Population
1'718↑0.9%
About Giffers
City · Fribourg
Giffers is a municipality in the district of Sense in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Population
1'718
Tax multiplier
86%
Giffers in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.86%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'548↑3.7%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'847↑3.0%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
96%
0.48%↑100.0%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture62%
- Forest20%
- Settlement16%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
11.6%↑3.8%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median price
CHF 5'450/ m²
−36% vs CH
Dwellings
833
Jobs (FTE)
351↓9.3%
89%
Property market in Giffers
The rental vacancy rate is 0.48%, 58% below the cantonal average (1.14 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 86%, 8% above the cantonal average (79 %). Median taxable income is CHF 58'408, 6% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Giffers has 1'718 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
