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).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Freienstein-Teufen

8427–8428

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

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%

Population change 2025: +1 (+0%) · 6 births · 14 deaths · net migration +9

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 Freienstein-Teufen

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 Bülach: 23.4% Yes

25.6% YesNo 74.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 31.1% Yes

31.2% YesNo 68.8%

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 Bülach: 65.0% Yes

63.6% YesNo 36.4%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 34.7% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 57.1% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 50.2% 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% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 60.7% 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% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 36.1% Yes

28.0% YesNo 72.0%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 57.9% Yes

59.7% YesNo 40.3%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 37.6% Yes

27.8% YesNo 72.2%

All federal votes →

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

6'203 kWh/yr

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 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 Freienstein-Teufen →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

0.65 %

Second homes

5.3 %

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 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

701

Workplaces

177

Services share

64.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 78 (11.1%) · Secondary 174 (24.8%) · Tertiary 449 (64.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

382 ha

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

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 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number57

Websitefreienstein-teufen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Freienstein-Teufen ranks

Largest municipalities2'373 #114 ZH · #878 CH Growing municipalities0% #126 ZH · #1384 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #35 ZH · #720 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #84 ZH · #1266 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 turnout62.1% #68 ZH · #410 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #87 ZH · #1199 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #54 ZH · #210 CH SVP strongholds35.9% #92 ZH · #900 CH SP strongholds12.6% #97 ZH · #1205 CH Centre strongholds7.2% #111 ZH · #1538 CH FDP strongholds8.4% #122 ZH · #1552 CH GLP strongholds11.5% #77 ZH · #174 CH Green strongholds6.8% #84 ZH · #1136 CH Largest by area8.4 km² #74 ZH · #1103 CH Highest municipalities370 m #158 ZH · #1991 CH Second homes5.3% #130 ZH · #2029 CH Organic farming14.3% #78 ZH · #895 CH Best-connected municipalities65 min #122 ZH · #924 CH Remotest municipalities65 min #37 ZH · #1154 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 Solar potential per capita6'203 kWh #78 ZH · #1805 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #42 ZH · #126 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #67 ZH · #1930 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Freienstein8427 Teufen ZH8428

Nearby municipalities

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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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