What is the postal code of Elsau?

The postal code of Elsau is 8352.

What is the tax rate in Elsau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Elsau is 117% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Elsau?

A single person without children pays about 11'753 CHF income tax in Elsau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 130 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Elsau have?

Elsau has 3'957 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Elsau?

Elsau has 732 foreign residents, a share of 18.5% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Winterthur

Elsau

8352

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'996 50.4%

Men

1'961 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

868 21.9%

Swiss citizens

3'225 81.5%

Foreign residents

732 18.5%

Population density

490 pop./km²

0–19 · 868 · 21.9%20–64 · 2'277 · 57.5%65+ · 812 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 18.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +59 (+1.5%) · 38 births · 22 deaths · net migration +51

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 Elsau

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

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

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

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

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 Winterthur: 67.8% Yes

63.0% YesNo 37.0%

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

31.2% YesNo 68.9%

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

54.8% YesNo 45.2%

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

47.8% YesNo 52.2%

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

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 Winterthur: 42.5% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.4%

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

57.2% YesNo 42.8%

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

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.7% · strongest party

SVP36.7%

SP14.6%

GLP12.7%

FDP11.0%

GRÜNE8.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier117%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

117%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 134 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'753 CHF(11.8%)

Rank 130 of 160 in the canton · 258 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:11'753 CHF(~11.8%)

ElsauCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Elsau	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.7%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.8%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.8%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.6%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.8%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.7%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.5%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.2%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.1%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.4%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.8%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.3%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.4%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.4%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'068 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

606 m

Mean elevation

525 m

Relief

142 m

Mean slope

7°

Flat share

46.0%

South-facing

13.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 142 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

26.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

35.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'900

Per inhabitant

6'740 kWh/yr

27 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 range H4

23.87–28.64 Rp./kWh

26.43 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) · Genossenschaft Elektrizitätswerk Räterschen EWR · Elektrizitätsgenossenschaft Rümikon EGR

This municipality is served by 3 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Elsau →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

0.64 %

Second homes

7.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'732

Built before 194619.2%

Built since 200128.9%

0.64 %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

1'283

Workplaces

232

Services share

65.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 47 (3.7%) · Secondary 396 (30.9%) · Tertiary 840 (65.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

35.7 %

Farmland

330 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 52 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 93/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number219

Websiteelsau.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Winterthur

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Elsau ranks

Largest municipalities3'957 #91 ZH · #561 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #35 ZH · #533 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #127 ZH · #1573 CH Jobs per resident0.32 #75 ZH · #1167 CH Families & children21.9% #30 ZH · #553 CH Age structure20.5% #66 ZH · #1135 CH Women share50.4% #60 ZH · #664 CH Foreign residents18.5% #94 ZH · #993 CH Population density490/km² #92 ZH · #516 CH Tax burden11'753 #131 ZH · #259 CH Taxes117% #134 ZH Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #118 ZH · #1020 CH Sunniest municipalities39.6% #151 ZH · #2014 CH Rainiest municipalities1'068 mm #101 ZH · #1281 CH Voter turnout62.9% #57 ZH · #332 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #104 ZH · #1263 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #48 ZH · #162 CH SVP strongholds36.7% #84 ZH · #854 CH SP strongholds14.6% #63 ZH · #983 CH Centre strongholds7.7% #101 ZH · #1475 CH FDP strongholds11% #72 ZH · #1270 CH GLP strongholds12.7% #43 ZH · #105 CH Green strongholds8% #30 ZH · #872 CH Largest by area8.1 km² #77 ZH · #1128 CH Highest municipalities498 m #56 ZH · #1217 CH Second homes7.4% #68 ZH · #1735 CH Organic farming35.7% #13 ZH · #239 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #71 ZH · #517 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #93 ZH · #1567 CH Highest peaks606 m #90 ZH · #1514 CH Highest-lying municipalities525 m #62 ZH · #1327 CH Greatest vertical range142 m #114 ZH · #1628 CH Steepest municipalities7° #63 ZH · #1235 CH Solar potential27 GWh #82 ZH · #777 CH Solar potential per capita6'740 kWh #69 ZH · #1720 CH Cheapest electricity26.43 Rp./kWh #145 ZH · #916 CH Most expensive electricity26.43 Rp./kWh #15 ZH · #1191 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8352

Elsau

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Elsau8352

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Elsau?: The postal code of Elsau is 8352.
What is the tax rate in Elsau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Elsau is 117% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Elsau?: A single person without children pays about 11'753 CHF income tax in Elsau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 130 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Elsau have?: Elsau has 3'957 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Elsau?: Elsau has 732 foreign residents, a share of 18.5% (2025).

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