Canton of SH
Living in Schaffhausen
With a municipal tax multiplier of 86%, this municipality ranks 6 among the least taxed of the 26 municipalities in canton SH. That is 9.5 points below the median municipality in canton SH. With 38,964 inhabitants, it is the 1 most populous of the canton’s 26 municipalities. Under-20s make up 17.9% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole. It is also a tourist destination: 111,361 hotel overnight stays were recorded in 2024.
STATPOP 2024
Age structure
- 0–19 years
- 6,986
- 20–64 years
- 23,379
- 65 and over
- 8,599
Municipal taxation
- Municipal multiplier
- 86.00 %
- Cantonal multiplier
- 79.00 %
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
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