Population
5'925↑0.7%
About Thayngen
City · Schaffhausen
Thayngen is a village and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The neighboring village Barzheim merged with Thayngen on 1 January 2004. On 1 January 2009 Altdorf, Bibern, Hofen and Opfertshofen merged into Thayngen.
Population
5'925
Tax multiplier
92%
Thayngen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.92%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 51'600↑1.2%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'650↑1.7%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
76%↓3.8%
0.38%↓32.1%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture55%
- Forest27%
- Settlement17%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
28.9%↑3.0%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 20/ m²
+10% vs CH
Dwellings
2'895↑1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
1'999↓2.3%
92%
Housing market in Thayngen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.38%, 54% below the cantonal average (0.83 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 92%, 4% above the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 59'700, 4% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Thayngen has 5'925 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).