) · Secondary 659 (32.5%) · Tertiary 1'292 (63.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.6 %

Farmland

1'401 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 84 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 49 min · Car 33 min

Remoteness 29/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5568

Head of governmentFranklin Thevenaz

Websitesainte-croix.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict du Jura-Nord vaudois

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sainte-Croix ranks

Largest municipalities5'156 #35 VD · #418 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #169 VD · #1220 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #132 VD · #895 CH Jobs per resident0.39 #91 VD · #900 CH Families & children18.5% #278 VD · #1581 CH Age structure26.1% #12 VD · #298 CH Women share50.7% #108 VD · #549 CH Foreign residents24.5% #111 VD · #578 CH Population density131/km² #152 VD · #1309 CH Tax burden16'155 #151 VD · #1359 CH Taxes70% #155 VD Warmest municipalities6.4 °C #283 VD · #1908 CH Sunniest municipalities44.3% #201 VD · #783 CH Rainiest municipalities1'588 mm #14 VD · #182 CH Voter turnout41.9% #299 VD · #2091 CH Against Switzerland20.6% #18 VD · #493 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.4% #119 VD · #983 CH SVP strongholds33.5% #54 VD · #1068 CH SP strongholds29.8% #21 VD · #52 CH Centre strongholds2% #291 VD · #2052 CH FDP strongholds16.1% #257 VD · #730 CH GLP strongholds2.5% #291 VD · #1688 CH Green strongholds8.9% #221 VD · #731 CH Largest by area39.5 km² #11 VD · #229 CH Highest municipalities1'086 m #17 VD · #211 CH Second homes19.8% #21 VD · #339 CH Organic farming15.6% #105 VD · #848 CH Best-connected municipalities84 min #273 VD · #1441 CH Remotest municipalities84 min #29 VD · #683 CH Highest peaks1'549 m #30 VD · #448 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'135 m #21 VD · #331 CH Greatest vertical range947 m #28 VD · #455 CH Steepest municipalities13.5° #25 VD · #661 CH Solar potential45 GWh #32 VD · #389 CH Solar potential per capita8'751 kWh #204 VD · #1308 CH Cheapest electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #156 VD · #1454 CH Most expensive electricity28.59 Rp./kWh #105 VD · #613 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 7

L'Auberson1454 La Sagne (Ste-Croix)1450 La Vraconnaz1454 Le Château-de-Ste-Croix1450 Les Rasses1452 Ste-Croix1450 Vuiteboeuf1445

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sainte-Croix?: Sainte-Croix has 4 postal codes: 1445, 1450, 1452, 1454.
What is the tax rate in Sainte-Croix?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sainte-Croix is 70% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Sainte-Croix?: A single person without children pays about 16'155 CHF income tax in Sainte-Croix on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 139 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sainte-Croix have?: Sainte-Croix has 5'156 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sainte-Croix?: Sainte-Croix has 1'264 foreign residents, a share of 24.52% (2025).

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