Population
5'299↑0.1%
About Sachseln
Municipality · Obwalden
Sachseln is a village and municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Sachseln, the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft.
Population
5'299
Tax multiplier
470%
Sachseln in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
470%
Top 10% in CH
Median taxable income
CHF 66'743
Middle in CH
Vacancy
0.15%↓44.4%
Bottom quartile in CH
- Agriculture42%
- Forest42%
- Other12%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
13.0%↓1.8%
Below average in CH
Dwellings
2'667↑2.9%
Jobs (FTE)
2'765↓0.6%
87%
11%
Fibre
Housing market in Sachseln
The rental vacancy rate is 0.15%, 70% below the cantonal average (0.50 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 470%, 4% above the cantonal average (453 %). Median taxable income is CHF 66'743, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Sachseln has 5'299 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
