What is the postal code of Schönenwerd?

The postal code of Schönenwerd is 5012.

What is the tax rate in Schönenwerd?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schönenwerd is 115% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.

How much tax do you pay in Schönenwerd?

A single person without children pays about 16'363 CHF income tax in Schönenwerd on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 33 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schönenwerd have?

Schönenwerd has 5'437 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schönenwerd?

Schönenwerd has 2'163 foreign residents, a share of 39.78% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SO · Bezirk Olten

Schönenwerd

5012

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'703 49.7%

Men

2'734 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'116 20.5%

Swiss citizens

3'274 60.2%

Foreign residents

2'163 39.8%

Population density

1'465 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'116 · 20.5%20–64 · 3'224 · 59.3%65+ · 1'097 · 20.2%

Foreign residents 39.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +100 (+1.9%) · 49 births · 59 deaths · net migration +105

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 Schönenwerd

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 Olten: 27.9% Yes

29.5% YesNo 70.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 25.3% Yes

29.9% YesNo 70.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 53.2% Yes

52.6% YesNo 47.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 46.7% Yes

50.1% YesNo 49.9%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung des KantonsratsgesetzesCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.6% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 62.8% Yes

66.5% YesNo 33.5%

14.06.2026Stellvertretung im Kantonsrat bei Mutterschaft: Änderung der KantonsverfassungCantonal SO● Accepted · 58.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 62.8% Yes

66.5% YesNo 33.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 56.6% Yes

54.5% YesNo 45.5%

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 Bezirk Olten: 28.5% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 36.7% Yes

42.6% YesNo 57.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Olten: 35.8% Yes

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.1% · strongest party

SVP29.1%

SP18.7%

FDP18.4%

Mitte14.0%

GRÜNE9.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier104%

115%SO range 65%145%

Tax rank 33 of 104 in canton Solothurn

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'363 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 33 of 104 in the canton · 1488 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'810 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Kammersrohr 13'027 CHF · most expensive Bolken 18'375 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'363 CHF(~16.4%)

SchönenwerdCanton range SolothurnSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schönenwerd	Solothurn	Switzerland median
40'000	7.8%	6.1–8.8%	5.4%
50'000	10%	7.9–11.4%	7.8%
60'000	11.9%	9.4–13.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	10.5–15.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	11.5–16.3%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	12.2–17.3%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	13–18.4%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	13.8–19.3%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	14.4–20.1%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	15.1–20.9%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	15.7–21.8%	19%
150'000	20.2%	16.4–22.5%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	17.8–24.3%	21.6%
200'000	23.3%	19.1–25.8%	23.2%
225'000	24.5%	20.1–27%	24.6%
250'000	25.5%	21.1–28.2%	25.8%
275'000	26.4%	21.9–29.1%	26.8%
300'000	27.1%	22.5–29.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'083 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

504 m

Mean elevation

412 m

Relief

139 m

Mean slope

4.8°

Flat share

65.1%

South-facing

2.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 139 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

36.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

47.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'000

Per inhabitant

6'634 kWh/yr

36 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

31.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.45 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

13.78 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

31.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.51 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Primeo Netz 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

Standard model, deductible 300606 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Solothurn424 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Schönenwerd →Canton Solothurn →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Solothurn (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

3.48 %

Second homes

10.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'613

Built before 194630.5%

Built since 200114.3%

3.48 %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

2'437

Workplaces

369

Services share

66.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 5 (0.2%) · Secondary 820 (33.6%) · Tertiary 1'612 (66.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

24 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 59 min · Car 58 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 72/104 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number2583

Websiteschoenenwerd.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Olten

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schönenwerd ranks

Largest municipalities5'437 #15 SO · #388 CH Growing municipalities1.9% #19 SO · #390 CH Shrinking municipalities1.9% #86 SO · #1716 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #24 SO · #671 CH Families & children20.5% #34 SO · #973 CH Age structure20.2% #83 SO · #1209 CH Women share49.7% #59 SO · #1132 CH Foreign residents39.8% #7 SO · #82 CH Population density1'465/km² #6 SO · #126 CH Tax burden16'363 #33 SO · #1488 CH Taxes115% #33 SO Warmest municipalities10 °C #12 SO · #504 CH Sunniest municipalities39.9% #100 SO · #1932 CH Rainiest municipalities1'083 mm #72 SO · #1200 CH Voter turnout44.9% #100 SO · #2040 CH Against Switzerland4.9% #74 SO · #1437 CH Aligned with Switzerland95.1% #3 SO · #29 CH SVP strongholds29.1% #74 SO · #1327 CH SP strongholds18.7% #25 SO · #562 CH Centre strongholds14% #78 SO · #898 CH FDP strongholds18.4% #36 SO · #561 CH GLP strongholds5.6% #50 SO · #1056 CH Green strongholds9.7% #29 SO · #609 CH Largest by area3.7 km² #81 SO · #1763 CH Highest municipalities389 m #99 SO · #1935 CH Second homes10.3% #44 SO · #1151 CH Organic farming0% #97 SO · #1781 CH Best-connected municipalities59 min #34 SO · #746 CH Remotest municipalities59 min #72 SO · #1369 CH Highest peaks504 m #81 SO · #1863 CH Highest-lying municipalities412 m #100 SO · #1941 CH Greatest vertical range139 m #69 SO · #1648 CH Steepest municipalities4.8° #74 SO · #1610 CH Solar potential36 GWh #22 SO · #544 CH Solar potential per capita6'634 kWh #92 SO · #1735 CH Cheapest electricity31.59 Rp./kWh #90 SO · #1973 CH Most expensive electricity31.59 Rp./kWh #15 SO · #134 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

5012

Schönenwerd

Localities

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Schönenwerd5012

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schönenwerd?: The postal code of Schönenwerd is 5012.
What is the tax rate in Schönenwerd?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schönenwerd is 115% (2026); canton SO levies 104%.
How much tax do you pay in Schönenwerd?: A single person without children pays about 16'363 CHF income tax in Schönenwerd on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 33 of 104 in canton SO. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schönenwerd have?: Schönenwerd has 5'437 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schönenwerd?: Schönenwerd has 2'163 foreign residents, a share of 39.78% (2025).

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