Population
16'576↑0.1%
About Pratteln
Municipality · Basel-Landschaft
Pratteln is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, located in the district of Liestal.
Population
16'576
Tax multiplier
59%
Pratteln in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
59%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 64'300
Bottom 10% in canton
Vacancy
0.78%↓29.7%
Above average in canton
- Settlement46%
- Forest28%
- Agriculture24%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
42.2%↑0.8%
Top 10% in canton
Dwellings
8'333↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
13'280↑1.6%
91%
64%
Fibre
Housing market in Pratteln
The rental vacancy rate is 0.78%, 7% below the cantonal average (0.83 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 59%, roughly the cantonal average (57 %). Median taxable income is CHF 64'300, 4% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Pratteln has 16'576 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
