What is the postal code of Erlenbach?

The postal code of Erlenbach is 8703.

What is the tax rate in Erlenbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Erlenbach is 76% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Erlenbach?

A single person without children pays about 9'814 CHF income tax in Erlenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Erlenbach have?

Erlenbach has 5'679 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Erlenbach?

Erlenbach has 1'428 foreign residents, a share of 25.15% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Meilen

Erlenbach

8703

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'986 52.6%

Men

2'693 47.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'125 19.8%

Swiss citizens

4'251 74.9%

Foreign residents

1'428 25.2%

Population density

1'965 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'125 · 19.8%20–64 · 3'330 · 58.6%65+ · 1'224 · 21.6%

Foreign residents 25.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +174 (+3.2%) · 32 births · 50 deaths · net migration +191

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 Erlenbach

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 Meilen: 25.1% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 25.7% Yes

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

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 Meilen: 65.6% 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 Meilen: 34.1% Yes

32.5% YesNo 67.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 59.6% Yes

63.4% YesNo 36.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 40.7% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 52.4% Yes

51.8% YesNo 48.2%

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 Meilen: 30.0% Yes

22.4% YesNo 77.6%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 58.5% Yes

59.0% YesNo 41.0%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 30.6% Yes

22.2% YesNo 77.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP30.1% · strongest party

FDP30.1%

SVP28.4%

GLP13.1%

SP11.1%

GRÜNE6.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

76%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 8 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

9'814 CHF(9.8%)

Rank 6 of 160 in the canton · 53 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:9'814 CHF(~9.8%)

ErlenbachCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Erlenbach	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.3%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.3%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.3%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.2%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	8.8%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	9.8%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	10.7%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.4%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	12.8%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.4%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.1%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	16.6%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	17.9%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.2%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.2%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.1%	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 1991–20201'251 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

703 m

Mean elevation

539 m

Relief

297 m

Mean slope

7.9°

Flat share

32.9%

South-facing

12.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 297 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

26.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

36.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'900

Per inhabitant

4'689 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 H4

25.83 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.28 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.52 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

25.83 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Werke am Zürichsee AG (Erlenbach)

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 Erlenbach →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

0.99 %

Second homes

10.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

2'714

Built before 194623.9%

Built since 200126.2%

0.99 %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

1'866

Workplaces

514

Services share

93.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 29 (1.6%) · Secondary 99 (5.3%) · Tertiary 1'738 (93.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

23 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 35 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 151/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number151

Websiteerlenbach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Meilen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Erlenbach ranks

Largest municipalities5'679 #66 ZH · #368 CH Growing municipalities3.2% #6 ZH · #142 CH Shrinking municipalities3.2% #154 ZH · #1966 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #71 ZH · #1118 CH Families & children19.8% #117 ZH · #1208 CH Age structure21.6% #43 ZH · #924 CH Women share52.6% #1 ZH · #59 CH Foreign residents25.2% #56 ZH · #546 CH Population density1'965/km² #16 ZH · #79 CH Tax burden9'814 #6 ZH · #53 CH Taxes76% #8 ZH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #63 ZH · #672 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #24 ZH · #1204 CH Rainiest municipalities1'251 mm #38 ZH · #583 CH Voter turnout68.1% #15 ZH · #99 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #45 ZH · #971 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #98 ZH · #427 CH SVP strongholds28.4% #144 ZH · #1370 CH SP strongholds11.1% #128 ZH · #1395 CH Centre strongholds6.9% #123 ZH · #1577 CH FDP strongholds30.1% #2 ZH · #86 CH GLP strongholds13.1% #38 ZH · #87 CH Green strongholds6.9% #80 ZH · #1117 CH Largest by area2.9 km² #147 ZH · #1879 CH Highest municipalities412 m #133 ZH · #1829 CH Second homes10.5% #15 ZH · #1126 CH Organic farming33.3% #15 ZH · #250 CH Best-connected municipalities35 min #10 ZH · #155 CH Remotest municipalities35 min #151 ZH · #1946 CH Highest peaks703 m #46 ZH · #1197 CH Highest-lying municipalities539 m #56 ZH · #1260 CH Greatest vertical range297 m #39 ZH · #998 CH Steepest municipalities7.9° #43 ZH · #1122 CH Solar potential27 GWh #83 ZH · #779 CH Solar potential per capita4'689 kWh #120 ZH · #2010 CH Cheapest electricity25.83 Rp./kWh #143 ZH · #815 CH Most expensive electricity25.83 Rp./kWh #17 ZH · #1292 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8703

Erlenbach ZH

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Erlenbach ZH8703

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Erlenbach?: The postal code of Erlenbach is 8703.
What is the tax rate in Erlenbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Erlenbach is 76% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Erlenbach?: A single person without children pays about 9'814 CHF income tax in Erlenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Erlenbach have?: Erlenbach has 5'679 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Erlenbach?: Erlenbach has 1'428 foreign residents, a share of 25.15% (2025).

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