Population
23'853↑1.1%
About 5400 Baden
Postal code · Aargau
Baden, sometimes unofficially, to distinguish it from other Badens, called Baden bei Zürich or Baden im Aargau, is a town and a municipality in Switzerland. It is the main town or seat of the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau. Located 25km northwest of Zürich in the Limmat Valley mainly on the western side of the river Limmat, its mineral hot springs have been famed since at least the Roman era. Its official language is German, but the main spoken language is the local Alemannic Swiss-German dialect. As of 2018 the town had a population of over 19,000.
Population
23'853
Tax multiplier
92%
5400 Baden in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
92%
Median taxable income
CHF 72'080
+31% vs CH
Vacancy
0.80%↓14.9%
−26% vs CH
- Forest54%
- Settlement36%
- Agriculture8%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
29.7%↑1.8%
Dwellings
12'750↓0.1%
Jobs (FTE)
23'749↑0.3%
90%
66%
Fibre
Housing market in 5400 Baden
The rental vacancy rate is 0.80%, 33% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 92%, 11% below the cantonal average (104 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 72'080, 7% above the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). 5400 Baden has 23'853 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
