What is the postal code of Benken?

The postal code of Benken is 8463.

What is the tax rate in Benken?

The municipal tax multiplier of Benken is 110% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Benken?

A single person without children pays about 11'422 CHF income tax in Benken on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 82 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Benken have?

Benken has 894 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Benken?

Benken has 129 foreign residents, a share of 14.43% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Andelfingen

Benken

8463

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

440 49.2%

Men

454 50.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

186 20.8%

Swiss citizens

765 85.6%

Foreign residents

129 14.4%

Population density

158 pop./km²

0–19 · 186 · 20.8%20–64 · 545 · 61.0%65+ · 163 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 14.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +11 (+1.3%) · 5 births · 7 deaths · net migration +11

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 Benken

BFS

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 59.7% Yes

62.7% YesNo 37.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 52.8% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 58.1% Yes

63.2% YesNo 36.8%

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 Andelfingen: 28.8% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 61.2% Yes

56.5% YesNo 43.5%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 29.7% Yes

29.8% YesNo 70.2%

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 63.5% Yes

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP49.1% · strongest party

SVP49.1%

SP12.2%

FDP9.3%

GLP8.6%

GRÜNE7.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier110%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

110%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 85 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'422 CHF(11.4%)

Rank 82 of 160 in the canton · 178 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:11'422 CHF(~11.4%)

BenkenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Benken	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.1%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.3%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.5%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.5%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.3%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.4%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.4%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.2%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.9%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.7%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.4%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.2%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.9%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.3%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.7%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.9%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.9%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020926 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

566 m

Mean elevation

456 m

Relief

168 m

Mean slope

4.7°

Flat share

59.7%

South-facing

21.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 168 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

10.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

14 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'400

Per inhabitant

12'237 kWh/yr

11 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

30.72 Rp./kWh

Energy

11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.75 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.8 Rp./kWh

30.72 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Politische Gemeinde Benken ZH, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 Benken →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

0.23 %

Second homes

11.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

431

Built before 194640.6%

Built since 200122.3%

0.23 %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

347

Workplaces

Services share

35.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 186 (53.6%) · Secondary 39 (11.2%) · Tertiary 122 (35.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.9 %

Farmland

381 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 46 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 13 min

Remoteness 19/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number22

Websitebenken-zh.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Andelfingen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Benken ranks

Largest municipalities894 #148 ZH · #1526 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #50 ZH · #657 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #111 ZH · #1448 CH Jobs per resident0.39 #53 ZH · #869 CH Families & children20.8% #72 ZH · #865 CH Age structure18.2% #114 ZH · #1602 CH Women share49.2% #121 ZH · #1413 CH Foreign residents14.4% #126 ZH · #1335 CH Population density158/km² #138 ZH · #1171 CH Tax burden11'422 #82 ZH · #178 CH Taxes110% #85 ZH Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #122 ZH · #1100 CH Sunniest municipalities39.5% #153 ZH · #2035 CH Rainiest municipalities926 mm #143 ZH · #1876 CH Voter turnout62.3% #52 ZH · #283 CH SVP strongholds49.1% #16 ZH · #256 CH SP strongholds12.2% #105 ZH · #1262 CH Centre strongholds6.8% #126 ZH · #1586 CH FDP strongholds9.3% #105 ZH · #1470 CH GLP strongholds8.6% #135 ZH · #490 CH Green strongholds7.7% #42 ZH · #924 CH Largest by area5.7 km² #112 ZH · #1437 CH Highest municipalities420 m #123 ZH · #1771 CH Second homes11.6% #8 ZH · #966 CH Organic farming5.9% #121 ZH · #1481 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #138 ZH · #1093 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #19 ZH · #980 CH Highest peaks566 m #112 ZH · #1657 CH Highest-lying municipalities456 m #115 ZH · #1681 CH Greatest vertical range168 m #100 ZH · #1501 CH Steepest municipalities4.7° #109 ZH · #1618 CH Solar potential11 GWh #141 ZH · #1479 CH Solar potential per capita12'237 kWh #10 ZH · #727 CH Cheapest electricity30.72 Rp./kWh #156 ZH · #1857 CH Most expensive electricity30.72 Rp./kWh #4 ZH · #250 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8463

Benken ZH

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Benken ZH8463

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Benken?: The postal code of Benken is 8463.
What is the tax rate in Benken?: The municipal tax multiplier of Benken is 110% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Benken?: A single person without children pays about 11'422 CHF income tax in Benken on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 82 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Benken have?: Benken has 894 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Benken?: Benken has 129 foreign residents, a share of 14.43% (2025).

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