Population
2'792↑0.5%
About Pfaffnau
Municipality · Lucerne
Pfaffnau is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. In the municipality two different parts are existing, the village Pfaffnau and the Former Monastery of St. Urban.
Population
2'792
Tax multiplier
230%
Pfaffnau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.230%↑4.5%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 51'450↑2.3%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'300↑0.9%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
145%↓6.5%
1.89%↑44.3%
Top 10% in canton
- Agriculture63%
- Forest25%
- Settlement11%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
19.6%↑0.4%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 6'488/ m²
−24% vs CH
Dwellings
1'376↑0.1%
Jobs (FTE)
1'501↑1.2%
87%
14%
Fibre
Property market in Pfaffnau
The rental vacancy rate is 1.89%, 141% above the cantonal average (0.78 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 230%, 29% above the cantonal average (179 %). Median taxable income is CHF 59'000, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Pfaffnau has 2'792 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
