What is the postal code of Schongau?

Schongau has 2 postal codes: 6287, 6288.

What is the tax rate in Schongau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schongau is 210% (2026); canton LU levies 145%.

How much tax do you pay in Schongau?

A single person without children pays about 13'727 CHF income tax in Schongau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 53 of 79 in canton LU. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schongau have?

Schongau has 1'055 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schongau?

Schongau has 87 foreign residents, a share of 8.25% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton LU · Wahlkreis Hochdorf

Schongau

6287–6288

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

513 48.6%

Men

542 51.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

235 22.3%

Swiss citizens

968 91.8%

Foreign residents

87 8.3%

Population density

85 pop./km²

0–19 · 235 · 22.3%20–64 · 635 · 60.2%65+ · 185 · 17.5%

Foreign residents 8.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −14 (−1.3%) · 5 births · 10 deaths · net migration −10

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 Schongau

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 Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 23.1% Yes

20.6% YesNo 79.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 29.9% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

27.09.2026Erweiterung und Umnutzung Kantonsschule ReussbühlCantonal LU● Accepted · 67.6% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 64.5% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

27.09.2026Weiterentwicklung Standortförderung. Änderung Gesetz über die Wirtschaftsförderung und die RegionalpolitikCantonal LU● Accepted · 65.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 65.8% Yes

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

27.09.2026Erweiterte Ladenöffnungszeiten für Selbstbedienungsgeschäfte. Änderung Ruhetags- und LadenschlussgesetzCantonal LU● Accepted · 55.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 56.0% Yes

56.2% YesNo 43.8%

27.09.2026StichfrageCantonal LU● Rejected · 41.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 44.4% Yes

42.0% YesNo 58.0%

27.09.2026Gegenentwurf zur Volksinitiative «Gegen Fan-Gewalt»Cantonal LU● Accepted · 74.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 72.3% Yes

69.7% YesNo 30.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Gegen Fan-Gewalt»Cantonal LU● Accepted · 52.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 55.4% Yes

50.3% YesNo 49.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 60.2% Yes

58.6% YesNo 41.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Hochdorf: 53.7% Yes

67.5% YesNo 32.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP40.6% · strongest party

SVP40.6%

Mitte28.3%

FDP12.2%

SP5.8%

Übrige5.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier210%

Cantonal tax multiplier145%

210%LU range 90%240%

Tax rank 59 of 79 in canton Lucerne

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'727 CHF(13.7%)

Rank 53 of 79 in the canton · 766 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 13'053 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Meggen 9'679 CHF · most expensive Luthern 14'739 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'727 CHF(~13.7%)

SchongauCanton range LucerneSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schongau	Lucerne	Switzerland median
40'000	6%	4.2–6.5%	5.4%
50'000	8.5%	5.8–9.2%	7.8%
60'000	10.4%	7.2–11.3%	10.5%
70'000	11.5%	8–12.4%	11.9%
80'000	12.3%	8.6–13.3%	13.1%
90'000	12.9%	9–13.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.7%	9.7–14.7%	15.3%
110'000	14.4%	10.3–15.4%	16.3%
120'000	15%	10.7–16%	17.2%
130'000	15.5%	11.2–16.6%	18.1%
140'000	16.1%	11.7–17.2%	19%
150'000	16.6%	12.1–17.7%	19.7%
175'000	18%	13.3–19.1%	21.6%
200'000	19.1%	14.3–20.3%	23.2%
225'000	20.2%	15.3–21.5%	24.6%
250'000	21.3%	16.2–22.6%	25.8%
275'000	22.2%	17–23.5%	26.8%
300'000	22.9%	17.6–24.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'102 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

878 m

Mean elevation

706 m

Relief

338 m

Mean slope

6.6°

Flat share

43.8%

South-facing

7.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 338 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

21.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

27.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'700

Per inhabitant

20'123 kWh/yr

21 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

25.02 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.5 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.55 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.5 Rp./kWh

25.02 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.72 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator CKW 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300509 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Lucerne363 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Schongau →Canton Lucerne →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 of canton Lucerne. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Lucerne (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

2.96 %

Second homes

8.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

507

Built before 194628.8%

Built since 200142.8%

2.96 %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

454

Workplaces

126

Services share

30.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 152 (33.5%) · Secondary 164 (36.1%) · Tertiary 138 (30.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.3 %

Farmland

832 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 108 min · Car 49 min

AgglomerationPT 43 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 7/79 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1041

Websiteschongau.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Hochdorf

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schongau ranks

Largest municipalities1'055 #70 LU · #1426 CH Growing municipalities-1.3% #76 LU · #1886 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.3% #4 LU · #223 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #45 LU · #723 CH Families & children22.3% #29 LU · #469 CH Age structure17.5% #53 LU · #1703 CH Women share48.6% #57 LU · #1671 CH Foreign residents8.3% #72 LU · #1842 CH Population density85/km² #70 LU · #1564 CH Tax burden13'727 #57 LU · #770 CH Taxes210% #59 LU Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #41 LU · #1134 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #60 LU · #1601 CH Rainiest municipalities1'102 mm #67 LU · #1097 CH Voter turnout59.3% #34 LU · #665 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #9 LU · #198 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #61 LU · #1235 CH SVP strongholds40.6% #8 LU · #633 CH SP strongholds5.8% #53 LU · #1887 CH Centre strongholds28.3% #53 LU · #266 CH FDP strongholds12.2% #59 LU · #1125 CH GLP strongholds4.1% #52 LU · #1383 CH Green strongholds2.7% #63 LU · #1904 CH Largest by area12.4 km² #40 LU · #781 CH Highest municipalities639 m #22 LU · #720 CH Second homes8.3% #42 LU · #1552 CH Organic farming16.3% #23 LU · #822 CH Best-connected municipalities108 min #72 LU · #1824 CH Remotest municipalities108 min #7 LU · #276 CH Highest peaks878 m #22 LU · #856 CH Highest-lying municipalities706 m #19 LU · #754 CH Greatest vertical range338 m #31 LU · #927 CH Steepest municipalities6.6° #45 LU · #1300 CH Solar potential21 GWh #56 LU · #964 CH Solar potential per capita20'123 kWh #2 LU · #180 CH Cheapest electricity25.02 Rp./kWh #69 LU · #420 CH Most expensive electricity25.02 Rp./kWh #11 LU · #1687 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Aesch LU6287 Schongau6288

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schongau?: Schongau has 2 postal codes: 6287, 6288.
What is the tax rate in Schongau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schongau is 210% (2026); canton LU levies 145%.
How much tax do you pay in Schongau?: A single person without children pays about 13'727 CHF income tax in Schongau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 53 of 79 in canton LU. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schongau have?: Schongau has 1'055 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schongau?: Schongau has 87 foreign residents, a share of 8.25% (2025).

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