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Bezirk Meilen

Zurich

Bezirk Meilen is one of 12 districts of the canton of Zurich and comprises 11 municipalities with 110'383 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 Meilen

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
59.6% YesNo 40.4%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
40.7% YesNo 59.3%
14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZHAccepted · 54.3% Yes
58.5% YesNo 41.5%
14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZHAccepted · 57.9% Yes
62.9% YesNo 37.1%
14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZHRejected · 25.1% Yes
25.0% YesNo 75.0%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP29.2% · strongest party
SVP29.2%
FDP22.1%
SP14.6%
GLP13.7%
Mitte7.7%
GRÜNE7.1%
Übrige2.0%
EVP1.8%
EDU1.2%
FGA0.3%
PdA/Sol.0.1%
SD0.1%
Zumikon
71 %
median of its municipalities
79 %
Oetwil am See
114 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 71 % % in Zumikon to 114 % % in Oetwil am See (median 79 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 9.6 % in Zumikon to 11.6 % in Oetwil am See (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.86 %
Dwellings
53'047
Avg. rooms
3.9
Built before 1946
18.3%

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
+836 +0.8%
births
845
deaths
926
net migration
+939
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
43'870
Workplaces
8'308
Services share
80.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 629 (1.4%) · Secondary 7'573 (17.3%) · Tertiary 35'377 (80.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
183
Organic share
23.5 %
Farmland
3'448 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.6 °C
Precipitation
1'279 mm
Elevation
405–851 m
Flat share
44.6%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
490 GWh
Electricity
24.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
44 min
Road to centre
35 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.87230.983 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities

Map

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Which municipalities belong to Bezirk Meilen?
Bezirk Meilen comprises 11 municipalities: Küsnacht, Stäfa, Meilen, Zollikon, Männedorf, Hombrechtikon, Herrliberg, Uetikon am See, Zumikon, Erlenbach, Oetwil am See. Together they have 110'383 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Meilen in?
Bezirk Meilen lies in the canton of Zurich, which is divided into 12 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Meilen?
Bezirk Meilen has 110'383 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 11 municipalities; the largest is Küsnacht with 15'250.
Does Bezirk Meilen have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Meilen the municipal rate ranges from 71 % (Zumikon) to 114 % (Oetwil am See).
How did Bezirk Meilen vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Meilen voted 59.6 % 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.