Population
45'309↑0.9%
About Neuchâtel
Municipality · Neuchâtel
Neuchâtel is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel. Since the fusion in 2021 of the municipalities of Neuchâtel, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Peseux, and Valangin, the city has approximately 45,000 inhabitants. The city is sometimes referred to historically by the German name Neuenburg; both the French and German names mean 'New Castle'.
Population
45'309
Tax multiplier
65%
Neuchâtel in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
65%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 60'608
Middle in canton
Vacancy
1.04%↑15.6%
Middle in canton
- Forest53%
- Settlement31%
- Agriculture16%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
32.9%↑1.0%
Top 10% in canton
Dwellings
26'250↑2.3%
Jobs (FTE)
28'840↓0.6%
86%
7%
Fibre
Housing market in Neuchâtel
The rental vacancy rate is 1.04%, 44% below the cantonal average (1.85 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 65%, 6% below the cantonal average (69 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'608, 10% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Neuchâtel has 45'309 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
