Population
340↑0.3%
About Lax
City · Valais
Lax is a municipality in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Population
340
Tax multiplier
140%
Lax in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.140%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 23'900↑22.6%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 25'981↑16.2%
66%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.07%
Middle in canton
- Forest45%
- Agriculture32%
- Other17%
- Settlement5%
Foreign residents
16.8%↑1.5%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
467
Jobs (FTE)
75↓2.6%
33%
Housing market in Lax
The rental vacancy rate is 1.07%, 10% below the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 140%, 20% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 35'600, 43% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Lax has 340 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).