What is the postal code of Hittnau?

The postal code of Hittnau is 8335.

What is the tax rate in Hittnau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Hittnau is 113% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Hittnau?

A single person without children pays about 11'564 CHF income tax in Hittnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 105 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Hittnau have?

Hittnau has 3'974 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hittnau?

Hittnau has 374 foreign residents, a share of 9.41% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Pfäffikon

Hittnau

8335

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'001 50.4%

Men

1'973 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

862 21.7%

Swiss citizens

3'600 90.6%

Foreign residents

374 9.4%

Population density

307 pop./km²

0–19 · 862 · 21.7%20–64 · 2'379 · 59.9%65+ · 733 · 18.4%

Foreign residents 9.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.1%) · 26 births · 14 deaths · net migration +6

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 Hittnau

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 Pfäffikon: 24.4% Yes

25.5% YesNo 74.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 32.6% Yes

35.3% YesNo 64.7%

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 Pfäffikon: 62.1% 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 Pfäffikon: 32.7% Yes

30.1% YesNo 69.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 58.4% Yes

59.8% YesNo 40.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 52.3% Yes

55.8% YesNo 44.2%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 58.3% Yes

62.2% YesNo 37.8%

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 Pfäffikon: 32.2% Yes

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 59.2% Yes

61.1% YesNo 39.0%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 33.4% Yes

29.1% YesNo 70.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.8% · strongest party

SVP39.8%

SP11.1%

GLP10.5%

FDP8.6%

Mitte7.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier113%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

113%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 105 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'564 CHF(11.6%)

Rank 105 of 160 in the canton · 216 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:11'564 CHF(~11.6%)

HittnauCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hittnau	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	7.6%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.7%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.7%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.5%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.6%	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	14.9%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.6%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.4%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.1%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.1%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.1%	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'468 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

929 m

Mean elevation

709 m

Relief

326 m

Mean slope

8°

Flat share

33.3%

South-facing

16.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 326 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

27.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

36.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'200

Per inhabitant

7'008 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 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 Hittnau →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

0.39 %

Second homes

5.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'779

Built before 194625.2%

Built since 200131.7%

0.39 %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

913

Workplaces

252

Services share

61.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 61 (6.7%) · Secondary 287 (31.4%) · Tertiary 565 (61.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12 %

Farmland

579 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 62 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 50 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 46/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number173

Websitehittnau.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Pfäffikon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hittnau ranks

Largest municipalities3'974 #90 ZH · #560 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #121 ZH · #1352 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #40 ZH · #752 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #128 ZH · #1615 CH Families & children21.7% #39 ZH · #600 CH Age structure18.4% #110 ZH · #1561 CH Women share50.4% #56 ZH · #660 CH Foreign residents9.4% #155 ZH · #1752 CH Population density307/km² #114 ZH · #768 CH Tax burden11'564 #107 ZH · #218 CH Taxes113% #105 ZH Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #151 ZH · #1481 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #37 ZH · #1266 CH Rainiest municipalities1'468 mm #8 ZH · #278 CH Voter turnout62.7% #59 ZH · #348 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #31 ZH · #752 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #119 ZH · #643 CH SVP strongholds39.8% #67 ZH · #668 CH SP strongholds11.1% #129 ZH · #1396 CH Centre strongholds7.9% #92 ZH · #1450 CH FDP strongholds8.6% #116 ZH · #1534 CH GLP strongholds10.5% #101 ZH · #257 CH Green strongholds6.5% #98 ZH · #1200 CH Largest by area13 km² #33 ZH · #749 CH Highest municipalities670 m #7 ZH · #652 CH Second homes5.1% #138 ZH · #2047 CH Organic farming12% #95 ZH · #1080 CH Best-connected municipalities62 min #115 ZH · #840 CH Remotest municipalities62 min #46 ZH · #1250 CH Highest peaks929 m #7 ZH · #792 CH Highest-lying municipalities709 m #5 ZH · #744 CH Greatest vertical range326 m #33 ZH · #945 CH Steepest municipalities8° #42 ZH · #1114 CH Solar potential28 GWh #77 ZH · #736 CH Solar potential per capita7'008 kWh #61 ZH · #1675 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #86 ZH · #170 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #111 ZH · #1974 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8335

Hittnau

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Hittnau8335

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hittnau?: The postal code of Hittnau is 8335.
What is the tax rate in Hittnau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hittnau is 113% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Hittnau?: A single person without children pays about 11'564 CHF income tax in Hittnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 105 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hittnau have?: Hittnau has 3'974 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hittnau?: Hittnau has 374 foreign residents, a share of 9.41% (2025).

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