What is the postal code of Walchwil?

The postal code of Walchwil is 6318.

What is the tax rate in Walchwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Walchwil is 51% (2026); canton ZG levies 78%.

How much tax do you pay in Walchwil?

A single person without children pays about 5'293 CHF income tax in Walchwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 2 of 11 in canton ZG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Walchwil have?

Walchwil has 4'013 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Walchwil?

Walchwil has 1'450 foreign residents, a share of 36.13% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZG

Walchwil

6318

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Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'945 48.5%

Men

2'068 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

733 18.3%

Swiss citizens

2'563 63.9%

Foreign residents

1'450 36.1%

Population density

253 pop./km²

0–19 · 733 · 18.3%20–64 · 2'388 · 59.5%65+ · 892 · 22.2%

Foreign residents 36.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +18 (+0.5%) · 36 births · 36 deaths · net migration +18

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 Walchwil

BFS

16.8% YesNo 83.2%

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

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

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

68.1% YesNo 31.9%

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

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

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

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

18.4% YesNo 81.6%

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

43.5% YesNo 56.6%

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

38.4% YesNo 61.6%

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

71.3% YesNo 28.7%

45.5% YesNo 54.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

Mitte35.7% · strongest party

Mitte35.7%

SVP33.3%

FDP11.3%

GRÜNE9.9%

GLP3.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier51%

Cantonal tax multiplier78%

51%ZG range 47.53%59%

Tax rank 2 of 11 in canton Zug

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

5'293 CHF(5.3%)

Rank 2 of 11 in the canton · 2 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 5'349 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Baar 5'197 CHF · most expensive Neuheim 5'516 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:5'293 CHF(~5.3%)

WalchwilCanton range ZugSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Walchwil	Zug	Switzerland median
40'000	1.5%	1.5–1.6%	5.4%
50'000	2.1%	2.1–2.3%	7.8%
60'000	2.9%	2.8–3%	10.5%
70'000	3.6%	3.5–3.7%	11.9%
80'000	4.2%	4.1–4.3%	13.1%
90'000	4.6%	4.5–4.8%	14.1%
100'000	5.3%	5.2–5.5%	15.3%
110'000	6%	5.8–6.2%	16.3%
120'000	6.6%	6.5–6.8%	17.2%
130'000	7.2%	7.1–7.5%	18.1%
140'000	7.8%	7.7–8.1%	19%
150'000	8.5%	8.4–8.8%	19.7%
175'000	10.2%	10–10.5%	21.6%
200'000	11.5%	11.3–11.9%	23.2%
225'000	12.5%	12.3–12.9%	24.6%
250'000	13.4%	13.2–13.8%	25.8%
275'000	14.1%	13.9–14.6%	26.8%
300'000	14.7%	14.5–15.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'414 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'248 m

Mean elevation

789 m

Relief

834 m

Mean slope

12.3°

Flat share

29.6%

South-facing

18.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 834 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

21.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

29.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'700

Per inhabitant

5'253 kWh/yr

21 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

21.15 Rp./kWh

Energy

5.68 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.94 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.93 Rp./kWh

21.15 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 21.15 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator WWZ Energie 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 300431 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Zug347 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Walchwil →Canton Zug →Premiums explained →

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

0.9 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'895

Built before 194611.8%

Built since 200130.3%

0.9 %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

1'137

Workplaces

373

Services share

69.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 115 (10.1%) · Secondary 230 (20.2%) · Tertiary 792 (69.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

40.5 %

Farmland

702 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 55 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 6/11 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number1710

Websitewalchwil.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Walchwil ranks

Largest municipalities4'013 #10 ZG · #551 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #7 ZG · #1132 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #5 ZG · #977 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #11 ZG · #1378 CH Families & children18.3% #11 ZG · #1614 CH Age structure22.2% #1 ZG · #823 CH Women share48.5% #10 ZG · #1705 CH Foreign residents36.1% #2 ZG · #137 CH Population density253/km² #9 ZG · #879 CH Tax burden5'293 #2 ZG · #2 CH Taxes51% #2 ZG Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #8 ZG · #1299 CH Sunniest municipalities41.7% #4 ZG · #1177 CH Rainiest municipalities1'414 mm #4 ZG · #337 CH Voter turnout66.3% #1 ZG · #158 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #4 ZG · #534 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #8 ZG · #887 CH SVP strongholds33.3% #6 ZG · #1082 CH SP strongholds3.4% #8 ZG · #1997 CH Centre strongholds35.7% #1 ZG · #169 CH FDP strongholds11.3% #9 ZG · #1231 CH GLP strongholds3.5% #10 ZG · #1487 CH Green strongholds9.9% #10 ZG · #588 CH Largest by area15.9 km² #9 ZG · #605 CH Highest municipalities942 m #1 ZG · #301 CH Second homes10.2% #2 ZG · #1170 CH Organic farming40.5% #1 ZG · #191 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #6 ZG · #873 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #6 ZG · #1226 CH Highest peaks1'248 m #4 ZG · #578 CH Highest-lying municipalities789 m #4 ZG · #626 CH Greatest vertical range834 m #3 ZG · #494 CH Steepest municipalities12.3° #3 ZG · #746 CH Solar potential21 GWh #10 ZG · #972 CH Solar potential per capita5'253 kWh #6 ZG · #1946 CH Cheapest electricity21.15 Rp./kWh #6 ZG · #29 CH Most expensive electricity21.15 Rp./kWh #10 ZG · #2082 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

6318

Walchwil

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Walchwil6318

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Walchwil?: The postal code of Walchwil is 6318.
What is the tax rate in Walchwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Walchwil is 51% (2026); canton ZG levies 78%.
How much tax do you pay in Walchwil?: A single person without children pays about 5'293 CHF income tax in Walchwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 2 of 11 in canton ZG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Walchwil have?: Walchwil has 4'013 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Walchwil?: Walchwil has 1'450 foreign residents, a share of 36.13% (2025).

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