What is the postal code of Schaffhausen?

Schaffhausen has 7 postal codes: 8200, 8203, 8207, 8208, 8212, 8222, 8231.

What is the tax rate in Schaffhausen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schaffhausen is 83% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Schaffhausen?

A single person without children pays about 11'535 CHF income tax in Schaffhausen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schaffhausen have?

Schaffhausen has 39'228 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schaffhausen?

Schaffhausen has 12'316 foreign residents, a share of 31.4% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

8200–8231

SH CANTON8200 8203 8207 8208+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

19'996 51.0%

Men

19'232 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

7'014 17.9%

Swiss citizens

26'912 68.6%

Foreign residents

12'316 31.4%

Population density

937 pop./km²

0–19 · 7'014 · 17.9%20–64 · 23'441 · 59.8%65+ · 8'773 · 22.4%

Foreign residents 31.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +264 (+0.7%) · 321 births · 346 deaths · net migration +280

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 Schaffhausen

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

35.1% YesNo 64.9%

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

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

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

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

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

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

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

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

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

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

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

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

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

75.0% YesNo 25.0%

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

66.4% YesNo 33.6%

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

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP35.9% · strongest party

SP35.9%

SVP29.7%

FDP12.7%

GLP7.4%

GRÜNE6.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier83%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

83%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 5 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'535 CHF(11.5%)

Rank 5 of 26 in the canton · 213 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:11'535 CHF(~11.5%)

SchaffhausenCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.1%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.7%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	8.8%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	9.7%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	10.5%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	11.5%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	12.4%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	13.1%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	13.7%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	14.4%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	15%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	16.5%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	17.8%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	19%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	20%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	20.5%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	21%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020867 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

875 m

Mean elevation

545 m

Relief

492 m

Mean slope

9.6°

Flat share

39.7%

South-facing

19.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 492 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

219.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

287.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

48'700

Per inhabitant

5'585 kWh/yr

219 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 range H4

30.17–30.82 Rp./kWh

30.5 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators Bereich Verwaltung, SH POWER · Elektrizitätswerk des Kantons Schaffhausen AG

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 300597 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schaffhausen413 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

0.46 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

20'874

Built before 194630.8%

Built since 200115.7%

0.46 %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

29'526

Workplaces

3'150

Services share

75.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 105 (0.4%) · Secondary 7'240 (24.5%) · Tertiary 22'181 (75.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

28 %

Farmland

961 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 59 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 11 min · Car 6 min

Remoteness 26/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2939

Head of governmentPeter Neukomm · Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz

Websitestadt-schaffhausen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schaffhausen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schaffhausen ranks

Largest municipalities39'228 #1 SH · #17 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #17 SH · #979 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #10 SH · #1128 CH Jobs per resident0.75 #1 SH · #181 CH Families & children17.9% #19 SH · #1687 CH Age structure22.4% #16 SH · #789 CH Women share51% #3 SH · #395 CH Foreign residents31.4% #3 SH · #254 CH Population density937/km² #2 SH · #250 CH Tax burden11'535 #5 SH · #214 CH Taxes83% #5 SH Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #8 SH · #982 CH Sunniest municipalities39.9% #10 SH · #1933 CH Rainiest municipalities867 mm #14 SH · #1997 CH Voter turnout71.1% #21 SH · #49 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #12 SH · #777 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #4 SH · #668 CH SVP strongholds29.7% #26 SH · #1289 CH SP strongholds35.9% #1 SH · #13 CH Centre strongholds2.5% #8 SH · #2025 CH FDP strongholds12.7% #9 SH · #1065 CH GLP strongholds7.4% #8 SH · #679 CH Green strongholds6.3% #2 SH · #1260 CH Largest by area41.9 km² #1 SH · #214 CH Highest municipalities409 m #25 SH · #1849 CH Second homes10.2% #14 SH · #1159 CH Organic farming28% #6 SH · #381 CH Best-connected municipalities59 min #1 SH · #749 CH Remotest municipalities59 min #26 SH · #1372 CH Highest peaks875 m #5 SH · #861 CH Highest-lying municipalities545 m #9 SH · #1238 CH Greatest vertical range492 m #1 SH · #698 CH Steepest municipalities9.6° #5 SH · #959 CH Solar potential219 GWh #1 SH · #14 CH Solar potential per capita5'585 kWh #25 SH · #1890 CH Cheapest electricity30.5 Rp./kWh #1 SH · #1846 CH Most expensive electricity30.5 Rp./kWh #26 SH · #261 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Beringen8222 Hemmental8231 Neuhausen am Rheinfall8212 Schaffhausen8200 8203 8207 8208

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schaffhausen?: Schaffhausen has 7 postal codes: 8200, 8203, 8207, 8208, 8212, 8222, 8231.
What is the tax rate in Schaffhausen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schaffhausen is 83% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Schaffhausen?: A single person without children pays about 11'535 CHF income tax in Schaffhausen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schaffhausen have?: Schaffhausen has 39'228 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schaffhausen?: Schaffhausen has 12'316 foreign residents, a share of 31.4% (2025).

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