What is the postal code of Küsnacht?

Küsnacht has 2 postal codes: 8127, 8700.

What is the tax rate in Küsnacht?

The municipal tax multiplier of Küsnacht is 73% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Küsnacht?

A single person without children pays about 9'672 CHF income tax in Küsnacht on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Küsnacht have?

Küsnacht has 15'250 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Küsnacht?

Küsnacht has 4'323 foreign residents, a share of 28.35% (2025).

Küsnacht (ZH): Postal Codes 8127–8700, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

7'998 52.4%

Men

7'252 47.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'247 21.3%

Swiss citizens

10'927 71.7%

Foreign residents

4'323 28.4%

Population density

1'234 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'247 · 21.3%20–64 · 8'444 · 55.4%65+ · 3'559 · 23.3%

Foreign residents 28.4%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Küsnacht

BFS

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

62.9% YesNo 37.1%

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

39.4% YesNo 60.6%

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

49.8% YesNo 50.2%

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% Yes

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

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

59.1% YesNo 40.9%

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

27.0% YesNo 73.0%

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

25.5% YesNo 74.5%

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

63.8% YesNo 36.2%

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

25.5% YesNo 74.5%

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

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.1% · strongest party

SVP31.1%

FDP26.4%

GLP13.2%

SP11.8%

Mitte7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier73%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

73%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 4 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

9'672 CHF(9.7%)

Rank 3 of 160 in the canton · 46 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:9'672 CHF(~9.7%)

KüsnachtCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Küsnacht	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.2%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.2%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.2%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	8.7%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	9.7%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	10.5%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.2%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	11.8%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	12.6%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.2%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	14.9%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	16.4%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	17.7%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	18.9%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	20.8%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'217 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

778 m

Mean elevation

580 m

Relief

372 m

Mean slope

7.2°

Flat share

39.8%

South-facing

14.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 372 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

68.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

95.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

15'200

69 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

27.6 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.12 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.46 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.6 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 24.76 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Werke am Zürichsee AG (Küsnacht)

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

1.34 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

7'540

Built before 194622.9%

Built since 200121.8%

1.34 %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 36 min · Car 25 min

AgglomerationPT 36 min · Car 25 min

Remoteness 148/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitekuesnacht.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities15'250 #19 ZH · #91 CH Families & children21.3% #51 ZH · #700 CH Age structure23.3% #15 ZH · #605 CH Women share52.4% #2 ZH · #83 CH Foreign residents28.4% #36 ZH · #384 CH Population density1'234/km² #39 ZH · #162 CH Tax burden9'672 #4 ZH · #47 CH Taxes73% #4 ZH Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #133 ZH · #1196 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #36 ZH · #1265 CH Rainiest municipalities1'217 mm #44 ZH · #659 CH Voter turnout65.9% #24 ZH · #125 CH Against Switzerland14% #46 ZH · #972 CH Aligned with Switzerland86% #99 ZH · #428 CH SVP strongholds31.1% #123 ZH · #1197 CH SP strongholds11.8% #111 ZH · #1310 CH Centre strongholds7.3% #108 ZH · #1522 CH FDP strongholds26.4% #7 ZH · #178 CH GLP strongholds13.2% #37 ZH · #82 CH Green strongholds6.9% #81 ZH · #1114 CH Largest by area12.4 km² #39 ZH · #778 CH Highest municipalities427 m #118 ZH · #1724 CH Remotest municipalities36 min #148 ZH · #1934 CH Best-connected municipalities36 min #15 ZH · #170 CH Highest peaks778 m #35 ZH · #1021 CH Highest-lying municipalities580 m #32 ZH · #1091 CH Greatest vertical range372 m #22 ZH · #860 CH Steepest municipalities7.2° #58 ZH · #1209 CH Solar potential69 GWh #20 ZH · #185 CH Cheapest electricity27.6 Rp./kWh #146 ZH · #784 CH Most expensive electricity27.6 Rp./kWh #15 ZH · #1323 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Forch8127 Küsnacht ZH8700

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Küsnacht?: Küsnacht has 2 postal codes: 8127, 8700.
What is the tax rate in Küsnacht?: The municipal tax multiplier of Küsnacht is 73% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Küsnacht?: A single person without children pays about 9'672 CHF income tax in Küsnacht on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Küsnacht have?: Küsnacht has 15'250 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Küsnacht?: Küsnacht has 4'323 foreign residents, a share of 28.35% (2025).

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