What is the postal code of Dachsen?

The postal code of Dachsen is 8447.

What is the tax rate in Dachsen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Dachsen is 111% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Dachsen?

A single person without children pays about 11'469 CHF income tax in Dachsen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 86 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Dachsen have?

Dachsen has 1'896 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Dachsen?

Dachsen has 297 foreign residents, a share of 15.66% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Andelfingen

Dachsen

8447

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

946 49.9%

Men

950 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

352 18.6%

Swiss citizens

1'599 84.3%

Foreign residents

297 15.7%

Population density

702 pop./km²

0–19 · 352 · 18.6%20–64 · 1'116 · 58.9%65+ · 428 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 15.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −30 (−1.6%) · 7 births · 20 deaths · net migration −15

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 Dachsen

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 Andelfingen: 23.5% Yes

28.7% YesNo 71.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 32.7% Yes

24.8% YesNo 75.2%

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 Andelfingen: 60.9% Yes

67.4% YesNo 32.6%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Andelfingen: 30.2% Yes

39.3% YesNo 60.7%

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

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

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

42.3% YesNo 57.7%

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

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 Andelfingen: 28.8% Yes

34.0% YesNo 66.1%

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

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

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

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.0% · strongest party

SVP29.0%

SP16.0%

GLP13.9%

Mitte12.5%

FDP11.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier111%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

111%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 89 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'469 CHF(11.5%)

Rank 86 of 160 in the canton · 187 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:11'469 CHF(~11.5%)

DachsenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Dachsen	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	8.6%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.4%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.5%	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	15.5%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.3%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.4%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.8%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23%	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020909 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

450 m

Mean elevation

403 m

Relief

91 m

Mean slope

5.8°

Flat share

59.4%

South-facing

13.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 91 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

13.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'000

Per inhabitant

7'236 kWh/yr

14 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 Dachsen →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

1.03 %

Second homes

9 %

Avg. rooms

4.4

Dwellings

877

Built before 194621.2%

Built since 200128.2%

1.03 %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

441

Workplaces

117

Services share

59.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 12 (2.7%) · Secondary 166 (37.6%) · Tertiary 263 (59.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

69 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 72 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 17/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number25

Websitedachsen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Andelfingen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Dachsen ranks

Largest municipalities1'896 #123 ZH · #1002 CH Growing municipalities-1.6% #156 ZH · #1926 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.6% #5 ZH · #180 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #123 ZH · #1610 CH Families & children18.6% #141 ZH · #1540 CH Age structure22.6% #26 ZH · #738 CH Women share49.9% #84 ZH · #976 CH Foreign residents15.7% #119 ZH · #1225 CH Population density702/km² #68 ZH · #355 CH Tax burden11'469 #86 ZH · #187 CH Taxes111% #89 ZH Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #12 ZH · #379 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #106 ZH · #1851 CH Rainiest municipalities909 mm #149 ZH · #1924 CH Voter turnout63% #55 ZH · #323 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #126 ZH · #1354 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #20 ZH · #80 CH SVP strongholds29% #140 ZH · #1332 CH SP strongholds16% #45 ZH · #836 CH Centre strongholds12.5% #7 ZH · #999 CH FDP strongholds11.8% #61 ZH · #1166 CH GLP strongholds13.9% #26 ZH · #56 CH Green strongholds8.7% #21 ZH · #753 CH Largest by area2.7 km² #151 ZH · #1914 CH Highest municipalities400 m #144 ZH · #1887 CH Second homes9% #30 ZH · #1405 CH Organic farming0% #129 ZH · #1596 CH Best-connected municipalities72 min #143 ZH · #1132 CH Remotest municipalities72 min #17 ZH · #941 CH Highest peaks450 m #156 ZH · #2021 CH Highest-lying municipalities403 m #152 ZH · #1968 CH Greatest vertical range91 m #140 ZH · #1869 CH Steepest municipalities5.8° #91 ZH · #1418 CH Solar potential14 GWh #125 ZH · #1306 CH Solar potential per capita7'236 kWh #56 ZH · #1630 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #23 ZH · #107 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #48 ZH · #1911 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8447

Dachsen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Dachsen8447

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Dachsen?: The postal code of Dachsen is 8447.
What is the tax rate in Dachsen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Dachsen is 111% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Dachsen?: A single person without children pays about 11'469 CHF income tax in Dachsen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 86 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Dachsen have?: Dachsen has 1'896 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Dachsen?: Dachsen has 297 foreign residents, a share of 15.66% (2025).

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