Population
1'413↑0.6%
About Heitenried
Municipality · Fribourg
Heitenried is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Population
1'413
Tax multiplier
81%
Heitenried in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.81%↑3.8%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 51'873↑4.0%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'059↑2.4%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
96%
0.30%↓50.8%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture71%
- Forest19%
- Settlement8%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
6.9%↑1.3%
Bottom 10% in canton
Dwellings
667↑1.7%
Jobs (FTE)
207↓9.2%
91%
42%
Fibre
Housing market in Heitenried
The rental vacancy rate is 0.30%, 74% below the cantonal average (1.14 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 81%, roughly the cantonal average (79 %). Median taxable income is CHF 57'860, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Heitenried has 1'413 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
