Living in Root
With a municipal tax multiplier of 150%, this municipality ranks 8 among the least taxed of the 79 municipalities in canton LU.
- Population
- 6,064
- Municipal multiplier
- 150 %
- Tax rank in canton
- No. 8 of 79
STATPOP 2024
ESTV 2025
Lucerne
That is 45 points below the median municipality in canton LU. With 6,064 inhabitants, it is the 18 most populous of the canton’s 80 municipalities. Under-20s make up 21.5% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole: the municipality skews young.
Key figures
Official figures, each with its reference year.
6,064
STATPOP 2024
2,554
CHF 60,059
Age structure
Permanent resident population, by age group.
- 0–19 years
- 1,30621.5 %
- 20–64 years
- 3,95265.2 %
- 65 and over
- 80613.3 %
Municipal taxation
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
150 %
155 %
Position within the canton
Scale of communal tax multipliers, from the canton's lowest-taxed municipality to its highest.
Cantonal median: 195 %
Information published by the municipality
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