What is the postal code of Savosa?

Savosa has 2 postal codes: 6942, 6948.

What is the tax rate in Savosa?

The municipal tax multiplier of Savosa is 75% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Savosa?

A single person without children pays about 13'343 CHF income tax in Savosa on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 22 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Savosa have?

Savosa has 2'315 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Savosa?

Savosa has 732 foreign residents, a share of 31.62% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Lugano

Savosa

6942–6948

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'218 52.6%

Men

1'097 47.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

462 20.0%

Swiss citizens

1'583 68.4%

Foreign residents

732 31.6%

Population density

3'128 pop./km²

0–19 · 462 · 20.0%20–64 · 1'320 · 57.0%65+ · 533 · 23.0%

Foreign residents 31.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +39 (+1.7%) · 14 births · 25 deaths · net migration +69

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 Savosa

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 Distretto di Lugano: 31.4% Yes

31.0% YesNo 69.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 48.8% Yes

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 54.5% Yes

54.6% YesNo 45.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 49.7% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 74.7% Yes

69.7% YesNo 30.3%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 29.4% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 47.6% Yes

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 28.6% Yes

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 47.2% Yes

44.3% YesNo 55.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 51.7% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte20.8% · strongest party

Mitte20.8%

FDP19.6%

Lega15.4%

SVP13.4%

GRÜNE10.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier75%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

75%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 23 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'343 CHF(13.3%)

Rank 22 of 100 in the canton · 643 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'343 CHF(~13.3%)

SavosaCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Savosa	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.3%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	9.8%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	11.1%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	12.2%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	13.3%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	14.3%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	15.2%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	16%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	16.9%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	17.6%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	19.4%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	20.8%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	22%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	23.1%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	24.1%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	25%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202011.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'790 mm

11.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

470 m

Mean elevation

407 m

Relief

120 m

Mean slope

10.8°

Flat share

23.3%

South-facing

35.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 120 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

14.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

20 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'300

Per inhabitant

6'354 kWh/yr

15 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

25.91 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.35 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.63 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.91 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Aziende Industriali di Lugano (AIL) 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 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Savosa →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

0.08 %

Second homes

14.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

1'232

Built before 194611.2%

Built since 200118.3%

0.08 %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

1'133

Workplaces

240

Services share

89.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 1'013 (89.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

3 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 13 min · Car 10 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 98/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5221

Websitesavosa.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Lugano

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Savosa ranks

Largest municipalities2'315 #42 TI · #893 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #7 TI · #443 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #94 TI · #1666 CH Jobs per resident0.49 #43 TI · #566 CH Families & children20% #8 TI · #1160 CH Age structure23% #69 TI · #679 CH Women share52.6% #14 TI · #66 CH Foreign residents31.6% #20 TI · #242 CH Population density3'128/km² #3 TI · #26 CH Tax burden13'343 #29 TI · #650 CH Taxes75% #23 TI Warmest municipalities11.9 °C #15 TI · #15 CH Sunniest municipalities55.8% #19 TI · #36 CH Rainiest municipalities1'790 mm #41 TI · #81 CH Voter turnout57.5% #43 TI · #887 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #53 TI · #429 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #23 TI · #1050 CH SVP strongholds13.4% #71 TI · #2036 CH SP strongholds10.7% #63 TI · #1453 CH Centre strongholds20.8% #32 TI · #498 CH FDP strongholds19.6% #54 TI · #485 CH GLP strongholds1.3% #54 TI · #1892 CH Green strongholds10.9% #21 TI · #460 CH Largest by area0.7 km² #99 TI · #2107 CH Highest municipalities437 m #42 TI · #1645 CH Second homes14.3% #86 TI · #646 CH Organic farming0% #76 TI · #1928 CH Best-connected municipalities13 min #2 TI · #6 CH Remotest municipalities13 min #98 TI · #2104 CH Highest peaks470 m #89 TI · #1981 CH Highest-lying municipalities407 m #67 TI · #1957 CH Greatest vertical range120 m #95 TI · #1740 CH Steepest municipalities10.8° #82 TI · #866 CH Solar potential15 GWh #63 TI · #1253 CH Solar potential per capita6'354 kWh #93 TI · #1785 CH Cheapest electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #38 TI · #851 CH Most expensive electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #76 TI · #1269 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Porza6948 Savosa6942

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Savosa?: Savosa has 2 postal codes: 6942, 6948.
What is the tax rate in Savosa?: The municipal tax multiplier of Savosa is 75% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Savosa?: A single person without children pays about 13'343 CHF income tax in Savosa on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 22 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Savosa have?: Savosa has 2'315 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Savosa?: Savosa has 732 foreign residents, a share of 31.62% (2025).

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