What is the postal code of Egg?

Egg has 3 postal codes: 8127, 8132, 8133.

What is the tax rate in Egg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Egg is 101% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Egg?

A single person without children pays about 10'996 CHF income tax in Egg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Egg have?

Egg has 8'757 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Egg?

Egg has 1'921 foreign residents, a share of 21.94% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Uster

Egg

8127–8133

ZH CANTON8127 8132 8133

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'501 51.4%

Men

4'256 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'757 20.1%

Swiss citizens

6'836 78.1%

Foreign residents

1'921 21.9%

Population density

603 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'757 · 20.1%20–64 · 4'974 · 56.8%65+ · 2'026 · 23.1%

Foreign residents 21.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −58 (−0.7%) · 55 births · 78 deaths · net migration −43

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 Egg

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

27.9% YesNo 72.1%

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

31.4% YesNo 68.6%

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

64.9% YesNo 35.1%

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

32.0% YesNo 68.0%

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

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

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

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

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

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

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

33.4% YesNo 66.6%

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

58.3% YesNo 41.7%

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

32.5% YesNo 67.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP34.5% · strongest party

SVP34.5%

SP14.6%

FDP14.5%

GLP11.9%

Mitte9.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier101%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

101%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 48 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'996 CHF(11%)

Rank 47 of 160 in the canton · 116 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:10'996 CHF(~11%)

EggCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Egg	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.9%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.2%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.2%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.2%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.9%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.9%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.2%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14.9%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.3%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.7%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.2%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.1%	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'223 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

843 m

Mean elevation

572 m

Relief

406 m

Mean slope

6.9°

Flat share

45.8%

South-facing

1.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 406 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

48.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

64.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'800

Per inhabitant

5'544 kWh/yr

49 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 Egg →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

0.73 %

Second homes

6.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

4'123

Built before 194614.0%

Built since 200124.4%

0.73 %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

2'700

Workplaces

632

Services share

79 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 153 (5.7%) · Secondary 415 (15.4%) · Tertiary 2'132 (79.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

26.8 %

Farmland

929 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 53 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 53 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 88/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number192

Websiteegg.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Uster

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Egg ranks

Largest municipalities8'757 #39 ZH · #227 CH Growing municipalities-0.7% #148 ZH · #1703 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.7% #13 ZH · #401 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #82 ZH · #1210 CH Families & children20.1% #107 ZH · #1100 CH Age structure23.1% #18 ZH · #640 CH Women share51.4% #13 ZH · #248 CH Foreign residents21.9% #78 ZH · #716 CH Population density603/km² #80 ZH · #426 CH Tax burden10'996 #47 ZH · #116 CH Taxes101% #48 ZH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #65 ZH · #674 CH Sunniest municipalities41.8% #21 ZH · #1158 CH Rainiest municipalities1'223 mm #43 ZH · #647 CH Voter turnout61.6% #73 ZH · #452 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #102 ZH · #1261 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #46 ZH · #160 CH SVP strongholds34.5% #101 ZH · #1002 CH SP strongholds14.6% #62 ZH · #982 CH Centre strongholds9% #54 ZH · #1297 CH FDP strongholds14.5% #37 ZH · #868 CH GLP strongholds11.9% #70 ZH · #154 CH Green strongholds7.6% #45 ZH · #945 CH Largest by area14.5 km² #25 ZH · #668 CH Highest municipalities545 m #33 ZH · #1023 CH Second homes6.4% #104 ZH · #1916 CH Organic farming26.8% #28 ZH · #400 CH Best-connected municipalities53 min #75 ZH · #551 CH Remotest municipalities53 min #88 ZH · #1534 CH Highest peaks843 m #22 ZH · #920 CH Highest-lying municipalities572 m #34 ZH · #1126 CH Greatest vertical range406 m #14 ZH · #806 CH Steepest municipalities6.9° #66 ZH · #1249 CH Solar potential49 GWh #40 ZH · #349 CH Solar potential per capita5'544 kWh #94 ZH · #1895 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #91 ZH · #175 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #116 ZH · #1979 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Egg b. Zürich8132 Esslingen8133 Forch8127 Hinteregg8132

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Egg?: Egg has 3 postal codes: 8127, 8132, 8133.
What is the tax rate in Egg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Egg is 101% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Egg?: A single person without children pays about 10'996 CHF income tax in Egg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 47 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Egg have?: Egg has 8'757 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Egg?: Egg has 1'921 foreign residents, a share of 21.94% (2025).

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