What is the postal code of Geroldswil?

Geroldswil has 2 postal codes: 8951, 8954.

What is the tax rate in Geroldswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Geroldswil is 112% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Geroldswil?

A single person without children pays about 11'517 CHF income tax in Geroldswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Geroldswil have?

Geroldswil has 5'402 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Geroldswil?

Geroldswil has 1'706 foreign residents, a share of 31.58% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Dietikon

Geroldswil

8951–8954

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'728 50.5%

Men

2'674 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'228 22.7%

Swiss citizens

3'696 68.4%

Foreign residents

1'706 31.6%

Population density

2'799 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'228 · 22.7%20–64 · 3'139 · 58.1%65+ · 1'035 · 19.2%

Foreign residents 31.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +90 (+1.7%) · 53 births · 47 deaths · net migration +77

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 Geroldswil

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 Dietikon: 25.1% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 28.1% Yes

31.4% YesNo 68.7%

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 Dietikon: 65.8% Yes

60.9% YesNo 39.1%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 35.2% Yes

27.0% YesNo 73.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 55.3% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 46.2% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 57.1% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

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 Dietikon: 37.1% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.9%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 57.6% Yes

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 38.8% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.7% · strongest party

SVP41.7%

FDP17.1%

SP11.5%

Mitte10.0%

GLP9.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier112%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

112%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 100 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'517 CHF(11.5%)

Rank 94 of 160 in the canton · 202 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:11'517 CHF(~11.5%)

GeroldswilCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Geroldswil	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.1%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.3%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.5%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.6%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.4%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.5%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.5%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.3%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.8%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.5%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.4%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.9%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24%	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 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'101 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

581 m

Mean elevation

427 m

Relief

201 m

Mean slope

7°

Flat share

48.8%

South-facing

31.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 201 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

20.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

27.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'500

Per inhabitant

3'734 kWh/yr

20 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 Geroldswil →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

2.64 %

Second homes

5.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'387

Built before 19462.4%

Built since 200113.9%

2.64 %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

2'338

Workplaces

301

Services share

73.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 1'724 (73.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

1 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 49 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 106/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number244

Websitegeroldswil.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Dietikon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Geroldswil ranks

Largest municipalities5'402 #72 ZH · #392 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #31 ZH · #448 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #130 ZH · #1659 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #45 ZH · #715 CH Families & children22.7% #16 ZH · #368 CH Age structure19.2% #87 ZH · #1386 CH Women share50.5% #51 ZH · #613 CH Foreign residents31.6% #21 ZH · #245 CH Population density2'799/km² #8 ZH · #32 CH Tax burden11'517 #97 ZH · #205 CH Taxes112% #100 ZH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #90 ZH · #772 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #93 ZH · #1664 CH Rainiest municipalities1'101 mm #85 ZH · #1100 CH Voter turnout47.1% #153 ZH · #1966 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #39 ZH · #905 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #111 ZH · #503 CH SVP strongholds41.7% #57 ZH · #578 CH SP strongholds11.5% #121 ZH · #1356 CH Centre strongholds10% #28 ZH · #1195 CH FDP strongholds17.1% #19 ZH · #647 CH GLP strongholds9.7% #114 ZH · #355 CH Green strongholds4.2% #147 ZH · #1693 CH Largest by area1.9 km² #159 ZH · #2018 CH Highest municipalities402 m #143 ZH · #1880 CH Second homes5.6% #122 ZH · #1999 CH Organic farming0% #153 ZH · #1620 CH Best-connected municipalities49 min #58 ZH · #422 CH Remotest municipalities49 min #106 ZH · #1660 CH Highest peaks581 m #104 ZH · #1611 CH Highest-lying municipalities427 m #140 ZH · #1877 CH Greatest vertical range201 m #87 ZH · #1361 CH Steepest municipalities7° #64 ZH · #1236 CH Solar potential20 GWh #103 ZH · #1011 CH Solar potential per capita3'734 kWh #147 ZH · #2061 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #115 ZH · #199 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #140 ZH · #2003 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Fahrweid8951 Geroldswil8954

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Geroldswil?: Geroldswil has 2 postal codes: 8951, 8954.
What is the tax rate in Geroldswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Geroldswil is 112% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Geroldswil?: A single person without children pays about 11'517 CHF income tax in Geroldswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Geroldswil have?: Geroldswil has 5'402 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Geroldswil?: Geroldswil has 1'706 foreign residents, a share of 31.58% (2025).

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