What is the postal code of Dietikon?

The postal code of Dietikon is 8953.

What is the tax rate in Dietikon?

The municipal tax multiplier of Dietikon is 121% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Dietikon?

A single person without children pays about 11'942 CHF income tax in Dietikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 149 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Dietikon have?

Dietikon has 28'325 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Dietikon?

Dietikon has 13'850 foreign residents, a share of 48.9% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Dietikon

Dietikon

8953

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

13'824 48.8%

Men

14'501 51.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

5'708 20.2%

Swiss citizens

14'475 51.1%

Foreign residents

13'850 48.9%

Population density

3'033 pop./km²

0–19 · 5'708 · 20.2%20–64 · 18'224 · 64.3%65+ · 4'393 · 15.5%

Foreign residents 48.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +30 (+0.1%) · 346 births · 194 deaths · net migration −106

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 Dietikon

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 Dietikon: 25.1% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 28.1% Yes

29.6% YesNo 70.4%

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 Dietikon: 65.8% Yes

68.6% YesNo 31.4%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 35.2% Yes

40.4% YesNo 59.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 55.3% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 46.2% Yes

47.0% YesNo 53.0%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 57.1% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

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 Dietikon: 37.1% Yes

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 57.6% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.7%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 38.8% Yes

47.6% YesNo 52.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.6% · strongest party

SVP30.6%

SP19.7%

Mitte13.0%

GLP9.5%

FDP8.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier121%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

121%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 149 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'942 CHF(11.9%)

Rank 149 of 160 in the canton · 300 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:11'942 CHF(~11.9%)

DietikonCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Dietikon	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.8%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	9%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	10%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.8%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.9%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.9%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.5%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.3%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	16.1%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.9%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.7%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.1%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.6%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.8%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.7%	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 1991–20201'115 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

648 m

Mean elevation

422 m

Relief

269 m

Mean slope

4.2°

Flat share

70.8%

South-facing

0.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 269 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

110.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

149.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

24'600

Per inhabitant

3'909 kWh/yr

111 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300583 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Zurich411 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Dietikon →Canton Zurich →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.55 %

Second homes

6.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

13'113

Built before 19469.2%

Built since 200123.7%

0.55 %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

21'081

Workplaces

1'828

Services share

77.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 30 (0.1%) · Secondary 4'669 (22.1%) · Tertiary 16'382 (77.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

40 %

Farmland

129 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 44 min · Car 25 min

AgglomerationPT 33 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 125/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number243

Websitedietikon.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Dietikon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Dietikon ranks

Largest municipalities28'325 #5 ZH · #29 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #120 ZH · #1348 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #43 ZH · #760 CH Jobs per resident0.74 #9 ZH · #187 CH Families & children20.2% #98 ZH · #1069 CH Age structure15.5% #147 ZH · #1937 CH Women share48.8% #143 ZH · #1584 CH Foreign residents48.9% #1 ZH · #13 CH Population density3'033/km² #7 ZH · #29 CH Tax burden11'942 #149 ZH · #300 CH Taxes121% #149 ZH Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #15 ZH · #382 CH Sunniest municipalities40.4% #87 ZH · #1631 CH Rainiest municipalities1'115 mm #71 ZH · #1010 CH Voter turnout43.8% #155 ZH · #2066 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #135 ZH · #1388 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #15 ZH · #39 CH SVP strongholds30.6% #127 ZH · #1231 CH SP strongholds19.7% #10 ZH · #484 CH Centre strongholds13% #5 ZH · #959 CH FDP strongholds8.6% #118 ZH · #1536 CH GLP strongholds9.5% #118 ZH · #373 CH Green strongholds7.5% #50 ZH · #967 CH Largest by area9.3 km² #62 ZH · #1016 CH Highest municipalities388 m #152 ZH · #1940 CH Second homes6.4% #106 ZH · #1921 CH Organic farming40% #11 ZH · #193 CH Best-connected municipalities44 min #43 ZH · #312 CH Remotest municipalities44 min #125 ZH · #1791 CH Highest peaks648 m #66 ZH · #1367 CH Highest-lying municipalities422 m #144 ZH · #1901 CH Greatest vertical range269 m #49 ZH · #1086 CH Steepest municipalities4.2° #126 ZH · #1705 CH Solar potential111 GWh #10 ZH · #64 CH Solar potential per capita3'909 kWh #140 ZH · #2051 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #114 ZH · #198 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #139 ZH · #2002 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8953

Dietikon

Localities

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Dietikon8953

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Dietikon?: The postal code of Dietikon is 8953.
What is the tax rate in Dietikon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Dietikon is 121% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Dietikon?: A single person without children pays about 11'942 CHF income tax in Dietikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 149 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Dietikon have?: Dietikon has 28'325 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Dietikon?: Dietikon has 13'850 foreign residents, a share of 48.9% (2025).

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