Kreis 3
ZurichKreis 3 is one of 12 city districts of Zürich and covers 3 statistical quarters with 50'089 residents between them. The district sits between the municipality and the quarter — it is not a postal delivery area and does not line up with postal codes.
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The district in numbers
BFS · 2024- Residents
- 50'089
- Quarters
- 3
- Households
- 24'439
- Foreign
- 31.3%
No median age is given for the district: a weighted mean of per-quarter medians is not a median. Median ages are shown per quarter.
Votes in Kreis 3
Counting-district results, as BFS publishes them- Workplaces, climate, mobility and party strengths are published per municipality only — see Zurich. → Zurich
Show data table
| Gross income | Zurich | Zurich | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.3% | 4.2–5.5% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 6.5% | 5.2–6.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 7.8% | 6.2–8.1% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 8.9% | 7.1–9.2% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 9.9% | 8–10.3% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 10.7% | 8.6–11.1% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 11.8% | 9.6–12.3% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 12.8% | 10.4–13.3% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 13.6% | 11.1–14.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14.3% | 11.7–14.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 15.2% | 12.5–15.7% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 16% | 13.1–16.5% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 17.8% | 14.7–18.4% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 19.5% | 16.2–20.1% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 21% | 17.5–21.6% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 22.4% | 18.8–23.1% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 23.6% | 19.8–24.3% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 24.6% | 20.7–25.3% | 27.4% |
Electricity (municipality of Zurich)
ElCom · 2027 · BFEHealth-insurance premiums
BAG · 2024Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 of canton Zurich. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Zurich (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.
Quarters in this district
BFS · 3Postal codes in this district
Σ quarter shares · 5No postal code belongs to a city district: PLZ are Swiss Post delivery areas and do not follow district borders. The percentage is the share of that PLZ’s area that lies inside Kreis 3 — the sum over its quarters.
Map
OpenStreetMap · District outline and quarters- Which quarters belong to Kreis 3 in Zürich?
- Kreis 3 contains 3 statistical quarters: Sihlfeld, Alt-Wiedikon, Friesenberg. Together they have 50'089 residents (BFS, 2024).
- Does Kreis 3 have its own postal code?
- No. City districts are a statistical and political subdivision of the municipality, while postal codes are delivery areas — the boundaries do not coincide.
- Which numbers does Kreis 3 carry?
- Kreis 3 carries district number 3; the municipality of Zürich has BFS municipality number 261. The district itself has no BFS number — its quarters carry BFS quarter codes that start with 261.
City districts exist only in Zürich (12) and Winterthur (7). No other Swiss municipality has this level.