Population
5'300
About Sachseln
Municipality · Obwalden
Sachseln is a village and municipality in the canton of Obwalden in Switzerland. Besides the village of Sachseln, the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft.
Population
5'300
Tax multiplier
470%
Sachseln in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.470%
Median taxable income
CHF 52'300↑3.0%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'700↑2.7%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
325%
0.15%↓44.4%
Bottom quartile in CH
- Agriculture42%
- Forest42%
- Other12%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
13.3%↑1.7%
Below average in CH
Dwellings
2'667↑2.9%
Jobs (FTE)
2'760↓0.2%
87%
Housing market in Sachseln
The rental vacancy rate is 0.15%, 70% below the cantonal average (0.50 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 470%, 4% above the cantonal average (453 %). Median taxable income is CHF 60'400, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Sachseln has 5'300 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).