What is the postal code of Bachenbülach?

Bachenbülach has 2 postal codes: 8180, 8184.

What is the tax rate in Bachenbülach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bachenbülach is 106% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Bachenbülach?

A single person without children pays about 11'233 CHF income tax in Bachenbülach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bachenbülach have?

Bachenbülach has 4'450 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bachenbülach?

Bachenbülach has 1'167 foreign residents, a share of 26.22% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Bachenbülach

8180–8184

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'244 50.4%

Men

2'206 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

956 21.5%

Swiss citizens

3'283 73.8%

Foreign residents

1'167 26.2%

Population density

1'032 pop./km²

0–19 · 956 · 21.5%20–64 · 2'576 · 57.9%65+ · 918 · 20.6%

Foreign residents 26.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +164 (+3.8%) · 31 births · 25 deaths · net migration +156

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Bachenbülach

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 23.4% Yes

24.3% YesNo 75.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 31.1% Yes

31.2% YesNo 68.8%

27.09.2026Patientinnen- und Patientengesetz und Gesundheitsgesetz (Änderung vom 30. März 2026; Gegenvorschlag zur Volksinitiative «Selbstbestimmung am Lebensende auch in Alters- und Pflegeheimen»)Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 68.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 65.0% Yes

61.8% YesNo 38.2%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 34.7% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 57.1% Yes

61.6% YesNo 38.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 50.2% Yes

47.2% YesNo 52.8%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 60.7% Yes

59.1% YesNo 40.9%

14.06.2026C. Stichfrage: Welche der beiden Vorlagen soll in Kraft treten, falls sowohl die kantonale Volksinitiative als auch der Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates angenommen werden?Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 41.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 36.1% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 57.9% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 37.6% Yes

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.2% · strongest party

SVP33.2%

FDP15.3%

SP13.4%

GLP10.5%

Mitte7.7%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier106%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

106%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 68 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'233 CHF(11.2%)

Rank 63 of 160 in the canton · 144 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 11'375 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Zumikon 9'577 CHF · most expensive Bachs 12'273 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:11'233 CHF(~11.2%)

BachenbülachCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bachenbülach	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.1%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.3%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.4%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.4%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.2%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.2%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.2%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.9%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.6%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.5%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.2%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.6%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.4%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.6%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.5%	20.7–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'014 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

572 m

Mean elevation

461 m

Relief

156 m

Mean slope

5°

Flat share

61.3%

South-facing

8.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 156 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

27.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

34.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'200

Per inhabitant

6'279 kWh/yr

28 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

23.87 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.86 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

7.9 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.46 Rp./kWh

23.87 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.63 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ)

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 3

Standard model, deductible 300544 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Zurich411 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Bachenbülach →Canton Zurich →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.31 %

Second homes

4.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

1'908

Built before 19468.5%

Built since 200127.9%

0.31 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

1'794

Workplaces

285

Services share

71.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 4 (0.2%) · Secondary 508 (28.3%) · Tertiary 1'282 (71.5%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

69 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 53 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 47 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 85/160 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number51

Websitebachenbuelach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bachenbülach ranks

Largest municipalities4'450 #85 ZH · #503 CH Growing municipalities3.8% #5 ZH · #103 CH Shrinking municipalities3.8% #156 ZH · #2004 CH Jobs per resident0.4 #50 ZH · #833 CH Families & children21.5% #43 ZH · #649 CH Age structure20.6% #59 ZH · #1110 CH Women share50.4% #54 ZH · #658 CH Foreign residents26.2% #51 ZH · #490 CH Population density1'032/km² #47 ZH · #214 CH Tax burden11'233 #63 ZH · #144 CH Taxes106% #68 ZH Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #93 ZH · #855 CH Sunniest municipalities39.5% #155 ZH · #2037 CH Rainiest municipalities1'014 mm #112 ZH · #1563 CH Voter turnout50% #144 ZH · #1773 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #109 ZH · #1309 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #26 ZH · #109 CH SVP strongholds33.2% #110 ZH · #1091 CH SP strongholds13.4% #87 ZH · #1121 CH Centre strongholds7.7% #100 ZH · #1474 CH FDP strongholds15.3% #28 ZH · #791 CH GLP strongholds10.5% #98 ZH · #254 CH Green strongholds6.8% #82 ZH · #1134 CH Largest by area4.3 km² #133 ZH · #1657 CH Highest municipalities430 m #116 ZH · #1700 CH Second homes4.7% #149 ZH · #2076 CH Organic farming0% #133 ZH · #1600 CH Best-connected municipalities53 min #72 ZH · #548 CH Remotest municipalities53 min #85 ZH · #1531 CH Highest peaks572 m #109 ZH · #1639 CH Highest-lying municipalities461 m #112 ZH · #1653 CH Greatest vertical range156 m #109 ZH · #1556 CH Steepest municipalities5° #100 ZH · #1558 CH Solar potential28 GWh #76 ZH · #735 CH Solar potential per capita6'279 kWh #75 ZH · #1792 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #37 ZH · #121 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #62 ZH · #1925 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Bachenbülach8184 Bülach8180

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bachenbülach?: Bachenbülach has 2 postal codes: 8180, 8184.
What is the tax rate in Bachenbülach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bachenbülach is 106% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Bachenbülach?: A single person without children pays about 11'233 CHF income tax in Bachenbülach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bachenbülach have?: Bachenbülach has 4'450 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bachenbülach?: Bachenbülach has 1'167 foreign residents, a share of 26.22% (2025).

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