How high are the taxes in Bellevue?

A single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income pays an income tax of about CHF 14,978 per year in Bellevue (federal, cantonal, municipal and church combined, FTA 2026).

What does living in Bellevue cost?

For a couple without children, tax, health insurance and electricity add up to about CHF 27,433 per year in Bellevue. That is rank 1,262 of 2,110 among all Swiss municipalities.

Are there cheaper municipalities near Bellevue?

Yes: around Bellevue some municipalities have a lower total cost for the same profile. The neighbour comparison on this page shows them with the annual saving.

Taxes & Cost of Living in Bellevue

Bellevue · Canton of GE

Health insurance, taxes and electricity in Bellevue at a glance, and where it is cheaper nearby.

Costs

What you pay here per year

For a couple without children earning CHF 100,000

Health insurance: CHF 18,504 a year
Taxes: CHF 7,830 a year
Electricity: CHF 1,099 a year

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Tax rate Bellevue

39centimes additionnels communaux

surcharge on the cantonal tax

Municipal tax rate 2026 as published by the canton. Tax rates are not comparable across cantons. The label states what the figure refers to. The amount in francs is in the table below.

Tax-burden trend 2018 → 2026

17.6 % → 15.0 % of income

Down 2.58 percentage points

Reference profile: single, CHF 100,000 gross income, both years calculated with the FTA tax calculator. The same franc amount is compared. Because cantons adjust their tariffs for inflation, the burden on it falls almost everywhere. The meaningful comparison is therefore the Swiss median: -1.22 percentage points (1,996 municipalities down, 35 up). Your own burden depends on income and household; the location report calculates it.

Tax split: municipality versus canton

How income tax is split across the levels of government. The municipal share is the lever that moving home shifts.

Federal: CHF 1,701
Canton: CHF 10,208
Municipality: CHF 3,044
Church: CHF 0
Poll tax: CHF 25

FTA reference profile: single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income, in CHF per year.

Health insurance premium

CHF 771 per month

Cantonal median (no separate premium region)

Adults, standard model with deductible 300, median across all insurers (2027).

Cheapest insurers 2027

Adults, standard model, deductible 300, per month

1. AssuraCHF 711.20
2. Vivao SympanyCHF 724.00
3. EGKCHF 726.10

Full ranking: Premium region Geneva

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Premiums since 2011

+67.6 %

cantonal premium since 2011

Canton of Geneva: CHF 460 → CHF 771 per month (2011 → 2027)

Switzerland over the same period: +79.5 %

The whole canton forms a single premium region (Geneva).

Premium region Geneva, 2026 → 2027: CHF 19 more per month (+2.5 %)

Cantonal value, not a value for the municipality of Bellevue: median of all offers in the canton for one adult (standard model with accident cover, deductible 300), calculated the same way every year. There is no series per municipality.

Trend for all cantons

Electricity price

24.43 cent./kWh · CHF 1,099 per year

Standard household H4 (4,500 kWh), median of local grid operators, ElCom 2027.

All together, a couple without children earning CHF 100,000 pays about CHF 27,433 a year in Bellevue for taxes, health insurance and electricity. That is rank 1,262 of 2,110 Swiss municipalities; rank 1 is the cheapest.

Total annual cost by profile

Tax + health insurance + electricity per year for four standard households, with the rank among all Swiss municipalities and within the canton.

Household	Total cost/year	Rank CH	Rank canton
Single · CHF 80,000 Tax CHF 10,104 · health insurance 9,252 · electricity 1,099	CHF 20,455	1,362 / 2,110	12 / 45
Couple, no children · CHF 100,000 Tax CHF 7,830 · health insurance 18,504 · electricity 1,099	CHF 27,433	1,262 / 2,110	12 / 45
Family, 1 income · CHF 100,000 Tax CHF 1,510 · health insurance 22,692 · electricity 1,099	CHF 25,301	1,144 / 2,110	11 / 45
Retired couple · CHF 80,000 Tax CHF 5,136 · health insurance 18,504 · electricity 1,099	CHF 24,739	1,134 / 2,110	12 / 45

Values for the whole municipality: They apply to standard households. What you pay yourself depends on your deductions, your wealth, your insurer and deductible, and your exact address. That is what the Dossier calculates.

Sources: FTA (tax 2026), FOPH (health insurance 2027), ElCom (electricity 2027), FSO (vacancies & demographics). View all data sources

Housing & environment

Vacancy rate

0.18% vacant dwellings

FSO vacant-dwelling count, reference date 1 June 2025.

Second homes

13.1 % second-home share

Below the 20 % threshold at which the Second Homes Act blocks new second homes.

Source: ARE, housing inventory, second-home share.

Population & demographics

4,111 residents

+26.1% over ten years (2015 → 2025)

19% children · 13% aged 65+

Source: FSO (2025).

Climate and environment in the municipality

How many hot, cold, wet and foggy days there are per year, and how high the radon probability is. Measured at the municipal centroid.

Radon probability (%): 0

Radon: FOPH radon map, modelled exceedance probability at the municipal centroid.

What applies in canton GE

These figures apply canton-wide, not just to this municipality. The data only exists at cantonal level.

Property transfer tax on purchase

3.00 % of the purchase price

Primary residence (Casatax, Art. 8A LDE): reduction of the droit de vente by approx. CHF 20'900 for a purchase price ≤ approx. CHF 1,39 Mio. (indexed 2026); owner occupancy for at least 3 years.

Replacing a fossil heating system

Renewable replacement effectively mandatory

When replacing an oil/gas heating system, priority must be given to renewable energy (REn art. 13m; for applications since 1.9.2022).

As of 07/2026 · checked against the cantonal primary source

Property tax

Levied

0.2–1 ‰ depending on the municipality

Cantonal property tax of 0,2‰ for owner-occupied residential property (primary residence, Note 15 ESTV-Tabelle), 1‰ for other real estate of natural persons (Note 14). 0,5‰ for purely agricultural properties with low wealth.

As of 01.01.2025

Wealth tax structure

Progressive

The amount depends on your municipality’s tax multiplier. The location report computes it. This only shows how the canton structures the tariff.

As of 01.01.2024

Offences (canton)

94.2 per 1,000 inhabitants

FSO police crime statistics 2025, offences under the Criminal Code by canton.

Surroundings

Cheaper neighbouring municipalities

Nearest municipalities with lower total cost for a couple without children (CHF 100,000):

Nearby municipalities

The municipalities closest to Bellevue, with the same cost data.

Where Bellevue stands nationally

The same figures, compared with every municipality.

Frequently asked questions about Bellevue

How high are the taxes in Bellevue?: A single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income pays an income tax of about CHF 14,978 per year in Bellevue (federal, cantonal, municipal and church combined, FTA 2026).
What does living in Bellevue cost?: For a couple without children, tax, health insurance and electricity add up to about CHF 27,433 per year in Bellevue. That is rank 1,262 of 2,110 among all Swiss municipalities.
Are there cheaper municipalities near Bellevue?: Yes: around Bellevue some municipalities have a lower total cost for the same profile. The neighbour comparison on this page shows them with the annual saving.

Your address in Bellevue, calculated precisely

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