What is the postal code of Hochfelden?

Hochfelden has 2 postal codes: 8182, 8192.

What is the tax rate in Hochfelden?

The municipal tax multiplier of Hochfelden is 116% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Hochfelden?

A single person without children pays about 11'706 CHF income tax in Hochfelden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 124 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Hochfelden have?

Hochfelden has 2'019 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hochfelden?

Hochfelden has 317 foreign residents, a share of 15.7% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Hochfelden

8182–8192

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'018 50.4%

Men

1'001 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

459 22.7%

Swiss citizens

1'702 84.3%

Foreign residents

317 15.7%

Population density

327 pop./km²

0–19 · 459 · 22.7%20–64 · 1'140 · 56.5%65+ · 420 · 20.8%

Foreign residents 15.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.2%) · 20 births · 8 deaths · net migration −4

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 Hochfelden

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

22.6% YesNo 77.5%

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

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

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

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

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

28.1% YesNo 71.9%

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

64.6% YesNo 35.4%

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

60.0% YesNo 40.0%

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

67.4% YesNo 32.6%

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 Bülach: 36.1% Yes

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

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

58.4% YesNo 41.7%

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

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP46.6% · strongest party

SVP46.6%

SP12.3%

GLP9.2%

FDP6.1%

EVP5.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier116%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

116%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 127 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'706 CHF(11.7%)

Rank 124 of 160 in the canton · 249 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:11'706 CHF(~11.7%)

HochfeldenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hochfelden	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.7%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.8%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.8%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.6%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.7%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.7%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.5%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.2%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.6%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.3%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.8%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.2%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.4%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.3%	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 1991–2020961 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

495 m

Mean elevation

431 m

Relief

108 m

Mean slope

4.4°

Flat share

68.3%

South-facing

7.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 108 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

12.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

15.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'700

Per inhabitant

6'102 kWh/yr

12 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 Hochfelden →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

0.45 %

Second homes

6.4 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

895

Built before 194614.5%

Built since 200121.2%

0.45 %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

430

Workplaces

Services share

44.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 24 (5.6%) · Secondary 214 (49.8%) · Tertiary 192 (44.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

271 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 27 min

AgglomerationPT 56 min · Car 27 min

Remoteness 50/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number59

Websitehochfelden.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hochfelden ranks

Largest municipalities2'019 #120 ZH · #968 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #112 ZH · #1282 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #49 ZH · #821 CH Jobs per resident0.21 #138 ZH · #1710 CH Families & children22.7% #15 ZH · #367 CH Age structure20.8% #55 ZH · #1068 CH Women share50.4% #55 ZH · #659 CH Foreign residents15.7% #117 ZH · #1221 CH Population density327/km² #111 ZH · #725 CH Tax burden11'706 #126 ZH · #251 CH Taxes116% #127 ZH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #78 ZH · #760 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #109 ZH · #1854 CH Rainiest municipalities961 mm #133 ZH · #1785 CH Voter turnout60% #85 ZH · #587 CH Against Switzerland17.8% #24 ZH · #656 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.2% #123 ZH · #789 CH SVP strongholds46.6% #26 ZH · #335 CH SP strongholds12.3% #104 ZH · #1247 CH Centre strongholds5.6% #149 ZH · #1722 CH FDP strongholds6.1% #150 ZH · #1778 CH GLP strongholds9.2% #124 ZH · #402 CH Green strongholds5.3% #128 ZH · #1483 CH Largest by area6.2 km² #105 ZH · #1365 CH Highest municipalities399 m #147 ZH · #1899 CH Second homes6.4% #105 ZH · #1919 CH Organic farming0% #135 ZH · #1602 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #109 ZH · #793 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #50 ZH · #1275 CH Highest peaks495 m #141 ZH · #1898 CH Highest-lying municipalities431 m #139 ZH · #1857 CH Greatest vertical range108 m #129 ZH · #1791 CH Steepest municipalities4.4° #116 ZH · #1673 CH Solar potential12 GWh #130 ZH · #1395 CH Solar potential per capita6'102 kWh #81 ZH · #1821 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #43 ZH · #127 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #68 ZH · #1931 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Glattfelden8192 Hochfelden8182

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Stadel bei Niederglatt

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hochfelden?: Hochfelden has 2 postal codes: 8182, 8192.
What is the tax rate in Hochfelden?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hochfelden is 116% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Hochfelden?: A single person without children pays about 11'706 CHF income tax in Hochfelden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 124 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hochfelden have?: Hochfelden has 2'019 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hochfelden?: Hochfelden has 317 foreign residents, a share of 15.7% (2025).

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