Bezirk Uster
ZurichBezirk 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.
Municipalities in Bezirk Uster
BFS · 10Votes in Bezirk Uster
district results as published by BFSPolitics
National Council election 2023 · sum of its municipalitiesTax rate in the district
ESTV 2026A 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)
Housing
BFSVacancy rate: published by BFS for the district (2025) · Dwellings: sum of its municipalities (2024)
Population change
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesEconomy
BFS · 2024 · sum of its municipalitiesAgriculture
BFS · 2025 · sum of its municipalitiesClimate · Terrain
MeteoSchweiz · swisstopoClimate: area-weighted over its municipalities · Terrain: swissALTIRegio 40 m, zonal over the district polygon
Energy · Accessibility
BFE · ElCom · ARESolar potential: sum of its municipalities · Electricity: median of its municipalities (23.872–29.221 Rp./kWh, 2027). ElCom publishes a median per municipality; the district value is our median of those. · Accessibility: median of its municipalities
Where the municipalities of Bezirk Uster rank
sum of its municipalities8 of these postal codes reach across the district border.
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.