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Schattdorf is a city in Switzerland, with a population of 5,501 at the end of 2024. The resident counts list 4,886 Swiss permanent residents and 16 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2423 sources

Population5,501people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)7,445EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent14.7EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)
Recorded crime2,918incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Schattdorf?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Schattdorf.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Schattdorf recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71
Mobile plan, 10 GB€56
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited70.68 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Swisscom blue Internet S14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB10Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)14.7 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)2Official · regional context

Is Schattdorf a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker72%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 61–83%
Skilled employee71%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–81%
Student50%strong on cost, weak on education · range 38–62%
Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–71%
Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–74%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €882 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 14.7 EUR/m²/month. Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

How international is the population?

11.2% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 615 of 5,501 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)7,445 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch16Official

What does a salary buy in Schattdorf?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €7,445 (pxweb.bfs.admin.ch, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€5,204of €6,212 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€6,212
Rent, 60 m²€14.70/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31− €882
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€5,204
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Schattdorf Salary needed to live in Schattdorf

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Schattdorf. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Schattdorf. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSchattdorf highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Schattdorf highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779
Bern20,196
Interlaken18,896
Olten15,369
Kloten13,097
St. Gallen9,783
Winterthur7,988
Muri bei Bern5,389
Wetzikon (ZH)4,048
Küsnacht (ZH)3,718
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,918 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T99Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Schattdorf. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person
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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Schattdorf.

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 5 · Feb 6.4 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15 · May 19.3 · Jun 22.4 · Jul 24.1 · Aug 23.6 · Sep 19.4 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 5.4 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO3Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.1 · Feb -1.8 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 4.4 · May 8.6 · Jun 12 · Jul 13.7 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 9.9 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 1.8 · Dec -1.3 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO4Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 1.6 · Feb 2.4 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 9.9 · May 14 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 18.9 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 10.7 · Nov 5.7 · Dec 2.3 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO5Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 69.9 · Feb 59.2 · Mar 72.2 · Apr 81 · May 117.3 · Jun 138.1 · Jul 140.6 · Aug 153.6 · Sep 105.3 · Oct 84.2 · Nov 81.2 · Dec 83.4 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO6Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 48.9 · Feb 82.6 · Mar 123.7 · Apr 143.3 · May 153.5 · Jun 160.2 · Jul 168.7 · Aug 158.5 · Sep 136.2 · Oct 107.4 · Nov 56.5 · Dec 36.7 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO7Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Zürich ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Berlin (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Trostberg (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Werl (Germany) ±0.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents605 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS13Official
City area16.29 km²2016Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2016, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².1Official
Foreign non-permanent residents16 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Foreign residents615 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.11Official
Non-permanent residents16 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Population density337.7 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2016; area observed_at=2016).1Official
Population5,501 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source15Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official
Swiss permanent residents4,886 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20248Official

International community in Schattdorf

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total5,555100.0%
In Switzerland4,75685.6%
Abroad79914.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total14100.0%
Abroad14100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Citizenship

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total5,555100.0%
Switzerland4,89088.0%
Germany1172.1%
Portugal1152.1%
Italy410.7%
Türkiye360.6%
Serbia290.5%
Kosovo250.5%
Eritrea240.4%
Afghanistan230.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Bosnia and Herzegovina210.4%
Austria190.3%
Croatia190.3%
Ukraine190.3%
Syria180.3%
Hungary160.3%
Poland120.2%
Sri Lanka120.2%
Slovakia110.2%
Thailand100.2%
Netherlands90.2%
Iran90.2%
France80.1%
Czechia80.1%
Somalia60.1%
Tunisia60.1%
United Kingdom50.1%
Russia50.1%
Brazil40.1%
Belgium30.1%
North Macedonia30.1%
Côte d'Ivoire30.1%
Bulgaria20.0%
Finland20.0%
Greece20.0%
Romania20.0%
Montenegro20.0%
Belarus20.0%
Ethiopia20.0%
Philippines20.0%
Albania10.0%
Liechtenstein10.0%
Sweden10.0%
Slovenia10.0%
Estonia10.0%
Ghana10.0%
Chile10.0%
Canada10.0%
Mexico10.0%
United States10.0%
China10.0%
Indonesia10.0%
Nepal10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Alternatives for people set on Schattdorf

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Zürich as a Schattdorf alternative in the same region

59 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 436,551 Zürich vs 5,501 Schattdorf+7836%
  • Rent: €26.18/m² (2026) Zürich vs €14.70/m² (2024) Schattdorfno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 11,613 Zürich vs 2,918 Schattdorfno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Zürich vs €7,445 Schattdorf+6%
Full comparisonMore about Zürich

Winterthur as a Schattdorf alternative in the same country

72 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 120,376 Winterthur vs 5,501 Schattdorf+2088%
  • Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €14.70/m² (2024) Schattdorfno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 2,918 Schattdorfno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €7,445 Schattdorf+6%
Full comparisonMore about Winterthur

Cities near Schattdorf

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Schattdorf, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities
Fraubrunnen5,498 residentsErlenbach (ZH)5,505 residentsNiederglatt5,507 residentsKonolfingen5,485 residentsBuochs5,483 residentsWangen bei Olten5,532 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Schattdorf under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Schattdorf's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How much does it cost to rent in Schattdorf?

Average net cold rent is 14.7 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,029 a month before utilities. Source: Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton).

What is the typical salary around Schattdorf?

The median gross salary is 7,445 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How safe is Schattdorf?

Police recorded 2,918 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9.

How many people live in Schattdorf?

The published population is 5,501 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Schattdorf?

615 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Schattdorf a good place to live?

Schattdorf may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Schattdorf?

Altdorf (UR), Ingenbohl, Schwyz, Buochs, Goldau are near Schattdorf. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Schattdorf?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,555 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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