What is the postal code of Glattfelden?

Glattfelden has 2 postal codes: 8192, 8193.

What is the tax rate in Glattfelden?

The municipal tax multiplier of Glattfelden is 120% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Glattfelden?

A single person without children pays about 11'895 CHF income tax in Glattfelden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 145 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Glattfelden have?

Glattfelden has 5'555 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Glattfelden?

Glattfelden has 1'493 foreign residents, a share of 26.88% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Glattfelden

8192–8193

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'757 49.6%

Men

2'798 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'162 20.9%

Swiss citizens

4'062 73.1%

Foreign residents

1'493 26.9%

Population density

452 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'162 · 20.9%20–64 · 3'502 · 63.0%65+ · 891 · 16.0%

Foreign residents 26.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +117 (+2.2%) · 49 births · 41 deaths · net migration +111

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 Glattfelden

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

20.0% YesNo 80.0%

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

36.8% YesNo 63.2%

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

62.0% YesNo 38.0%

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

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

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

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

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

58.5% YesNo 41.5%

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

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

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

32.4% YesNo 67.6%

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

60.4% YesNo 39.6%

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

32.1% YesNo 67.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.7% · strongest party

SVP43.7%

SP15.4%

GLP10.8%

FDP8.1%

GRÜNE7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier120%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

120%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 146 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'895 CHF(11.9%)

Rank 145 of 160 in the canton · 288 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:11'895 CHF(~11.9%)

GlattfeldenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Glattfelden	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.8%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.9%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	10%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.8%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.9%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.9%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.2%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	16%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.9%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.6%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	21%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.5%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.7%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.7%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020946 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

545 m

Mean elevation

409 m

Relief

213 m

Mean slope

7.2°

Flat share

51.3%

South-facing

13.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 213 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

27.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

37.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'100

Per inhabitant

4'968 kWh/yr

28 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 range H4

23.87–31.01 Rp./kWh

27.44 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich (EKZ) · Genossenschaft Licht- und Kraftwerke Glattfelden

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Glattfelden →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

1.2 %

Second homes

6.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'491

Built before 194623.8%

Built since 200137.0%

1.2 %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

1'038

Workplaces

230

Services share

73.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 33 (3.2%) · Secondary 242 (23.3%) · Tertiary 763 (73.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.3 %

Farmland

413 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 44/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number58

Websiteglattfelden.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Glattfelden ranks

Largest municipalities5'555 #68 ZH · #379 CH Growing municipalities2.2% #16 ZH · #308 CH Shrinking municipalities2.2% #145 ZH · #1799 CH Jobs per resident0.19 #147 ZH · #1802 CH Families & children20.9% #67 ZH · #829 CH Age structure16% #144 ZH · #1893 CH Women share49.6% #107 ZH · #1170 CH Foreign residents26.9% #46 ZH · #455 CH Population density452/km² #95 ZH · #548 CH Tax burden11'895 #147 ZH · #290 CH Taxes120% #146 ZH Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #5 ZH · #298 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #108 ZH · #1853 CH Rainiest municipalities946 mm #136 ZH · #1829 CH Voter turnout53.6% #129 ZH · #1399 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #43 ZH · #969 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #96 ZH · #425 CH SVP strongholds43.7% #43 ZH · #463 CH SP strongholds15.4% #56 ZH · #903 CH Centre strongholds6.3% #140 ZH · #1650 CH FDP strongholds8.1% #128 ZH · #1579 CH GLP strongholds10.8% #93 ZH · #230 CH Green strongholds7% #72 ZH · #1090 CH Largest by area12.3 km² #40 ZH · #785 CH Highest municipalities387 m #153 ZH · #1943 CH Second homes6.2% #110 ZH · #1951 CH Organic farming13.3% #84 ZH · #986 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #113 ZH · #838 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #44 ZH · #1248 CH Highest peaks545 m #123 ZH · #1733 CH Highest-lying municipalities409 m #150 ZH · #1950 CH Greatest vertical range213 m #78 ZH · #1297 CH Steepest municipalities7.2° #55 ZH · #1206 CH Solar potential28 GWh #79 ZH · #748 CH Solar potential per capita4'968 kWh #113 ZH · #1975 CH Cheapest electricity27.44 Rp./kWh #149 ZH · #1171 CH Most expensive electricity27.44 Rp./kWh #11 ZH · #936 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Eglisau8193 Glattfelden8192 Zweidlen8192

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Stadel bei Niederglatt

ZH · 4.3 km

Buchberg

SH · 4.6 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Glattfelden?: Glattfelden has 2 postal codes: 8192, 8193.
What is the tax rate in Glattfelden?: The municipal tax multiplier of Glattfelden is 120% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Glattfelden?: A single person without children pays about 11'895 CHF income tax in Glattfelden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 145 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Glattfelden have?: Glattfelden has 5'555 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Glattfelden?: Glattfelden has 1'493 foreign residents, a share of 26.88% (2025).

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