What is the postal code of Schleitheim?

The postal code of Schleitheim is 8226.

What is the tax rate in Schleitheim?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schleitheim is 115% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.

How much tax do you pay in Schleitheim?

A single person without children pays about 13'502 CHF income tax in Schleitheim on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 24 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schleitheim have?

Schleitheim has 1'928 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schleitheim?

Schleitheim has 430 foreign residents, a share of 22.3% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SH · Bezirk Schleitheim

Schleitheim

8226

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

953 49.4%

Men

975 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

427 22.1%

Swiss citizens

1'498 77.7%

Foreign residents

430 22.3%

Population density

89 pop./km²

0–19 · 427 · 22.1%20–64 · 1'027 · 53.3%65+ · 474 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 22.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +83 (+4.5%) · 21 births · 23 deaths · net migration +88

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 Schleitheim

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 Schleitheim: 22.0% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 48.0% Yes

46.2% YesNo 53.8%

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 Schleitheim: 57.3% Yes

55.4% YesNo 44.6%

27.09.2026B. Änderung des Strassengesetzes (Gegenvorschlag zur Verkehrsflussinitiative)Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 50.6% Yes

51.6% YesNo 48.4%

27.09.2026A. Volksinitiative «für flüssigen Verkehr auf kantonalen Hauptstrassen (Verkehrsflussinitiative)»Cantonal SH● Rejected · 46.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 57.9% Yes

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 63.0% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 64.0% Yes

64.6% YesNo 35.4%

14.06.2026Verpflichtungskredit für das Sportinfrastrukturprojekt «Erweiterung Hallensportzentrum Schweizersbild»Cantonal SH● Accepted · 73.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 74.4% Yes

75.4% YesNo 24.6%

14.06.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Schaffhausen (Finanzrechtliche Befugnisse)Cantonal SH● Accepted · 66.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 67.6% Yes

68.0% YesNo 32.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schleitheim: 33.8% Yes

32.5% YesNo 67.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP53.7% · strongest party

SVP53.7%

SP16.9%

FDP10.4%

EDU3.8%

GLP3.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier76%

115%SH range 59%117%

Tax rank 24 of 26 in canton Schaffhausen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'502 CHF(13.5%)

Rank 24 of 26 in the canton · 697 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:13'502 CHF(~13.5%)

SchleitheimCanton range SchaffhausenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schleitheim	Schaffhausen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.1%	4.4–6.1%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	5.6–7.8%	7.8%
60'000	9.1%	6.7–9.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.3%	7.6–10.4%	11.9%
80'000	11.4%	8.4–11.5%	13.1%
90'000	12.4%	9.1–12.5%	14.1%
100'000	13.5%	10.1–13.6%	15.3%
110'000	14.5%	10.8–14.6%	16.3%
120'000	15.3%	11.5–15.4%	17.2%
130'000	16%	12.1–16.1%	18.1%
140'000	16.7%	12.7–16.8%	19%
150'000	17.3%	13.2–17.4%	19.7%
175'000	18.9%	14.6–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	20.4%	15.9–20.6%	23.2%
225'000	21.7%	17–21.9%	24.6%
250'000	22.7%	17.9–22.9%	25.8%
275'000	23.3%	18.5–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	23.8%	18.9–24%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020824 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

899 m

Mean elevation

568 m

Relief

454 m

Mean slope

9.6°

Flat share

28.1%

South-facing

20.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 454 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

30.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

38.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'800

Per inhabitant

15'762 kWh/yr

30 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 Schleitheim →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

3.62 %

Second homes

11.9 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

966

Built before 194636.7%

Built since 200114.1%

3.62 %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

670

Workplaces

151

Services share

48.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 105 (15.7%) · Secondary 239 (35.7%) · Tertiary 326 (48.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

1'859 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 95 min · Car 72 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 6/26 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2952

Websiteschleitheim.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schleitheim

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schleitheim ranks

Largest municipalities1'928 #8 SH · #990 CH Growing municipalities4.5% #4 SH · #70 CH Shrinking municipalities4.5% #23 SH · #2039 CH Jobs per resident0.35 #9 SH · #1044 CH Families & children22.1% #5 SH · #523 CH Age structure24.6% #10 SH · #445 CH Women share49.4% #17 SH · #1324 CH Foreign residents22.3% #10 SH · #692 CH Population density89/km² #19 SH · #1538 CH Tax burden13'502 #25 SH · #698 CH Taxes115% #24 SH Warmest municipalities9 °C #17 SH · #1376 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #8 SH · #1883 CH Rainiest municipalities824 mm #21 SH · #2037 CH Voter turnout72.3% #17 SH · #39 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #2 SH · #128 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #13 SH · #1323 CH SVP strongholds53.7% #5 SH · #145 CH SP strongholds16.9% #20 SH · #749 CH Centre strongholds1.5% #18 SH · #2075 CH FDP strongholds10.4% #14 SH · #1354 CH GLP strongholds3.8% #23 SH · #1443 CH Green strongholds2.8% #21 SH · #1890 CH Largest by area21.6 km² #2 SH · #448 CH Highest municipalities533 m #10 SH · #1062 CH Second homes11.9% #7 SH · #915 CH Organic farming10% #16 SH · #1227 CH Best-connected municipalities95 min #21 SH · #1643 CH Remotest municipalities95 min #6 SH · #467 CH Highest peaks899 m #4 SH · #833 CH Highest-lying municipalities568 m #7 SH · #1135 CH Greatest vertical range454 m #2 SH · #742 CH Steepest municipalities9.6° #6 SH · #960 CH Solar potential30 GWh #6 SH · #665 CH Solar potential per capita15'762 kWh #6 SH · #371 CH Cheapest electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #17 SH · #1877 CH Most expensive electricity30.82 Rp./kWh #16 SH · #236 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8226

Schleitheim

Localities

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Schleitheim8226

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schleitheim?: The postal code of Schleitheim is 8226.
What is the tax rate in Schleitheim?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schleitheim is 115% (2026); canton SH levies 76%.
How much tax do you pay in Schleitheim?: A single person without children pays about 13'502 CHF income tax in Schleitheim on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 24 of 26 in canton SH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schleitheim have?: Schleitheim has 1'928 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schleitheim?: Schleitheim has 430 foreign residents, a share of 22.3% (2025).

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