What is the postal code of Boppelsen?

Boppelsen has 2 postal codes: 8113, 8158.

What is the tax rate in Boppelsen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Boppelsen is 94% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Boppelsen?

A single person without children pays about 10'665 CHF income tax in Boppelsen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 28 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Boppelsen have?

Boppelsen has 1'439 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Boppelsen?

Boppelsen has 201 foreign residents, a share of 13.97% (2025).

Boppelsen (ZH): Postal Codes 8113–8158, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

728 50.6%

Men

711 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

312 21.7%

Swiss citizens

1'238 86.0%

Foreign residents

201 14.0%

Population density

363 pop./km²

0–19 · 312 · 21.7%20–64 · 845 · 58.7%65+ · 282 · 19.6%

Foreign residents 14.0%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Boppelsen

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

63.1% YesNo 36.9%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

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

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

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% Yes

26.9% YesNo 73.1%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

62.8% YesNo 37.2%

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

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

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 · 39.3% Yes

20.6% YesNo 79.4%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% Yes

68.3% YesNo 31.7%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative für mehr günstige und gemeinnützige Wohnungen («Wohnungsinitiative»)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.3% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 25.1% Yes

28.0% YesNo 72.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.7% · strongest party

SVP39.7%

FDP14.1%

GLP10.9%

SP10.2%

Mitte8.3%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier94%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

94%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 30 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'665 CHF(10.7%)

Rank 28 of 160 in the canton · 91 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:10'665 CHF(~10.7%)

BoppelsenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Boppelsen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.8%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.9%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.9%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.6%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.7%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.6%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.3%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	13.8%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14.5%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.2%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	17.8%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.2%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	20.5%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	21.6%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	22.6%	20.7–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'052 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

859 m

Mean elevation

587 m

Relief

404 m

Mean slope

12.6°

Flat share

13.4%

South-facing

59.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 404 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

10.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

13.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'400

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

24.14 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.23 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.46 Rp./kWh

24.14 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 24.76 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

1.56 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

639

Built before 194614.6%

Built since 200129.3%

1.56 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 55 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 81/160 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteboppelsen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities1'439 #133 ZH · #1198 CH Families & children21.7% #38 ZH · #599 CH Age structure19.6% #82 ZH · #1318 CH Women share50.6% #43 ZH · #559 CH Foreign residents14% #128 ZH · #1365 CH Population density363/km² #106 ZH · #659 CH Tax burden10'665 #28 ZH · #91 CH Taxes94% #30 ZH Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #155 ZH · #1588 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #79 ZH · #1623 CH Rainiest municipalities1'052 mm #104 ZH · #1367 CH Voter turnout64.2% #39 ZH · #188 CH Against Switzerland16% #33 ZH · #826 CH Aligned with Switzerland84% #113 ZH · #568 CH SVP strongholds39.7% #68 ZH · #676 CH SP strongholds10.2% #139 ZH · #1497 CH Centre strongholds8.3% #80 ZH · #1394 CH FDP strongholds14.1% #40 ZH · #908 CH GLP strongholds10.9% #90 ZH · #221 CH Green strongholds6.2% #106 ZH · #1276 CH Largest by area4 km² #136 ZH · #1702 CH Highest municipalities554 m #32 ZH · #985 CH Remotest municipalities55 min #81 ZH · #1475 CH Best-connected municipalities55 min #78 ZH · #610 CH Highest peaks859 m #19 ZH · #886 CH Highest-lying municipalities587 m #27 ZH · #1056 CH Greatest vertical range404 m #15 ZH · #809 CH Steepest municipalities12.6° #10 ZH · #720 CH Solar potential11 GWh #144 ZH · #1503 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #50 ZH · #111 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #86 ZH · #1971 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Boppelsen8113 Regensberg8158

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Boppelsen?: Boppelsen has 2 postal codes: 8113, 8158.
What is the tax rate in Boppelsen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Boppelsen is 94% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Boppelsen?: A single person without children pays about 10'665 CHF income tax in Boppelsen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 28 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Boppelsen have?: Boppelsen has 1'439 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Boppelsen?: Boppelsen has 201 foreign residents, a share of 13.97% (2025).

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