Population
2'669↑1.0%
About Hölstein
City · Basel-Landschaft
Hölstein is a municipality in the district of Waldenburg in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Population
2'669
Tax multiplier
63%
Hölstein in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.63%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 53'400↑2.5%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 60'550↑1.0%
75%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
0.51%↑200.0%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture43%
- Forest41%
- Settlement15%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.2%↓1.7%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 6'692/ m²
−21% vs CH
Dwellings
1'176
Jobs (FTE)
790↑2.3%
92%
Property market in Hölstein
The rental vacancy rate is 0.51%, 39% below the cantonal average (0.83 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 63%, 10% above the cantonal average (57 %). Median taxable income is CHF 65'100, 5% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Hölstein has 2'669 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
