What is the postal code of Vevey?

The postal code of Vevey is 1800.

What is the tax rate in Vevey?

The municipal tax multiplier of Vevey is 74.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.

How much tax do you pay in Vevey?

A single person without children pays about 16'454 CHF income tax in Vevey on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 221 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Vevey have?

Vevey has 20'147 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Vevey?

Vevey has 7'955 foreign residents, a share of 39.48% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton VD · District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut

Vevey

1800

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

10'511 52.2%

Men

9'636 47.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'802 18.9%

Swiss citizens

12'192 60.5%

Foreign residents

7'955 39.5%

Population density

2'351 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'802 · 18.9%20–64 · 13'202 · 65.5%65+ · 3'143 · 15.6%

Foreign residents 39.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+0%) · 187 births · 125 deaths · net migration −58

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 Vevey

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 District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 27.4% Yes

37.9% YesNo 62.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 25.6% Yes

21.7% YesNo 78.3%

27.09.2026Initiative populaire « Baisse d’impôts pour tous — Redonner du pouvoir d’achat à la classe moyenne »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 53.9% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 51.8% Yes

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 45.1% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 34.2% Yes

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

14.06.2026Question subsidiaireCantonal VD● Rejected · 47.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 43.3% Yes

58.1% YesNo 41.9%

14.06.2026Contre-projet législatif « Loi sur le salaire minimum »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.7% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 45.7% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire législative « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Rejected · 49.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 46.1% Yes

61.9% YesNo 38.2%

14.06.2026Initiative populaire constitutionnelle « Pour le droit de vivre dignement de son travail – pour un salaire minimum cantonal »Cantonal VD● Accepted · 51.7% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 49.0% Yes

64.7% YesNo 35.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut: 69.4% Yes

74.8% YesNo 25.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP29.3% · strongest party

SP29.3%

GRÜNE16.8%

FDP16.5%

PdA/Sol.13.5%

SVP10.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier74.5%

Cantonal tax multiplier155%

74.5%VD range 46%83%

Tax rank 221 of 300 in canton Vaud

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'454 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 221 of 300 in the canton · 1551 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 16'155 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Eclépens 14'558 CHF · most expensive La Praz 17'020 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:16'454 CHF(~16.5%)

VeveyCanton range VaudSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Vevey	Vaud	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	3.7–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.9–8.1%	7.8%
60'000	11.4%	10–11.8%	10.5%
70'000	13.6%	11.9–14.1%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.8–15.1%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.5–15.9%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	14.6–17%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15.4–18%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	16.3–19%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	17.1–19.9%	18.1%
140'000	20.1%	17.9–20.8%	19%
150'000	20.9%	18.6–21.6%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	20.5–23.6%	21.6%
200'000	24.6%	22.1–25.4%	23.2%
225'000	26.2%	23.5–26.9%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	24.8–28.4%	25.8%
275'000	28.8%	26–29.6%	26.8%
300'000	29.9%	27–30.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'159 mm

10.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

507 m

Mean elevation

381 m

Relief

135 m

Mean slope

1.6°

Flat share

88.9%

South-facing

5.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 135 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

59.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

84.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

13'200

Per inhabitant

2'945 kWh/yr

59 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

29.44 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.01 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.18 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.47 Rp./kWh

29.44 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 29.09 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Romande Energie 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 300698 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Vaud477 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Vevey →Canton Vaud →Premiums explained →

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

0.79 %

Second homes

8.6 %

Avg. rooms

2.9

Dwellings

11'109

Built before 194628.9%

Built since 200117.6%

0.79 %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

14'494

Workplaces

2'116

Services share

94.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 7 (0.0%) · Secondary 803 (5.5%) · Tertiary 13'684 (94.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

2 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 34 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 9 min · Car 5 min

Remoteness 274/300 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5890

Head of governmentLaurent Ballif

Websitevevey.ch ↗

DistrictDistrict de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Vevey ranks

Largest municipalities20'147 #6 VD · #55 CH Growing municipalities0% #184 VD · #1394 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #117 VD · #716 CH Jobs per resident0.72 #33 VD · #216 CH Families & children18.9% #272 VD · #1488 CH Age structure15.6% #230 VD · #1936 CH Women share52.2% #35 VD · #118 CH Foreign residents39.5% #22 VD · #86 CH Population density2'351/km² #6 VD · #48 CH Tax burden16'454 #223 VD · #1553 CH Taxes74.5% #221 VD Warmest municipalities10.9 °C #35 VD · #111 CH Sunniest municipalities48.4% #19 VD · #298 CH Rainiest municipalities1'159 mm #92 VD · #801 CH Voter turnout52.1% #275 VD · #1579 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #2 VD · #69 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #140 VD · #1405 CH SVP strongholds10.2% #299 VD · #2093 CH SP strongholds29.3% #26 VD · #60 CH Centre strongholds3.4% #248 VD · #1963 CH FDP strongholds16.5% #254 VD · #704 CH GLP strongholds6.3% #183 VD · #922 CH Green strongholds16.8% #20 VD · #72 CH Largest by area8.6 km² #103 VD · #1088 CH Highest municipalities383 m #294 VD · #1962 CH Second homes8.6% #208 VD · #1480 CH Organic farming0% #283 VD · #2032 CH Best-connected municipalities34 min #35 VD · #150 CH Remotest municipalities34 min #274 VD · #1978 CH Highest peaks507 m #252 VD · #1851 CH Highest-lying municipalities381 m #284 VD · #2025 CH Greatest vertical range135 m #194 VD · #1670 CH Steepest municipalities1.6° #276 VD · #2042 CH Solar potential59 GWh #22 VD · #248 CH Solar potential per capita2'945 kWh #299 VD · #2094 CH Cheapest electricity29.44 Rp./kWh #267 VD · #1684 CH Most expensive electricity29.44 Rp./kWh #34 VD · #423 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

1800

Vevey

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Vevey1800

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Blonay – Saint-Légier

VD · 2.4 km

Chardonne

VD · 2.8 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Vevey?: The postal code of Vevey is 1800.
What is the tax rate in Vevey?: The municipal tax multiplier of Vevey is 74.5% (2026); canton VD levies 155%.
How much tax do you pay in Vevey?: A single person without children pays about 16'454 CHF income tax in Vevey on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 221 of 300 in canton VD. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Vevey have?: Vevey has 20'147 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Vevey?: Vevey has 7'955 foreign residents, a share of 39.48% (2025).

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