What is the postal code of Unterschächen?

Unterschächen has 2 postal codes: 6436, 6465.

What is the tax rate in Unterschächen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Unterschächen is 104% (2026); canton UR levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Unterschächen?

A single person without children pays about 11'891 CHF income tax in Unterschächen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 19 in canton UR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Unterschächen have?

Unterschächen has 737 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Unterschächen?

Unterschächen has 9 foreign residents, a share of 1.22% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton UR

Unterschächen

6436–6465

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

362 49.1%

Men

375 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

181 24.6%

Swiss citizens

728 98.8%

Foreign residents

9 1.2%

Population density

9 pop./km²

0–19 · 181 · 24.6%20–64 · 400 · 54.3%65+ · 156 · 21.2%

Foreign residents 1.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −9 (−1.2%) · 7 births · 6 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 Unterschächen

BFS

5.4% YesNo 94.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% Yes

65.8% YesNo 34.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

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

86.3% YesNo 13.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

15.8% YesNo 84.2%

5.8% YesNo 94.2%

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

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

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

61.8% YesNo 38.2%

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

66.5% YesNo 33.5%

71.5% YesNo 28.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP59.8% · strongest party

SVP59.8%

Mitte39.0%

Übrige1.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier104%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

104%UR range 91%117%

Tax rank 11 of 19 in canton Uri

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'891 CHF(11.9%)

Rank 11 of 19 in the canton · 287 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 11'842 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Schattdorf 11'246 CHF · most expensive Isenthal 12'536 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:11'891 CHF(~11.9%)

UnterschächenCanton range UriSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Unterschächen	Uri	Switzerland median
40'000	6.9%	6.5–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.2%	7.7–8.7%	7.8%
60'000	9.3%	8.7–9.8%	10.5%
70'000	10.1%	9.5–10.7%	11.9%
80'000	10.7%	10.1–11.4%	13.1%
90'000	11.2%	10.6–11.8%	14.1%
100'000	11.9%	11.2–12.5%	15.3%
110'000	12.5%	11.8–13.1%	16.3%
120'000	13%	12.3–13.6%	17.2%
130'000	13.4%	12.7–14.1%	18.1%
140'000	13.9%	13.2–14.6%	19%
150'000	14.3%	13.6–15%	19.7%
175'000	15.5%	14.7–16.2%	21.6%
200'000	16.4%	15.7–17.2%	23.2%
225'000	17.3%	16.6–18%	24.6%
250'000	18.1%	17.3–18.9%	25.8%
275'000	18.7%	18–19.5%	26.8%
300'000	19.3%	18.5–20.1%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20202.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20202'020 mm

2.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'252 m

Mean elevation

1'935 m

Relief

2'287 m

Mean slope

29.4°

Flat share

2.1%

South-facing

25.2%

Above 2000 m

46.1%

Relief 2'287 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

12 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

16.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'700

Per inhabitant

16'323 kWh/yr

12 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.25 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.94 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator energieUri 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 300495 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Uri324 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Unterschächen →Canton Uri →Premiums explained →

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

Second homes

24.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

558

Built before 194632.3%

Built since 200115.1%

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

0 %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

180

Workplaces

Services share

41.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 89 (49.4%) · Secondary 16 (8.9%) · Tertiary 75 (41.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

383 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 141 min · Car 78 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 4/19 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1219

Websiteunterschaechen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Unterschächen ranks

Largest municipalities737 #11 UR · #1623 CH Growing municipalities-1.2% #16 UR · #1867 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.2% #4 UR · #243 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #18 UR · #1572 CH Families & children24.6% #1 UR · #103 CH Age structure21.2% #15 UR · #999 CH Women share49.1% #5 UR · #1468 CH Foreign residents1.2% #19 UR · #2104 CH Population density9/km² #13 UR · #2041 CH Tax burden11'891 #11 UR · #287 CH Taxes104% #11 UR Warmest municipalities2.6 °C #18 UR · #2061 CH Sunniest municipalities46.3% #8 UR · #527 CH Rainiest municipalities2'020 mm #3 UR · #22 CH Voter turnout49.6% #16 UR · #1809 CH SVP strongholds59.8% #2 UR · #55 CH Centre strongholds39% #18 UR · #140 CH Largest by area80.3 km² #5 UR · #98 CH Highest municipalities1'552 m #6 UR · #80 CH Second homes24.8% #8 UR · #291 CH Organic farming0% #19 UR · #1705 CH Best-connected municipalities141 min #17 UR · #2024 CH Remotest municipalities141 min #4 UR · #85 CH Highest peaks3'252 m #5 UR · #78 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'935 m #7 UR · #98 CH Greatest vertical range2'287 m #10 UR · #129 CH Steepest municipalities29.4° #8 UR · #105 CH Solar potential12 GWh #8 UR · #1412 CH Solar potential per capita16'323 kWh #4 UR · #343 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #17 UR · #227 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #14 UR · #1890 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Bisisthal6436 Unterschächen6465

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Unterschächen?: Unterschächen has 2 postal codes: 6436, 6465.
What is the tax rate in Unterschächen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Unterschächen is 104% (2026); canton UR levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Unterschächen?: A single person without children pays about 11'891 CHF income tax in Unterschächen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 19 in canton UR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Unterschächen have?: Unterschächen has 737 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Unterschächen?: Unterschächen has 9 foreign residents, a share of 1.22% (2025).

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