What is the postal code of Bassersdorf?

The postal code of Bassersdorf is 8303.

What is the tax rate in Bassersdorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Bassersdorf is 114% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Bassersdorf?

A single person without children pays about 11'611 CHF income tax in Bassersdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 115 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Bassersdorf have?

Bassersdorf has 12'358 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bassersdorf?

Bassersdorf has 3'452 foreign residents, a share of 27.93% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Bassersdorf

8303

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'162 49.9%

Men

6'196 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'594 21.0%

Swiss citizens

8'906 72.1%

Foreign residents

3'452 27.9%

Population density

1'369 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'594 · 21.0%20–64 · 7'531 · 60.9%65+ · 2'233 · 18.1%

Foreign residents 27.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +57 (+0.5%) · 102 births · 91 deaths · net migration +44

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 Bassersdorf

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

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

65.0% YesNo 35.0%

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

34.0% YesNo 66.1%

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

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

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

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

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

60.0% YesNo 40.1%

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

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

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

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

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

37.4% YesNo 62.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.7% · strongest party

SVP33.7%

SP18.4%

FDP12.5%

GLP10.4%

Mitte8.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier114%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

114%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 117 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'611 CHF(11.6%)

Rank 115 of 160 in the canton · 228 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:11'611 CHF(~11.6%)

BassersdorfCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bassersdorf	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.6%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.7%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.7%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.5%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.6%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.6%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.4%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.1%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.9%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.7%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.5%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.2%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.6%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.2%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.2%	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 1991–20201'117 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

554 m

Mean elevation

477 m

Relief

110 m

Mean slope

4.3°

Flat share

68.4%

South-facing

12.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 110 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

50.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

69.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'200

Per inhabitant

4'068 kWh/yr

50 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 Bassersdorf →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

0.76 %

Second homes

6.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

5'512

Built before 19466.9%

Built since 200138.5%

0.76 %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

4'577

Workplaces

650

Services share

76.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 44 (1.0%) · Secondary 1'016 (22.2%) · Tertiary 3'517 (76.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

392 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 27 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 115/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number52

Websitebassersdorf.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bassersdorf ranks

Largest municipalities12'358 #27 ZH · #130 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #95 ZH · #1123 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #66 ZH · #982 CH Jobs per resident0.37 #61 ZH · #943 CH Families & children21% #62 ZH · #796 CH Age structure18.1% #116 ZH · #1622 CH Women share49.9% #87 ZH · #979 CH Foreign residents27.9% #39 ZH · #407 CH Population density1'369/km² #33 ZH · #142 CH Tax burden11'611 #116 ZH · #229 CH Taxes114% #117 ZH Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #94 ZH · #856 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #88 ZH · #1659 CH Rainiest municipalities1'117 mm #69 ZH · #994 CH Voter turnout53.7% #128 ZH · #1391 CH Against Switzerland3.9% #141 ZH · #1442 CH Aligned with Switzerland96.1% #2 ZH · #8 CH SVP strongholds33.7% #108 ZH · #1051 CH SP strongholds18.4% #19 ZH · #585 CH Centre strongholds8.4% #76 ZH · #1378 CH FDP strongholds12.5% #55 ZH · #1082 CH GLP strongholds10.4% #102 ZH · #269 CH Green strongholds6.1% #111 ZH · #1302 CH Largest by area9 km² #67 ZH · #1042 CH Highest municipalities460 m #75 ZH · #1450 CH Second homes6.6% #94 ZH · #1896 CH Organic farming10% #107 ZH · #1209 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #45 ZH · #329 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #115 ZH · #1752 CH Highest peaks554 m #119 ZH · #1700 CH Highest-lying municipalities477 m #92 ZH · #1554 CH Greatest vertical range110 m #128 ZH · #1782 CH Steepest municipalities4.3° #121 ZH · #1687 CH Solar potential50 GWh #36 ZH · #323 CH Solar potential per capita4'068 kWh #139 ZH · #2045 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #38 ZH · #122 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #63 ZH · #1926 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8303

Bassersdorf

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Bassersdorf8303

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bassersdorf?: The postal code of Bassersdorf is 8303.
What is the tax rate in Bassersdorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bassersdorf is 114% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Bassersdorf?: A single person without children pays about 11'611 CHF income tax in Bassersdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 115 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bassersdorf have?: Bassersdorf has 12'358 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bassersdorf?: Bassersdorf has 3'452 foreign residents, a share of 27.93% (2025).

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