What is the postal code of Hedingen?

The postal code of Hedingen is 8908.

What is the tax rate in Hedingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Hedingen is 100% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Hedingen?

A single person without children pays about 10'949 CHF income tax in Hedingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Hedingen have?

Hedingen has 3'983 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hedingen?

Hedingen has 804 foreign residents, a share of 20.19% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Affoltern

Hedingen

8908

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'956 49.1%

Men

2'027 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

790 19.8%

Swiss citizens

3'179 79.8%

Foreign residents

804 20.2%

Population density

610 pop./km²

0–19 · 790 · 19.8%20–64 · 2'453 · 61.6%65+ · 740 · 18.6%

Foreign residents 20.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −19 (−0.5%) · 26 births · 21 deaths · net migration −29

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 Hedingen

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 Affoltern: 25.4% Yes

28.3% YesNo 71.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 27.2% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

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 Affoltern: 65.8% Yes

65.5% YesNo 34.5%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 32.4% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 56.1% Yes

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 45.3% Yes

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 55.8% Yes

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

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 Affoltern: 33.0% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 59.8% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.4%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 34.1% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.3% · strongest party

SVP31.3%

GLP16.0%

SP15.6%

FDP14.5%

GRÜNE7.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier100%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

100%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 45 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'949 CHF(10.9%)

Rank 43 of 160 in the canton · 112 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:10'949 CHF(~10.9%)

HedingenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hedingen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.1%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.2%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.2%	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	11.9%	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	16.6%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.2%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.6%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.1%	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 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'170 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

744 m

Mean elevation

560 m

Relief

269 m

Mean slope

6.7°

Flat share

45.5%

South-facing

10.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 269 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

23.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

31.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'100

Per inhabitant

5'807 kWh/yr

23 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 Hedingen →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

0.23 %

Second homes

4.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'752

Built before 194613.5%

Built since 200131.8%

0.23 %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

1'304

Workplaces

197

Services share

53.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 26 (2.0%) · Secondary 577 (44.2%) · Tertiary 701 (53.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

309 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 114/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number5

Websitehedingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Affoltern

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hedingen ranks

Largest municipalities3'983 #89 ZH · #554 CH Growing municipalities-0.5% #145 ZH · #1632 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.5% #16 ZH · #475 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #68 ZH · #1115 CH Families & children19.8% #114 ZH · #1205 CH Age structure18.6% #106 ZH · #1521 CH Women share49.1% #127 ZH · #1453 CH Foreign residents20.2% #86 ZH · #844 CH Population density610/km² #78 ZH · #421 CH Tax burden10'949 #43 ZH · #112 CH Taxes100% #45 ZH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #76 ZH · #758 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #63 ZH · #1540 CH Rainiest municipalities1'170 mm #54 ZH · #765 CH Voter turnout65.4% #33 ZH · #188 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #86 ZH · #1198 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #53 ZH · #209 CH SVP strongholds31.3% #122 ZH · #1191 CH SP strongholds15.6% #50 ZH · #877 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #137 ZH · #1625 CH FDP strongholds14.5% #36 ZH · #867 CH GLP strongholds16% #4 ZH · #11 CH Green strongholds7.4% #53 ZH · #992 CH Largest by area6.5 km² #98 ZH · #1326 CH Highest municipalities501 m #53 ZH · #1201 CH Second homes4.8% #147 ZH · #2073 CH Organic farming10% #105 ZH · #1207 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #44 ZH · #328 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #114 ZH · #1751 CH Highest peaks744 m #40 ZH · #1096 CH Highest-lying municipalities560 m #43 ZH · #1172 CH Greatest vertical range269 m #48 ZH · #1085 CH Steepest municipalities6.7° #72 ZH · #1276 CH Solar potential23 GWh #95 ZH · #904 CH Solar potential per capita5'807 kWh #87 ZH · #1854 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #11 ZH · #95 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #36 ZH · #1899 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8908

Hedingen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Hedingen8908

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hedingen?: The postal code of Hedingen is 8908.
What is the tax rate in Hedingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hedingen is 100% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Hedingen?: A single person without children pays about 10'949 CHF income tax in Hedingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 43 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hedingen have?: Hedingen has 3'983 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hedingen?: Hedingen has 804 foreign residents, a share of 20.19% (2025).

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