Population
857
About Böckten
Municipality · Basel-Landschaft
Böckten is a municipality in the district of Sissach in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Population
857
Tax multiplier
64%
Böckten in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.64%↑8.5%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 55'550↑2.4%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 59'750↓2.7%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.49%↓2.0%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture43%
- Forest41%
- Settlement15%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
15.4%↑1.5%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
408↑2.0%
Jobs (FTE)
340↓17.3%
90%
2%
Fibre
Housing market in Böckten
The rental vacancy rate is 0.49%, 41% below the cantonal average (0.83 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 64%, 12% above the cantonal average (57 %). Median taxable income is CHF 63'500, 3% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Böckten has 857 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
