What is the postal code of Kappel am Albis?

The postal code of Kappel am Albis is 8926.

What is the tax rate in Kappel am Albis?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kappel am Albis is 102% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Kappel am Albis?

A single person without children pays about 11'044 CHF income tax in Kappel am Albis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 52 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kappel am Albis have?

Kappel am Albis has 1'375 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kappel am Albis?

Kappel am Albis has 225 foreign residents, a share of 16.36% (2025).

Kappel am Albis (ZH): Postal Codes 8926, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

669 48.7%

Men

706 51.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

338 24.6%

Swiss citizens

1'150 83.6%

Foreign residents

225 16.4%

Population density

174 pop./km²

0–19 · 338 · 24.6%20–64 · 828 · 60.2%65+ · 209 · 15.2%

Foreign residents 16.4%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Kappel am Albis

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

64.3% YesNo 35.7%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

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

58.3% YesNo 41.8%

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% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

66.3% YesNo 33.7%

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

28.7% YesNo 71.3%

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 · 39.3% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% Yes

71.7% YesNo 28.3%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative für mehr günstige und gemeinnützige Wohnungen («Wohnungsinitiative»)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.3% Yes

28.0% YesNo 72.0%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 25.1% Yes

33.6% YesNo 66.4%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP47.7% · strongest party

SVP47.7%

GLP12.5%

SP9.5%

FDP7.8%

Mitte7.7%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier102%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

102%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 54 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'044 CHF(11%)

Rank 52 of 160 in the canton · 124 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:11'044 CHF(~11%)

Kappel am AlbisCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kappel am Albis	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.9%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.2%	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	10%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.2%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.4%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.7%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.1%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.3%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.2%	20.7–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'291 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

620 m

Mean elevation

557 m

Relief

157 m

Mean slope

4.3°

Flat share

65.6%

South-facing

12.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 157 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

12.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'800

13 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

24.14 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.23 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.46 Rp./kWh

24.14 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 24.76 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.83 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

606

Built before 194631.0%

Built since 200138.4%

0.83 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 59 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 59/160 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitekappel-am-albis.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities1'375 #135 ZH · #1239 CH Families & children24.6% #5 ZH · #102 CH Age structure15.2% #150 ZH · #1972 CH Women share48.7% #144 ZH · #1623 CH Foreign residents16.4% #113 ZH · #1173 CH Population density174/km² #135 ZH · #1108 CH Tax burden11'044 #52 ZH · #124 CH Taxes102% #54 ZH Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #102 ZH · #935 CH Sunniest municipalities41.4% #30 ZH · #1236 CH Rainiest municipalities1'291 mm #28 ZH · #505 CH Voter turnout61.7% #61 ZH · #343 CH Against Switzerland18% #25 ZH · #670 CH Aligned with Switzerland82% #121 ZH · #719 CH SVP strongholds47.7% #23 ZH · #304 CH SP strongholds9.5% #144 ZH · #1560 CH Centre strongholds7.7% #99 ZH · #1469 CH FDP strongholds7.8% #134 ZH · #1601 CH GLP strongholds12.5% #47 ZH · #113 CH Green strongholds6% #114 ZH · #1315 CH Largest by area7.9 km² #81 ZH · #1141 CH Highest municipalities573 m #26 ZH · #908 CH Remotest municipalities59 min #59 ZH · #1352 CH Best-connected municipalities59 min #97 ZH · #729 CH Highest peaks620 m #83 ZH · #1460 CH Highest-lying municipalities557 m #46 ZH · #1185 CH Greatest vertical range157 m #107 ZH · #1548 CH Steepest municipalities4.3° #119 ZH · #1685 CH Solar potential13 GWh #129 ZH · #1375 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #7 ZH · #68 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #43 ZH · #1928 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8926

Kappel am Albis

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Hauptikon8926 Kappel am Albis8926 Uerzlikon8926

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kappel am Albis?: The postal code of Kappel am Albis is 8926.
What is the tax rate in Kappel am Albis?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kappel am Albis is 102% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Kappel am Albis?: A single person without children pays about 11'044 CHF income tax in Kappel am Albis on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 52 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kappel am Albis have?: Kappel am Albis has 1'375 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kappel am Albis?: Kappel am Albis has 225 foreign residents, a share of 16.36% (2025).

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