Population
11'830↑1.3%
About Risch
Municipality · Zug
Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages belong to the municipality Risch. On 24 November 2007 it was decided to promote the municipality as Risch-Rotkreuz. The change was made because the village Rotkreuz has become much bigger than Risch.
Population
11'830
Tax multiplier
54%
Risch in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.54%↓1.8%
Median taxable income
CHF 64'900↑3.2%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 70'800↑2.3%
84%
Cantonal tax multiplier
78%↓4.9%
0.46%↑24.3%
Below average in CH
- Agriculture52%
- Settlement32%
- Forest15%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
28.3%↑0.7%
Top quartile in CH
Dwellings
5'217↑1.6%
Jobs (FTE)
13'407↑5.5%
95%
Housing market in Risch
The rental vacancy rate is 0.46%, 11% above the cantonal average (0.42 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 54%, 4% above the cantonal average (52 %). Median taxable income is CHF 73'750, 19% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Risch has 11'830 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
