Population
1'747↑0.5%
About Wilchingen
City · Schaffhausen
Wilchingen is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The former municipality of Osterfingen was incorporated into Wilchingen in 2005.
Population
1'747
Tax multiplier
112%
Wilchingen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.112%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 48'550↑0.1%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'400↓2.3%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
76%↓3.8%
0.12%↓96.4%
Bottom 10% in canton
- Agriculture49%
- Forest42%
- Settlement8%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
18.0%↑6.6%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
833↓1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
641↑3.1%
89%
Housing market in Wilchingen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.12%, 86% below the cantonal average (0.83 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 112%, 27% above the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 60'200, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Wilchingen has 1'747 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
