What is the postal code of Vernate?

The postal code of Vernate is 6992.

What is the tax rate in Vernate?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vernate is 80% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.

How much tax do you pay in Vernate?

A single person without children pays about 13'675 CHF income tax in Vernate on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 38 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vernate have?

Vernate has 618 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vernate?

Vernate has 113 foreign residents, a share of 18.28% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton TI · Distretto di Lugano

Vernate

6992

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

318 51.5%

Men

300 48.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

103 16.7%

Swiss citizens

505 81.7%

Foreign residents

113 18.3%

Population density

409 pop./km²

0–19 · 103 · 16.7%20–64 · 375 · 60.7%65+ · 140 · 22.7%

Foreign residents 18.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+0.8%) · 2 births · 2 deaths · net migration +5

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 Vernate

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 Distretto di Lugano: 31.4% Yes

42.1% YesNo 57.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 48.8% Yes

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 54.5% Yes

51.3% YesNo 48.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 49.7% Yes

45.9% YesNo 54.1%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare costituzionale elaborata "Si alla neutralizzazione dell'aumento dei valori di stima"Cantonal TI● Accepted · 74.0% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 74.7% Yes

82.0% YesNo 18.0%

14.06.2026Iniziativa popolare legislativa generica "Per il rimborso delle cure dentarie"Cantonal TI● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 29.4% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 47.6% Yes

54.9% YesNo 45.1%

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 Distretto di Lugano: 28.6% Yes

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 47.2% Yes

42.6% YesNo 57.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Distretto di Lugano: 51.7% Yes

48.0% YesNo 52.0%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP24.5% · strongest party

FDP24.5%

Mitte15.8%

Übrige14.3%

Lega13.0%

SVP11.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier80%

Cantonal tax multiplier100%

80%TI range 56%100%

Tax rank 41 of 100 in canton Ticino

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'675 CHF(13.7%)

Rank 38 of 100 in the canton · 738 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 14'007 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Porza 12'081 CHF · most expensive Bosco/Gurin 15'003 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'675 CHF(~13.7%)

VernateCanton range TicinoSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vernate	Ticino	Switzerland median
40'000	4.4%	3.9–4.9%	5.4%
50'000	6.6%	5.8–7.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.5%	7.5–9.4%	10.5%
70'000	10.1%	8.8–11.1%	11.9%
80'000	11.4%	10–12.6%	13.1%
90'000	12.5%	11–13.8%	14.1%
100'000	13.7%	12.1–15%	15.3%
110'000	14.6%	13–16%	16.3%
120'000	15.6%	13.8–17%	17.2%
130'000	16.4%	14.6–17.9%	18.1%
140'000	17.2%	15.4–18.8%	19%
150'000	18%	16.1–19.7%	19.7%
175'000	19.8%	17.7–21.5%	21.6%
200'000	21.3%	19.1–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	22.5%	20.3–24.4%	24.6%
250'000	23.6%	21.3–25.5%	25.8%
275'000	24.6%	22.2–26.6%	26.8%
300'000	25.5%	23–27.5%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'786 mm

10.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

777 m

Mean elevation

592 m

Relief

401 m

Mean slope

22°

Flat share

1.4%

South-facing

35.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 401 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

6.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

8.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'400

Per inhabitant

10'146 kWh/yr

6 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

25.91 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.35 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.63 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.52 Rp./kWh

25.91 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 25.91 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Aziende Industriali di Lugano (AIL) SA

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 1

Standard model, deductible 300740 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Ticino498 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Vernate →Canton Ticino →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Ticino. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Ticino (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

1.77 %

Second homes

34.5 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

452

Built before 194610.4%

Built since 200127.7%

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

1.77 %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

Workplaces

Services share

85.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 4 (5.7%) · Secondary 6 (8.6%) · Tertiary 60 (85.7%)

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 48 min · Car 20 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 49/100 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5230

Websitevernate.ch ↗

DistrictDistretto di Lugano

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Vernate ranks

Largest municipalities618 #83 TI · #1706 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #24 TI · #890 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #77 TI · #1219 CH Jobs per resident0.11 #98 TI · #2075 CH Families & children16.7% #52 TI · #1856 CH Age structure22.7% #74 TI · #733 CH Women share51.5% #33 TI · #238 CH Foreign residents18.3% #65 TI · #1014 CH Population density409/km² #42 TI · #603 CH Tax burden13'675 #41 TI · #741 CH Taxes80% #41 TI Warmest municipalities10.3 °C #49 TI · #282 CH Sunniest municipalities55.6% #29 TI · #48 CH Rainiest municipalities1'786 mm #42 TI · #82 CH Voter turnout56.2% #51 TI · #1068 CH SVP strongholds11.2% #93 TI · #2083 CH SP strongholds11.1% #60 TI · #1406 CH Centre strongholds15.8% #60 TI · #781 CH FDP strongholds24.5% #21 TI · #251 CH GLP strongholds2.4% #15 TI · #1705 CH Green strongholds7.6% #64 TI · #960 CH Largest by area1.5 km² #88 TI · #2067 CH Highest municipalities683 m #21 TI · #631 CH Second homes34.5% #44 TI · #234 CH Best-connected municipalities48 min #53 TI · #408 CH Remotest municipalities48 min #49 TI · #1701 CH Highest peaks777 m #68 TI · #1026 CH Highest-lying municipalities592 m #50 TI · #1038 CH Greatest vertical range401 m #70 TI · #814 CH Steepest municipalities22° #49 TI · #343 CH Solar potential6 GWh #87 TI · #1819 CH Solar potential per capita10'146 kWh #60 TI · #1045 CH Cheapest electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #41 TI · #854 CH Most expensive electricity25.91 Rp./kWh #79 TI · #1272 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6992

Vernate

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Vernate6992

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vernate?: The postal code of Vernate is 6992.
What is the tax rate in Vernate?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vernate is 80% (2026); canton TI levies 100%.
How much tax do you pay in Vernate?: A single person without children pays about 13'675 CHF income tax in Vernate on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 38 of 100 in canton TI. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vernate have?: Vernate has 618 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vernate?: Vernate has 113 foreign residents, a share of 18.28% (2025).

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