What is the postal code of Brütten?

The postal code of Brütten is 8311.

What is the tax rate in Brütten?

The municipal tax multiplier of Brütten is 85% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Brütten?

A single person without children pays about 10'240 CHF income tax in Brütten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Brütten have?

Brütten has 2'277 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Brütten?

Brütten has 245 foreign residents, a share of 10.76% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Winterthur

Brütten

8311

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'132 49.7%

Men

1'145 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

454 19.9%

Swiss citizens

2'032 89.2%

Foreign residents

245 10.8%

Population density

345 pop./km²

0–19 · 454 · 19.9%20–64 · 1'341 · 58.9%65+ · 482 · 21.2%

Foreign residents 10.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +30 (+1.3%) · 14 births · 20 deaths · net migration +37

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 Brütten

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 Winterthur: 31.4% Yes

20.4% YesNo 79.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 24.1% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

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 Winterthur: 67.8% Yes

64.2% YesNo 35.8%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 41.4% Yes

27.7% YesNo 72.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 46.2% Yes

64.9% YesNo 35.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 38.4% Yes

50.7% YesNo 49.3%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 51.6% Yes

56.5% YesNo 43.5%

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 Winterthur: 42.5% Yes

20.2% YesNo 79.8%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 53.2% Yes

65.4% YesNo 34.6%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 44.1% Yes

21.0% YesNo 79.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.0% · strongest party

SVP37.0%

FDP18.9%

GLP13.3%

SP10.5%

Mitte8.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier85%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

85%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 17 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'240 CHF(10.2%)

Rank 17 of 160 in the canton · 68 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:10'240 CHF(~10.2%)

BrüttenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Brütten	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.5%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.5%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.6%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.6%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.5%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.2%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.2%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.1%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.8%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12.5%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	13.3%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.6%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	17.2%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	18.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.8%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.9%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.8%	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 1991–20201'097 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

644 m

Mean elevation

600 m

Relief

135 m

Mean slope

4.4°

Flat share

71.3%

South-facing

6.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 135 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

16.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'700

Per inhabitant

7'369 kWh/yr

17 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 Brütten →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

1.25 %

Second homes

5.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'037

Built before 194613.6%

Built since 200127.1%

1.25 %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

419

Workplaces

140

Services share

70.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 73 (17.4%) · Secondary 49 (11.7%) · Tertiary 297 (70.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

385 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 47/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number213

Websitebruetten.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Winterthur

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Brütten ranks

Largest municipalities2'277 #116 ZH · #898 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #41 ZH · #612 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #120 ZH · #1492 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #150 ZH · #1844 CH Families & children19.9% #112 ZH · #1167 CH Age structure21.2% #50 ZH · #996 CH Women share49.7% #103 ZH · #1099 CH Foreign residents10.8% #147 ZH · #1646 CH Population density345/km² #109 ZH · #696 CH Tax burden10'240 #17 ZH · #68 CH Taxes85% #17 ZH Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #126 ZH · #1104 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #112 ZH · #1857 CH Rainiest municipalities1'097 mm #89 ZH · #1121 CH Voter turnout69.7% #7 ZH · #66 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #91 ZH · #1203 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #58 ZH · #214 CH SVP strongholds37% #81 ZH · #835 CH SP strongholds10.5% #135 ZH · #1464 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #59 ZH · #1311 CH FDP strongholds18.9% #15 ZH · #528 CH GLP strongholds13.3% #35 ZH · #79 CH Green strongholds4.4% #144 ZH · #1645 CH Largest by area6.6 km² #96 ZH · #1312 CH Highest municipalities621 m #13 ZH · #762 CH Second homes5.5% #126 ZH · #2016 CH Organic farming20% #52 ZH · #612 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #116 ZH · #841 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #47 ZH · #1251 CH Highest peaks644 m #68 ZH · #1378 CH Highest-lying municipalities600 m #24 ZH · #1010 CH Greatest vertical range135 m #120 ZH · #1667 CH Steepest municipalities4.4° #118 ZH · #1675 CH Solar potential17 GWh #117 ZH · #1158 CH Solar potential per capita7'369 kWh #53 ZH · #1606 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #98 ZH · #182 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #123 ZH · #1986 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8311

Brütten

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Brütten8311

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Brütten?: The postal code of Brütten is 8311.
What is the tax rate in Brütten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Brütten is 85% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Brütten?: A single person without children pays about 10'240 CHF income tax in Brütten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Brütten have?: Brütten has 2'277 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Brütten?: Brütten has 245 foreign residents, a share of 10.76% (2025).

Map

OpenStreetMap

Compare

Brütten compared with