What is the postal code of Schwyz?

Schwyz has 7 postal codes: 6417, 6423, 6430, 6432, 6438, 8842, 8843.

What is the tax rate in Schwyz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schwyz is 175% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Schwyz?

A single person without children pays about 8'115 CHF income tax in Schwyz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schwyz have?

Schwyz has 16'735 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schwyz?

Schwyz has 3'751 foreign residents, a share of 22.41% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Schwyz

Schwyz

6417–8843

SZ CANTON6417 6423 6430 6432+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'268 49.4%

Men

8'467 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'091 18.5%

Swiss citizens

12'984 77.6%

Foreign residents

3'751 22.4%

Population density

315 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'091 · 18.5%20–64 · 10'233 · 61.1%65+ · 3'411 · 20.4%

Foreign residents 22.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +289 (+1.8%) · 142 births · 134 deaths · net migration +261

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 Schwyz

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 Schwyz: 18.6% Yes

23.5% YesNo 76.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 45.8% Yes

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 62.4% Yes

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 66.4% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Kaufkraft stärken – Prämienverbilligung auch für den Mittelstand»Cantonal SZ● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 40.4% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 31.2% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

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 Schwyz: 15.8% Yes

20.5% YesNo 79.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 49.6% Yes

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 48.7% Yes

41.8% YesNo 58.2%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Schwyz: 68.4% Yes

70.7% YesNo 29.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte27.9% · strongest party

Mitte27.9%

SVP27.3%

FDP14.3%

SP11.0%

Übrige10.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

175%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 26 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

8'115 CHF(8.1%)

Rank 25 of 30 in the canton · 36 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 7'665 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Freienbach 5'617 CHF · most expensive Illgau 8'565 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:8'115 CHF(~8.1%)

SchwyzCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schwyz	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.6%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	4.2%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	5.2%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	6%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.7%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	7.3%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	8.1%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.8%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	9.4%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.9%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	10.5%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.9%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	12.1%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	13.1%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	14%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.8%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	15.5%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	16.1%	12.6–16.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20205.4 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20202'057 mm

5.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'886 m

Mean elevation

943 m

Relief

1'444 m

Mean slope

18.2°

Flat share

14.2%

South-facing

29.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'444 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

116.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

163.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

25'900

Per inhabitant

6'952 kWh/yr

116 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

25.1 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.16 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.45 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.54 Rp./kWh

25.1 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.23 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator ebs Energie 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 300521 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Schwyz361 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Schwyz (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

0.38 %

Second homes

11.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

8'125

Built before 194619.9%

Built since 200127.5%

0.38 %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

13'658

Workplaces

1'480

Services share

72.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 404 (3.0%) · Secondary 3'370 (24.7%) · Tertiary 9'884 (72.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

141

Organic share

14.2 %

Farmland

2'308 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 105 min · Car 53 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 6/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1372

Websitegemeindeschwyz.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schwyz

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schwyz ranks

Largest municipalities16'735 #2 SZ · #79 CH Growing municipalities1.8% #4 SZ · #425 CH Shrinking municipalities1.8% #27 SZ · #1682 CH Jobs per resident0.82 #2 SZ · #151 CH Families & children18.5% #19 SZ · #1573 CH Age structure20.4% #15 SZ · #1161 CH Women share49.4% #8 SZ · #1313 CH Foreign residents22.4% #14 SZ · #687 CH Population density315/km² #12 SZ · #752 CH Tax burden8'115 #26 SZ · #37 CH Taxes175% #26 SZ Warmest municipalities5.4 °C #27 SZ · #1977 CH Sunniest municipalities44.3% #14 SZ · #771 CH Rainiest municipalities2'057 mm #5 SZ · #17 CH Voter turnout61.1% #17 SZ · #489 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #19 SZ · #401 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #8 SZ · #1022 CH SVP strongholds27.3% #30 SZ · #1440 CH SP strongholds11% #10 SZ · #1412 CH Centre strongholds27.9% #1 SZ · #281 CH FDP strongholds14.3% #20 SZ · #891 CH GLP strongholds3.2% #11 SZ · #1543 CH Green strongholds5.2% #1 SZ · #1512 CH Largest by area53.2 km² #3 SZ · #162 CH Highest municipalities852 m #11 SZ · #365 CH Second homes11.4% #16 SZ · #999 CH Organic farming14.2% #9 SZ · #963 CH Best-connected municipalities105 min #26 SZ · #1782 CH Remotest municipalities105 min #6 SZ · #322 CH Highest peaks1'886 m #8 SZ · #376 CH Highest-lying municipalities943 m #14 SZ · #470 CH Greatest vertical range1'444 m #6 SZ · #350 CH Steepest municipalities18.2° #12 SZ · #447 CH Solar potential116 GWh #2 SZ · #57 CH Solar potential per capita6'952 kWh #16 SZ · #1684 CH Cheapest electricity25.1 Rp./kWh #8 SZ · #449 CH Most expensive electricity25.1 Rp./kWh #24 SZ · #1659 CH

Postal codes (7)

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Localities

swisstopo · 7

Ibach6438 Oberiberg8843 Rickenbach b. Schwyz6432 Sattel6417 Schwyz6430 Seewen SZ6423 Unteriberg8842

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schwyz?: Schwyz has 7 postal codes: 6417, 6423, 6430, 6432, 6438, 8842, 8843.
What is the tax rate in Schwyz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schwyz is 175% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Schwyz?: A single person without children pays about 8'115 CHF income tax in Schwyz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schwyz have?: Schwyz has 16'735 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schwyz?: Schwyz has 3'751 foreign residents, a share of 22.41% (2025).

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