What is the postal code of Silvaplana?

Silvaplana has 2 postal codes: 7512, 7513.

What is the tax rate in Silvaplana?

The municipal tax multiplier of Silvaplana is 55% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Silvaplana?

A single person without children pays about 10'581 CHF income tax in Silvaplana on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Silvaplana have?

Silvaplana has 1'108 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Silvaplana?

Silvaplana has 362 foreign residents, a share of 32.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Maloja

Silvaplana

7512–7513

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

525 47.4%

Men

583 52.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

142 12.8%

Swiss citizens

746 67.3%

Foreign residents

362 32.7%

Population density

25 pop./km²

0–19 · 142 · 12.8%20–64 · 652 · 58.8%65+ · 314 · 28.3%

Foreign residents 32.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −16 (−1.4%) · 3 births · 11 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 Silvaplana

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 Maloja: 24.2% Yes

28.3% YesNo 71.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 32.5% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

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

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 63.5% Yes

63.5% YesNo 36.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 43.8% Yes

51.1% YesNo 49.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 53.5% Yes

60.1% YesNo 39.9%

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 Maloja: 20.3% Yes

18.1% YesNo 81.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 35.1% Yes

41.1% YesNo 58.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 36.6% Yes

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Maloja: 74.8% Yes

70.2% YesNo 29.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.9% · strongest party

SVP35.9%

FDP26.7%

Mitte12.3%

SP12.3%

GLP9.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier55%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

55%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 6 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'581 CHF(10.6%)

Rank 6 of 100 in the canton · 86 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:10'581 CHF(~10.6%)

SilvaplanaCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Silvaplana	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	3.1%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	4.8%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.4%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	7.8%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	8.8%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	9.6%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	10.6%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	11.4%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	12.1%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	12.8%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	13.4%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	14%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	15.5%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	16.7%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	17.7%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	18.6%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	19.4%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	20.1%	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 1991–2020-1.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'125 mm

-1.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'385 m

Mean elevation

2'396 m

Relief

1'597 m

Mean slope

24.3°

Flat share

9.8%

South-facing

19.6%

Above 2000 m

79.8%

Relief 1'597 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

20.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'500

Per inhabitant

18'276 kWh/yr

20 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

30.39 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.38 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.12 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.9 Rp./kWh

30.39 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 Silvaplana →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

0.68 %

Second homes

73.8 %

Avg. rooms

2.9

Dwellings

2'515

Built before 19465.8%

Built since 200118.3%

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

0.68 %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

1'020

Workplaces

162

Services share

91.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 9 (0.9%) · Secondary 80 (7.8%) · Tertiary 931 (91.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

66.7 %

Farmland

100 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 241 min · Car 148 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 6/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3790

Websitegemeinde-silvaplana.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Maloja

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Silvaplana ranks

Largest municipalities1'108 #51 GR · #1391 CH Growing municipalities-1.4% #91 GR · #1904 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.4% #10 GR · #203 CH Jobs per resident0.92 #9 GR · #108 CH Families & children12.8% #89 GR · #2051 CH Age structure28.3% #27 GR · #163 CH Women share47.4% #78 GR · #1961 CH Foreign residents32.7% #5 GR · #212 CH Population density25/km² #49 GR · #1932 CH Tax burden10'581 #6 GR · #86 CH Taxes55% #6 GR Warmest municipalities-1.2 °C #95 GR · #2095 CH Sunniest municipalities50.5% #16 GR · #221 CH Rainiest municipalities1'125 mm #65 GR · #955 CH Voter turnout49.6% #86 GR · #1810 CH Against Switzerland12.7% #29 GR · #1071 CH Aligned with Switzerland87.3% #27 GR · #401 CH SVP strongholds35.9% #37 GR · #909 CH SP strongholds12.3% #74 GR · #1255 CH Centre strongholds12.3% #95 GR · #1018 CH FDP strongholds26.7% #4 GR · #167 CH GLP strongholds9.8% #3 GR · #346 CH Green strongholds1.8% #89 GR · #1980 CH Largest by area44.8 km² #50 GR · #202 CH Highest municipalities1'817 m #22 GR · #47 CH Second homes73.8% #8 GR · #27 CH Organic farming66.7% #37 GR · #62 CH Best-connected municipalities241 min #95 GR · #2105 CH Remotest municipalities241 min #6 GR · #6 CH Highest peaks3'385 m #14 GR · #55 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'396 m #7 GR · #26 CH Greatest vertical range1'597 m #80 GR · #313 CH Steepest municipalities24.3° #66 GR · #283 CH Solar potential20 GWh #47 GR · #1007 CH Solar potential per capita18'276 kWh #43 GR · #245 CH Cheapest electricity30.39 Rp./kWh #94 GR · #1834 CH Most expensive electricity30.39 Rp./kWh #7 GR · #273 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Champfèr7512 Silvaplana7513 Silvaplana-Surlej7513

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Silvaplana?: Silvaplana has 2 postal codes: 7512, 7513.
What is the tax rate in Silvaplana?: The municipal tax multiplier of Silvaplana is 55% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Silvaplana?: A single person without children pays about 10'581 CHF income tax in Silvaplana on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Silvaplana have?: Silvaplana has 1'108 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Silvaplana?: Silvaplana has 362 foreign residents, a share of 32.67% (2025).

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