What is the postal code of Schiers?

Schiers has 4 postal codes: 7220, 7222, 7226, 7228.

What is the tax rate in Schiers?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schiers is 109% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Schiers?

A single person without children pays about 13'844 CHF income tax in Schiers on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 88 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schiers have?

Schiers has 3'017 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schiers?

Schiers has 659 foreign residents, a share of 21.84% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Prättigau / Davos

Schiers

7220–7228

GR CANTON7220 7222 7226 7228

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'492 49.5%

Men

1'525 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

648 21.5%

Swiss citizens

2'358 78.2%

Foreign residents

659 21.8%

Population density

49 pop./km²

0–19 · 648 · 21.5%20–64 · 1'777 · 58.9%65+ · 592 · 19.6%

Foreign residents 21.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +24 (+0.8%) · 21 births · 30 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 Schiers

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 Region Prättigau / Davos: 22.1% Yes

24.3% YesNo 75.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 37.1% Yes

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

27.09.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Graubünden (Stimmrechtsalter 16)Cantonal GR● Rejected · 32.6% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 30.8% Yes

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 60.9% Yes

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 56.4% Yes

64.1% YesNo 35.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 44.9% Yes

44.1% YesNo 56.0%

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 Region Prättigau / Davos: 21.1% Yes

20.7% YesNo 79.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 39.7% Yes

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 41.3% Yes

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 72.1% Yes

68.3% YesNo 31.7%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP42.3% · strongest party

SVP42.3%

SP16.4%

Mitte13.9%

FDP11.1%

GLP4.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier109%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

109%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 88 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'844 CHF(13.8%)

Rank 88 of 100 in the canton · 794 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'696 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Rongellen 9'071 CHF · most expensive Flerden 14'508 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'844 CHF(~13.8%)

SchiersCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schiers	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	4.1%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	8.5%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	10.3%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	11.6%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	12.7%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	13.8%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	14.8%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	15.7%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	16.5%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	17.3%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	18%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	19.6%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	21%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	22.2%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	23.2%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	24.1%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	24.8%	17.9–25.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20202.5 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)5.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'415 mm

2.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'809 m

Mean elevation

1'438 m

Relief

2'193 m

Mean slope

27.2°

Flat share

2.8%

South-facing

35.4%

Above 2000 m

13.5%

Relief 2'193 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

30.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

43.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'800

Per inhabitant

10'179 kWh/yr

31 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

30.29 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.38 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.12 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

30.29 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.55 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Repower 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 300535 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Grisons363 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Schiers →Canton Grisons →Premiums explained →

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

2.55 %

Second homes

25.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

1'841

Built before 194630.7%

Built since 200123.5%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

2.55 %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

1'625

Workplaces

241

Services share

73.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 96 (5.9%) · Secondary 335 (20.6%) · Tertiary 1'194 (73.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

45.7 %

Farmland

764 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 105 min · Car 86 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 78/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3962

Websiteschiers.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Prättigau / Davos

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schiers ranks

Largest municipalities3'017 #16 GR · #726 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #45 GR · #902 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #57 GR · #1206 CH Jobs per resident0.54 #46 GR · #450 CH Families & children21.5% #9 GR · #661 CH Age structure19.6% #95 GR · #1325 CH Women share49.5% #45 GR · #1282 CH Foreign residents21.8% #25 GR · #725 CH Population density49/km² #33 GR · #1783 CH Tax burden13'844 #88 GR · #794 CH Taxes109% #88 GR Warmest municipalities2.5 °C #68 GR · #2064 CH Sunniest municipalities46.6% #85 GR · #501 CH Rainiest municipalities1'415 mm #29 GR · #335 CH Voter turnout47.2% #92 GR · #1965 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #10 GR · #359 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #44 GR · #1095 CH SVP strongholds42.3% #14 GR · #540 CH SP strongholds16.4% #45 GR · #800 CH Centre strongholds13.9% #87 GR · #907 CH FDP strongholds11.1% #68 GR · #1263 CH GLP strongholds4.7% #50 GR · #1268 CH Green strongholds4.2% #49 GR · #1707 CH Largest by area61.7 km² #35 GR · #130 CH Highest municipalities1'115 m #59 GR · #197 CH Second homes25.6% #75 GR · #287 CH Organic farming45.7% #67 GR · #163 CH Best-connected municipalities105 min #23 GR · #1789 CH Remotest municipalities105 min #78 GR · #329 CH Highest peaks2'809 m #58 GR · #190 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'438 m #69 GR · #220 CH Greatest vertical range2'193 m #36 GR · #151 CH Steepest municipalities27.2° #42 GR · #186 CH Solar potential31 GWh #29 GR · #655 CH Solar potential per capita10'179 kWh #78 GR · #1041 CH Cheapest electricity30.29 Rp./kWh #92 GR · #1828 CH Most expensive electricity30.29 Rp./kWh #18 GR · #288 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 6

Fajauna7226 Lunden7222 Pusserein7228 Schiers7220 Schuders7228 Stels7226

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schiers?: Schiers has 4 postal codes: 7220, 7222, 7226, 7228.
What is the tax rate in Schiers?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schiers is 109% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Schiers?: A single person without children pays about 13'844 CHF income tax in Schiers on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 88 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schiers have?: Schiers has 3'017 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schiers?: Schiers has 659 foreign residents, a share of 21.84% (2025).

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