Population
6'113↑0.2%
About Zermatt
Municipality · Valais
Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Population
6'113
Tax multiplier
100%
Zermatt in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.100%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'100↑3.7%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 49'500↑4.0%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.59%↑40.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Other85%
- Agriculture9%
- Forest5%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
47.9%↑1.3%
Top 10% in canton
Median price
CHF 18'135/ m²
+113% vs CH
Dwellings
7'797↑2.3%
Jobs (FTE)
6'625↑1.3%
48%
11%
Fibre
Property market in Zermatt
The rental vacancy rate is 0.59%, 51% below the cantonal average (1.19 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 100%, 14% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 54'200, 12% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Zermatt has 6'113 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
