What is the postal code of Fischenthal?

Fischenthal has 5 postal codes: 8340, 8494, 8496, 8497, 8498.

What is the tax rate in Fischenthal?

The municipal tax multiplier of Fischenthal is 122% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Fischenthal?

A single person without children pays about 11'990 CHF income tax in Fischenthal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 151 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Fischenthal have?

Fischenthal has 2'697 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Fischenthal?

Fischenthal has 477 foreign residents, a share of 17.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Hinwil

Fischenthal

8340–8498

ZH CANTON8340 8494 8496 8497+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'313 48.7%

Men

1'384 51.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

581 21.5%

Swiss citizens

2'220 82.3%

Foreign residents

477 17.7%

Population density

89 pop./km²

0–19 · 581 · 21.5%20–64 · 1'648 · 61.1%65+ · 468 · 17.4%

Foreign residents 17.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +31 (+1.2%) · 19 births · 10 deaths · net migration +24

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 Fischenthal

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 Hinwil: 25.9% Yes

17.0% YesNo 83.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Hinwil: 34.5% Yes

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

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 Hinwil: 60.8% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Hinwil: 33.2% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Hinwil: 56.7% Yes

65.4% YesNo 34.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Hinwil: 53.3% Yes

73.0% YesNo 27.0%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Hinwil: 59.3% Yes

67.8% YesNo 32.2%

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 Hinwil: 33.9% Yes

26.4% YesNo 73.6%

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

65.0% YesNo 35.0%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Hinwil: 35.0% Yes

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP59.8% · strongest party

SVP59.8%

SP9.9%

GRÜNE6.2%

EDU4.9%

GLP4.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier122%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

122%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 154 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'990 CHF(12%)

Rank 151 of 160 in the canton · 304 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:11'990 CHF(~12%)

FischenthalCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Fischenthal	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	7.9%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	9%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	10.1%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.9%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	12%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	13%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.8%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.5%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.4%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	16.1%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	18%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.7%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.2%	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	24.8%	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 1991–20207.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'524 mm

7.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'277 m

Mean elevation

883 m

Relief

609 m

Mean slope

23.9°

Flat share

5.0%

South-facing

21.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 609 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

22.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'900

Per inhabitant

8'250 kWh/yr

22 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300544 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Zurich411 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Fischenthal →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

1.51 %

Second homes

12.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'260

Built before 194641.6%

Built since 200127.1%

1.51 %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

771

Workplaces

222

Services share

44.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 138 (17.9%) · Secondary 287 (37.2%) · Tertiary 346 (44.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

36.2 %

Farmland

1'046 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 69 min · Car 56 min

AgglomerationPT 39 min · Car 32 min

Remoteness 28/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number114

Websitefischenthal.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Hinwil

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Fischenthal ranks

Largest municipalities2'697 #109 ZH · #794 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #56 ZH · #703 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #103 ZH · #1401 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #92 ZH · #1314 CH Families & children21.5% #44 ZH · #650 CH Age structure17.4% #126 ZH · #1713 CH Women share48.7% #146 ZH · #1625 CH Foreign residents17.7% #105 ZH · #1072 CH Population density89/km² #157 ZH · #1535 CH Tax burden11'990 #152 ZH · #305 CH Taxes122% #154 ZH Warmest municipalities7.8 °C #158 ZH · #1730 CH Sunniest municipalities42% #14 ZH · #1118 CH Rainiest municipalities1'524 mm #5 ZH · #225 CH Voter turnout61.9% #69 ZH · #427 CH Against Switzerland34.3% #1 ZH · #16 CH Aligned with Switzerland65.7% #146 ZH · #1436 CH SVP strongholds59.8% #1 ZH · #54 CH SP strongholds9.9% #141 ZH · #1529 CH Centre strongholds4.5% #157 ZH · #1842 CH FDP strongholds3.9% #159 ZH · #1929 CH GLP strongholds4.6% #159 ZH · #1277 CH Green strongholds6.2% #107 ZH · #1281 CH Largest by area30.2 km² #6 ZH · #311 CH Highest municipalities769 m #1 ZH · #466 CH Second homes12.1% #6 ZH · #894 CH Organic farming36.2% #12 ZH · #237 CH Best-connected municipalities69 min #134 ZH · #1042 CH Remotest municipalities69 min #28 ZH · #1044 CH Highest peaks1'277 m #1 ZH · #564 CH Highest-lying municipalities883 m #1 ZH · #518 CH Greatest vertical range609 m #3 ZH · #606 CH Steepest municipalities23.9° #1 ZH · #293 CH Solar potential22 GWh #97 ZH · #937 CH Solar potential per capita8'250 kWh #36 ZH · #1409 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #72 ZH · #156 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #97 ZH · #1960 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Bauma8494 Fischenthal8497 Gibswil8498 Hinwil8340 Steg im Tösstal8496

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Fischenthal?: Fischenthal has 5 postal codes: 8340, 8494, 8496, 8497, 8498.
What is the tax rate in Fischenthal?: The municipal tax multiplier of Fischenthal is 122% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Fischenthal?: A single person without children pays about 11'990 CHF income tax in Fischenthal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 151 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Fischenthal have?: Fischenthal has 2'697 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Fischenthal?: Fischenthal has 477 foreign residents, a share of 17.69% (2025).

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