Population
4'528↓0.5%
About Port-Valais
Municipality · Valais
Port-Valais is a municipality of the district of Monthey in the French-speaking part of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
Population
4'528
Tax multiplier
110%
Port-Valais in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.110%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'250↑1.2%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 50'475
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
100%
1.63%↓3.6%
Above average in canton
- Forest54%
- Agriculture22%
- Settlement13%
- Other11%
Foreign residents
31.6%↑0.3%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
2'209↑0.9%
Jobs (FTE)
875↑3.9%
84%
Housing market in Port-Valais
The rental vacancy rate is 1.63%, 37% above the cantonal average (1.19 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 110%, 6% below the cantonal average (117 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 56'500, 9% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Port-Valais has 4'528 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).