What is the postal code of Steinerberg?

The postal code of Steinerberg is 6416.

What is the tax rate in Steinerberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Steinerberg is 155% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.

How much tax do you pay in Steinerberg?

A single person without children pays about 7'665 CHF income tax in Steinerberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Steinerberg have?

Steinerberg has 954 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Steinerberg?

Steinerberg has 106 foreign residents, a share of 11.11% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SZ · Bezirk Schwyz

Steinerberg

6416

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

455 47.7%

Men

499 52.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

192 20.1%

Swiss citizens

848 88.9%

Foreign residents

106 11.1%

Population density

138 pop./km²

0–19 · 192 · 20.1%20–64 · 579 · 60.7%65+ · 183 · 19.2%

Foreign residents 11.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −11 (−1.1%) · 7 births · 10 deaths · net migration −4

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 Steinerberg

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

14.0% YesNo 86.1%

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

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

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

65.0% YesNo 35.0%

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

79.6% YesNo 20.4%

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

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

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

27.7% YesNo 72.4%

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

9.4% YesNo 90.6%

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

64.4% YesNo 35.6%

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

62.9% YesNo 37.1%

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

66.0% YesNo 34.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP58.2% · strongest party

SVP58.2%

Übrige14.9%

FDP10.0%

Mitte8.7%

SP5.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier155%

Cantonal tax multiplier110%

155%SZ range 64%195%

Tax rank 19 of 30 in canton Schwyz

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

7'665 CHF(7.7%)

Rank 14 of 30 in the canton · 25 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:7'665 CHF(~7.7%)

SteinerbergCanton range SchwyzSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Steinerberg	Schwyz	Switzerland median
40'000	2.5%	1.7–2.8%	5.4%
50'000	3.9%	2.7–4.4%	7.8%
60'000	4.9%	3.4–5.5%	10.5%
70'000	5.7%	4–6.4%	11.9%
80'000	6.3%	4.5–7.1%	13.1%
90'000	6.9%	5–7.7%	14.1%
100'000	7.7%	5.6–8.6%	15.3%
110'000	8.3%	6.2–9.3%	16.3%
120'000	8.9%	6.7–9.9%	17.2%
130'000	9.4%	7.1–10.4%	18.1%
140'000	9.9%	7.6–11%	19%
150'000	10.4%	8–11.5%	19.7%
175'000	11.5%	9–12.7%	21.6%
200'000	12.5%	9.9–13.7%	23.2%
225'000	13.4%	10.7–14.6%	24.6%
250'000	14.2%	11.5–15.4%	25.8%
275'000	14.9%	12.1–16.1%	26.8%
300'000	15.4%	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 1991–20207.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'844 mm

7.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'575 m

Mean elevation

988 m

Relief

1'118 m

Mean slope

17.4°

Flat share

0.7%

South-facing

82.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'118 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

8.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'000

Per inhabitant

9'361 kWh/yr

9 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

27.08 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.54 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.64 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

27.08 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator EWS 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 Steinerberg →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

0.23 %

Second homes

10.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

443

Built before 194613.5%

Built since 200130.7%

0.23 %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

278

Workplaces

Services share

46.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 90 (32.4%) · Secondary 58 (20.9%) · Tertiary 130 (46.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

433 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 83 min · Car 51 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 13/30 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1374

Websitesteinerberg.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Schwyz

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Steinerberg ranks

Largest municipalities954 #25 SZ · #1476 CH Growing municipalities-1.1% #30 SZ · #1846 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.1% #1 SZ · #260 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #23 SZ · #1324 CH Families & children20.1% #10 SZ · #1107 CH Age structure19.2% #19 SZ · #1390 CH Women share47.7% #23 SZ · #1920 CH Foreign residents11.1% #24 SZ · #1618 CH Population density138/km² #17 SZ · #1273 CH Tax burden7'665 #18 SZ · #29 CH Taxes155% #19 SZ Warmest municipalities7.5 °C #19 SZ · #1783 CH Sunniest municipalities44.7% #10 SZ · #710 CH Rainiest municipalities1'844 mm #9 SZ · #59 CH Voter turnout58.4% #24 SZ · #783 CH SVP strongholds58.2% #4 SZ · #73 CH SP strongholds5% #24 SZ · #1935 CH Centre strongholds8.7% #29 SZ · #1347 CH FDP strongholds10% #25 SZ · #1391 CH GLP strongholds1.1% #23 SZ · #1915 CH Green strongholds1.7% #19 SZ · #1985 CH Largest by area6.9 km² #28 SZ · #1277 CH Highest municipalities937 m #7 SZ · #305 CH Second homes10.6% #18 SZ · #1111 CH Organic farming0% #30 SZ · #1710 CH Best-connected municipalities83 min #19 SZ · #1408 CH Remotest municipalities83 min #13 SZ · #693 CH Highest peaks1'575 m #18 SZ · #439 CH Highest-lying municipalities988 m #13 SZ · #426 CH Greatest vertical range1'118 m #14 SZ · #426 CH Steepest municipalities17.4° #15 SZ · #477 CH Solar potential9 GWh #25 SZ · #1622 CH Solar potential per capita9'361 kWh #7 SZ · #1186 CH Cheapest electricity27.08 Rp./kWh #16 SZ · #1131 CH Most expensive electricity27.08 Rp./kWh #15 SZ · #979 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6416

Steinerberg

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Steinerberg6416

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Steinerberg?: The postal code of Steinerberg is 6416.
What is the tax rate in Steinerberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Steinerberg is 155% (2026); canton SZ levies 110%.
How much tax do you pay in Steinerberg?: A single person without children pays about 7'665 CHF income tax in Steinerberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 30 in canton SZ. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Steinerberg have?: Steinerberg has 954 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Steinerberg?: Steinerberg has 106 foreign residents, a share of 11.11% (2025).

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