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Bezirk Uster

Zurich

Bezirk Uster is one of 12 districts of the canton of Zurich and comprises 10 municipalities with 142'849 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.

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Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Votes in Bezirk Uster

district results as published by BFS
14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)FederalAccepted · 52.5% Yes
53.4% YesNo 46.6%
14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»FederalRejected · 45.2% Yes
43.9% YesNo 56.1%
14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZHAccepted · 54.3% Yes
57.4% YesNo 42.6%
14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZHAccepted · 57.9% Yes
61.5% YesNo 38.5%
14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZHRejected · 25.1% Yes
27.1% YesNo 72.9%
All federal votes
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 12.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalities
SVP31.0% · strongest party
SVP31.0%
SP17.4%
GLP13.7%
FDP12.2%
Mitte9.2%
GRÜNE8.4%
Übrige3.2%
EVP2.5%
EDU1.6%
FGA0.4%
PdA/Sol.0.2%
SD0.1%
Maur
81 %
median of its municipalities
101 %
Uster
112 %

A district has no tax rate of its own. Rates range from 81 % % in Maur to 112 % % in Uster (median 101 % %).

Tax burden (single, CHF 100,000): 10.1 % in Maur to 11.5 % in Uster (ESTV 2'026)

Vacancy rate
0.82 %
Dwellings
66'316
Avg. rooms
3.7
Built before 1946
9.0%

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
+1'252 +0.9%
births
1'207
deaths
936
net migration
+952
BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalities
Jobs
70'243
Workplaces
9'202
Services share
80.1 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 929 (1.3%) · Secondary 13'051 (18.6%) · Tertiary 56'263 (80.1%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 11.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalities
Farms
198
Organic share
21.7 %
Farmland
5'315 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Climate · Terrain

MeteoSchweiz · swisstopo
Annual mean temperature
9.8 °C
Precipitation
1'186 mm
Elevation
426–843 m
Flat share
66.3%

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

Energy · Accessibility

BFE · ElCom · ARE
Solar potential
643 GWh
Electricity
23.9 Rp./kWh
Public transport to centre
40 min
Road to centre
28 min

Solar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.87229.221 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 Uster?
Bezirk Uster comprises 10 municipalities: Uster, Dübendorf, Volketswil, Maur, Fällanden, Egg, Wangen-Brüttisellen, Greifensee, Schwerzenbach, Mönchaltorf. Together they have 142'849 residents (BFS, 2025).
Which canton is Bezirk Uster in?
Bezirk Uster lies in the canton of Zurich, which is divided into 12 districts.
How many people live in Bezirk Uster?
Bezirk Uster has 142'849 residents (BFS STATPOP, 2025) — the sum of its 10 municipalities; the largest is Uster with 37'031.
Does Bezirk Uster have its own tax rate?
No. Tax rates are set by municipalities. In Bezirk Uster the municipal rate ranges from 81 % (Maur) to 112 % (Uster).
How did Bezirk Uster vote in the latest federal vote?
On 14.06.2026, Bezirk Uster voted 53.4 % 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.