What is the postal code of Freienstein-Teufen?

Freienstein-Teufen has 2 postal codes: 8427, 8428.

What is the tax rate in Freienstein-Teufen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Freienstein-Teufen is 99% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Freienstein-Teufen?

A single person without children pays about 10'902 CHF income tax in Freienstein-Teufen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 39 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Freienstein-Teufen have?

Freienstein-Teufen has 2'373 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Freienstein-Teufen?

Freienstein-Teufen has 423 foreign residents, a share of 17.83% (2025).

Freienstein-Teufen (ZH): Postal Codes 8427–8428, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'172 49.4%

Men

1'201 50.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

448 18.9%

Swiss citizens

1'950 82.2%

Foreign residents

423 17.8%

Population density

283 pop./km²

0–19 · 448 · 18.9%20–64 · 1'350 · 56.9%65+ · 575 · 24.2%

Foreign residents 17.8%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Freienstein-Teufen

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

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

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

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% Yes

28.0% YesNo 72.0%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

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

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

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 · 39.3% Yes

26.3% YesNo 73.7%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% Yes

64.7% YesNo 35.3%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative für mehr günstige und gemeinnützige Wohnungen («Wohnungsinitiative»)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.3% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 25.1% Yes

29.9% YesNo 70.1%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.9% · strongest party

SVP35.9%

SP12.6%

GLP11.5%

EVP11.4%

FDP8.4%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier99%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

99%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 40 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'902 CHF(10.9%)

Rank 39 of 160 in the canton · 108 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:10'902 CHF(~10.9%)

Freienstein-TeufenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Freienstein-Teufen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.9%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.1%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.1%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.1%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.9%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.9%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.8%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.6%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.3%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.1%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.5%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.2%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	20.9%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23%	20.7–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020995 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

689 m

Mean elevation

489 m

Relief

346 m

Mean slope

13.9°

Flat share

13.1%

South-facing

41.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 346 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

14.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

19.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'300

15 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

24.14 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.23 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.46 Rp./kWh

24.14 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 24.76 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.65 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

1'070

Built before 194628.6%

Built since 200117.1%

0.65 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 65 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 46 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 37/160 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitefreienstein-teufen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities2'373 #114 ZH · #878 CH Families & children18.9% #135 ZH · #1453 CH Age structure24.2% #12 ZH · #485 CH Women share49.4% #115 ZH · #1305 CH Foreign residents17.8% #102 ZH · #1056 CH Population density283/km² #118 ZH · #811 CH Tax burden10'902 #40 ZH · #109 CH Taxes99% #40 ZH Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #105 ZH · #938 CH Sunniest municipalities39.6% #149 ZH · #2012 CH Rainiest municipalities995 mm #120 ZH · #1637 CH Voter turnout61.7% #62 ZH · #344 CH Against Switzerland10% #87 ZH · #1199 CH Aligned with Switzerland90% #54 ZH · #210 CH SVP strongholds35.9% #92 ZH · #898 CH SP strongholds12.6% #97 ZH · #1200 CH Centre strongholds7.2% #111 ZH · #1535 CH FDP strongholds8.4% #122 ZH · #1548 CH GLP strongholds11.5% #77 ZH · #174 CH Green strongholds6.8% #84 ZH · #1132 CH Largest by area8.4 km² #74 ZH · #1103 CH Highest municipalities370 m #158 ZH · #1991 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #37 ZH · #1154 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #122 ZH · #924 CH Highest peaks689 m #48 ZH · #1238 CH Highest-lying municipalities489 m #82 ZH · #1483 CH Greatest vertical range346 m #26 ZH · #907 CH Steepest municipalities13.9° #8 ZH · #625 CH Solar potential15 GWh #122 ZH · #1252 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #37 ZH · #98 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #73 ZH · #1958 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Freienstein8427 Teufen ZH8428

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Freienstein-Teufen?: Freienstein-Teufen has 2 postal codes: 8427, 8428.
What is the tax rate in Freienstein-Teufen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Freienstein-Teufen is 99% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Freienstein-Teufen?: A single person without children pays about 10'902 CHF income tax in Freienstein-Teufen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 39 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Freienstein-Teufen have?: Freienstein-Teufen has 2'373 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Freienstein-Teufen?: Freienstein-Teufen has 423 foreign residents, a share of 17.83% (2025).

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