What is the postal code of Bonstetten?

The postal code of Bonstetten is 8906.

What is the tax rate in Bonstetten?

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

How much tax do you pay in Bonstetten?

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

How many residents does Bonstetten have?

Bonstetten has 5'659 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Bonstetten?

Bonstetten has 1'061 foreign residents, a share of 18.75% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Affoltern

Bonstetten

8906

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'882 50.9%

Men

2'777 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'291 22.8%

Swiss citizens

4'598 81.3%

Foreign residents

1'061 18.8%

Population density

762 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'291 · 22.8%20–64 · 3'307 · 58.4%65+ · 1'061 · 18.7%

Foreign residents 18.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −53 (−0.9%) · 40 births · 43 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 Bonstetten

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 Affoltern: 25.4% Yes

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 27.2% Yes

24.6% YesNo 75.4%

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 Affoltern: 65.8% Yes

67.4% YesNo 32.7%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 32.4% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 56.1% Yes

52.7% YesNo 47.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 45.3% Yes

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 55.8% Yes

53.3% YesNo 46.7%

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 Affoltern: 33.0% Yes

34.2% YesNo 65.8%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 59.8% Yes

60.7% YesNo 39.3%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 34.1% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP28.1% · strongest party

SVP28.1%

SP17.8%

GLP15.7%

FDP14.0%

GRÜNE7.9%

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 67 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%)

BonstettenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Bonstetten	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 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'115 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

711 m

Mean elevation

581 m

Relief

208 m

Mean slope

6.7°

Flat share

44.6%

South-facing

12.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 208 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

24.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'500

Per inhabitant

4'351 kWh/yr

25 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 Bonstetten →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

0.99 %

Second homes

4.7 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

2'533

Built before 19467.0%

Built since 200134.7%

0.99 %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

1'133

Workplaces

278

Services share

80.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 42 (3.7%) · Secondary 180 (15.9%) · Tertiary 911 (80.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

301 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 41 min · Car 23 min

AgglomerationPT 37 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 129/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3

Websitebonstetten.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Affoltern

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Bonstetten ranks

Largest municipalities5'659 #67 ZH · #369 CH Growing municipalities-0.9% #151 ZH · #1786 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.9% #10 ZH · #320 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #141 ZH · #1759 CH Families & children22.8% #12 ZH · #342 CH Age structure18.7% #101 ZH · #1491 CH Women share50.9% #24 ZH · #420 CH Foreign residents18.8% #92 ZH · #968 CH Population density762/km² #62 ZH · #323 CH Tax burden11'233 #64 ZH · #145 CH Taxes106% #67 ZH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #75 ZH · #757 CH Sunniest municipalities40.7% #58 ZH · #1511 CH Rainiest municipalities1'115 mm #70 ZH · #1009 CH Voter turnout66.4% #23 ZH · #150 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #108 ZH · #1308 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #25 ZH · #108 CH SVP strongholds28.1% #145 ZH · #1391 CH SP strongholds17.8% #25 ZH · #646 CH Centre strongholds7.2% #109 ZH · #1536 CH FDP strongholds14% #41 ZH · #925 CH GLP strongholds15.7% #7 ZH · #15 CH Green strongholds7.9% #32 ZH · #886 CH Largest by area7.4 km² #91 ZH · #1204 CH Highest municipalities543 m #34 ZH · #1028 CH Second homes4.7% #148 ZH · #2075 CH Organic farming12.5% #87 ZH · #1017 CH Best-connected municipalities41 min #31 ZH · #244 CH Remotest municipalities41 min #129 ZH · #1845 CH Highest peaks711 m #45 ZH · #1179 CH Highest-lying municipalities581 m #31 ZH · #1084 CH Greatest vertical range208 m #82 ZH · #1323 CH Steepest municipalities6.7° #71 ZH · #1275 CH Solar potential25 GWh #92 ZH · #850 CH Solar potential per capita4'351 kWh #132 ZH · #2031 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #9 ZH · #93 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #34 ZH · #1897 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8906

Bonstetten

Localities

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Bonstetten8906

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Bonstetten?: The postal code of Bonstetten is 8906.
What is the tax rate in Bonstetten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Bonstetten is 106% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Bonstetten?: A single person without children pays about 11'233 CHF income tax in Bonstetten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Bonstetten have?: Bonstetten has 5'659 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Bonstetten?: Bonstetten has 1'061 foreign residents, a share of 18.75% (2025).

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