What is the postal code of Dübendorf?

Dübendorf has 4 postal codes: 8044, 8051, 8600, 8603.

What is the tax rate in Dübendorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Dübendorf is 92% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Dübendorf?

A single person without children pays about 10'571 CHF income tax in Dübendorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Dübendorf have?

Dübendorf has 33'214 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Dübendorf?

Dübendorf has 12'575 foreign residents, a share of 37.86% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Uster

Dübendorf

8044–8603

ZH CANTON8044 8051 8600 8603

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

16'383 49.3%

Men

16'831 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

5'907 17.8%

Swiss citizens

20'639 62.1%

Foreign residents

12'575 37.9%

Population density

2'439 pop./km²

0–19 · 5'907 · 17.8%20–64 · 22'368 · 67.3%65+ · 4'939 · 14.9%

Foreign residents 37.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +643 (+2%) · 306 births · 225 deaths · net migration +548

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 Dübendorf

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 Uster: 26.7% Yes

26.6% YesNo 73.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 26.9% Yes

28.1% YesNo 71.9%

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 Uster: 67.5% Yes

69.9% YesNo 30.1%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 38.1% Yes

39.9% YesNo 60.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 53.4% Yes

52.4% YesNo 47.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 43.9% Yes

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 56.7% Yes

59.2% YesNo 40.8%

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 Uster: 36.3% Yes

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 57.4% Yes

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Uster: 37.8% Yes

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.0% · strongest party

SVP31.0%

SP17.9%

GLP15.5%

FDP10.5%

Mitte9.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier92%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

92%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 26 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'571 CHF(10.6%)

Rank 25 of 160 in the canton · 84 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:10'571 CHF(~10.6%)

DübendorfCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Dübendorf	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.7%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.7%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.9%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.9%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.8%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.5%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.6%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.5%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.2%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12.9%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	13.7%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14.4%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.1%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	17.7%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	20.4%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	21.5%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	22.4%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'095 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

653 m

Mean elevation

470 m

Relief

227 m

Mean slope

3.8°

Flat share

74.5%

South-facing

1.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 227 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

124.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

173.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

27'700

Per inhabitant

3'748 kWh/yr

124 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

25.93 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.35 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.95 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

25.93 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.63 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Glattwerk AG

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 Dübendorf →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

1.09 %

Second homes

5.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

16'226

Built before 19466.8%

Built since 200133.4%

1.09 %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

20'398

Workplaces

2'054

Services share

90.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 173 (0.8%) · Secondary 1'808 (8.9%) · Tertiary 18'417 (90.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

27.3 %

Farmland

493 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 38 min · Car 23 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 138/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number191

Websiteduebendorf.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Uster

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Dübendorf ranks

Largest municipalities33'214 #4 ZH · #23 CH Growing municipalities2% #23 ZH · #360 CH Shrinking municipalities2% #139 ZH · #1750 CH Jobs per resident0.61 #19 ZH · #329 CH Families & children17.8% #151 ZH · #1692 CH Age structure14.9% #151 ZH · #1992 CH Women share49.3% #120 ZH · #1357 CH Foreign residents37.9% #8 ZH · #102 CH Population density2'439/km² #12 ZH · #46 CH Tax burden10'571 #26 ZH · #85 CH Taxes92% #26 ZH Warmest municipalities10 °C #25 ZH · #476 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #46 ZH · #1348 CH Rainiest municipalities1'095 mm #90 ZH · #1133 CH Voter turnout52.7% #132 ZH · #1495 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #134 ZH · #1387 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #14 ZH · #38 CH SVP strongholds31% #124 ZH · #1209 CH SP strongholds17.9% #24 ZH · #630 CH Centre strongholds9.8% #35 ZH · #1217 CH FDP strongholds10.5% #83 ZH · #1332 CH GLP strongholds15.5% #9 ZH · #18 CH Green strongholds7.4% #57 ZH · #996 CH Largest by area13.6 km² #30 ZH · #716 CH Highest municipalities440 m #101 ZH · #1615 CH Second homes5.8% #120 ZH · #1990 CH Organic farming27.3% #27 ZH · #386 CH Best-connected municipalities38 min #23 ZH · #197 CH Remotest municipalities38 min #138 ZH · #1905 CH Highest peaks653 m #62 ZH · #1349 CH Highest-lying municipalities470 m #100 ZH · #1592 CH Greatest vertical range227 m #64 ZH · #1233 CH Steepest municipalities3.8° #134 ZH · #1772 CH Solar potential124 GWh #6 ZH · #47 CH Solar potential per capita3'748 kWh #144 ZH · #2057 CH Cheapest electricity25.93 Rp./kWh #144 ZH · #869 CH Most expensive electricity25.93 Rp./kWh #16 ZH · #1238 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Dübendorf8600 Gockhausen8044 Schwerzenbach8603 Zürich8001 8002 8003 8004 8005 8006 8008 8032 8037 8038 8041 8044 8045 8046 8047 8048 8049 8050 8051 8052 8053 8055 8057 8064

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Dübendorf?: Dübendorf has 4 postal codes: 8044, 8051, 8600, 8603.
What is the tax rate in Dübendorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Dübendorf is 92% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Dübendorf?: A single person without children pays about 10'571 CHF income tax in Dübendorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Dübendorf have?: Dübendorf has 33'214 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Dübendorf?: Dübendorf has 12'575 foreign residents, a share of 37.86% (2025).

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