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Bezirk Dietikon

Zurich

Bezirk Dietikon is one of 12 districts of the canton of Zurich and comprises 11 municipalities with 98'965 residents in all (BFS, 2025). A district is an administrative unit of the canton — a court and administrative area, not a postal delivery area: postal codes and localities follow delivery routes and can cross district borders.

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN

Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Dietikon

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
55.3% YesNo 44.7%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
46.2% YesNo 53.8%
14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZHAccepted · 54.3% Yes
57.6% YesNo 42.4%
14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZHAccepted · 57.9% Yes
61.0% YesNo 39.1%
14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZHRejected · 25.1% Yes
28.1% YesNo 71.9%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP33.4% · strongest party
SVP33.4%
SP16.5%
FDP14.1%
GLP11.6%
Mitte10.1%
GRÜNE6.9%
Übrige3.4%
EVP2.3%
EDU0.8%
FGA0.6%
PdA/Sol.0.3%
SD0.1%
Uitikon
78 %
median of its municipalities
109 %
Dietikon
121 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 78 % % in Uitikon to 121 % % in Dietikon (median 109 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 9.9 % in Uitikon to 11.9 % in Dietikon (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.71 %
Dwellings
46'206
Avg. rooms
3.4
Built before 1946
8.3%

Vacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)

Population change

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Population change 2025
+786 +0.8%
births
1'086
deaths
717
net migration
+444
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
63'821
Workplaces
6'163
Services share
80.7 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 395 (0.6%) · Secondary 11'317 (17.7%) · Tertiary 51'495 (80.7%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
66
Organic share
21.2 %
Farmland
1'615 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.8 °C
Precipitation
1'108 mm
Elevation
380–796 m
Flat share
48.5%

Climate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
416 GWh
Electricity
23.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
37 min
Road to centre
23 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.87223.872 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

swisstopo · OSM
Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Dietikon?
Bezirk Dietikon comprises 11 municipalities: Dietikon, Schlieren, Urdorf, Birmensdorf, Oberengstringen, Uitikon, Geroldswil, Weiningen, Unterengstringen, Oetwil an der Limmat, Aesch. Together they have 98'965 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Dietikon in?
Bezirk Dietikon lies in the canton of Zurich, which is divided into 12 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Dietikon?
Bezirk Dietikon has 98'965 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 11 municipalities; the largest is Dietikon with 28'325.
Does Bezirk Dietikon have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Dietikon the municipal rate ranges from 78 % (Uitikon) to 121 % (Dietikon).
How did Bezirk Dietikon vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Dietikon voted 55.3 % yes on “Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)” (Accepted) — the district figure BFS publishes.

Districts exist in 17 cantons; UR, OW, NW, GL, ZG, BS, AI, NE and GE have no such level.