Population
5'881↑1.9%
About Thayngen
City · Schaffhausen
Thayngen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The neighboring village Barzheim merged with Thayngen on 1 January 2004. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen and Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen.
Population
5'881
Tax multiplier
92%
Thayngen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
92%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 65'430
Middle in canton
Vacancy
0.38%↓32.1%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture55%
- Forest27%
- Settlement17%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
28.1%↑6.2%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
2'895↑1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
2'046↑1.9%
92%
54%
Fibre
Housing market in Thayngen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.38%, 54% below the cantonal average (0.83 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 92%, 4% above the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 65'430, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Thayngen has 5'881 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
