Population
7'605↑2.4%
About Saxon
City · Valais
The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany, between the lower Rhine and Elbe rivers. Many of their neighbours were, like them, speakers of West Germanic dialects, including both the Franks and Thuringians to the south, and the coastal Frisians and Angles to the north who were among the peoples who were originally referred to as "Saxons" in the context of early raiding and settlements in Roman Britain and Gaul. To their east were Obotrites and other Slavic-speaking peoples.
Population
7'605
Tax multiplier
120%
Saxon in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.120%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'300↑2.8%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 47'300↑1.4%
70%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
3.41%↓29.8%
Top 10% in canton
- Forest53%
- Agriculture28%
- Settlement13%
- Other6%
Foreign residents
38.3%↑2.5%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 21/ m²
+14% vs CH
Dwellings
4'018↑2.2%
Jobs (FTE)
1'788↓0.4%
88%
Housing market in Saxon
The rental vacancy rate is 3.41%, 186% above the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 120%, 3% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 49'850, 20% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Saxon has 7'605 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
