Population
11'674↑2.0%
About Risch
Municipality · Zug
Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages belong to the municipality Risch. On 24 November 2007 it was decided to promote the municipality as Risch-Rotkreuz. The change was made because the village Rotkreuz has become much bigger than Risch.
Population
11'674
Tax multiplier
54%
Risch in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
54%↓1.8%
Bottom 10% in CH
Median taxable income
CHF 77'287
Top quartile in CH
Vacancy
0.46%↑24.3%
Below average in CH
- Agriculture52%
- Settlement32%
- Forest15%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
28.1%↓1.2%
Top quartile in CH
Dwellings
5'217↑1.6%
Jobs (FTE)
12'706↑9.8%
95%
19%
Fibre
Housing market in Risch
The rental vacancy rate is 0.46%, 11% above the cantonal average (0.42 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 54%, 4% above the cantonal average (52 %). Median taxable income is CHF 77'287, 15% above the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Risch has 11'674 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
