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).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Dielsdorf

Boppelsen

8113–8158

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

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%

Population change 2025: +14 (+1%) · 9 births · 9 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 Boppelsen

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 Dielsdorf: 22.2% Yes

19.9% YesNo 80.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 35.7% 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 Dielsdorf: 64.3% Yes

55.7% YesNo 44.3%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 30.5% Yes

27.4% YesNo 72.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 58.8% Yes

63.1% YesNo 36.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 55.7% 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% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 63.0% 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% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 34.3% Yes

26.9% YesNo 73.1%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 58.9% Yes

62.8% YesNo 37.2%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Dielsdorf: 35.8% Yes

27.6% YesNo 72.4%

All federal votes →

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

7'401 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

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 Boppelsen →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

1.56 %

Second homes

7.9 %

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 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

363

Workplaces

Services share

44.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 189 (52.1%) · Secondary 13 (3.6%) · Tertiary 161 (44.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

172 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 55 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 80/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number82

Websiteboppelsen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Dielsdorf

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Boppelsen ranks

Largest municipalities1'439 #133 ZH · #1198 CH Growing municipalities1% #69 ZH · #808 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #92 ZH · #1288 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #106 ZH · #1505 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 turnout64.5% #42 ZH · #225 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #33 ZH · #826 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #113 ZH · #568 CH SVP strongholds39.7% #68 ZH · #676 CH SP strongholds10.2% #139 ZH · #1503 CH Centre strongholds8.3% #80 ZH · #1398 CH FDP strongholds14.1% #40 ZH · #910 CH GLP strongholds10.9% #90 ZH · #221 CH Green strongholds6.2% #106 ZH · #1280 CH Largest by area4 km² #136 ZH · #1702 CH Highest municipalities554 m #32 ZH · #985 CH Second homes7.9% #57 ZH · #1648 CH Organic farming50% #3 ZH · #104 CH Best-connected municipalities55 min #79 ZH · #612 CH Remotest municipalities55 min #80 ZH · #1473 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 Solar potential per capita7'401 kWh #51 ZH · #1598 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #54 ZH · #138 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #79 ZH · #1942 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Boppelsen8113 Regensberg8158

Nearby municipalities

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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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