What is the postal code of Oberembrach?

The postal code of Oberembrach is 8425.

What is the tax rate in Oberembrach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oberembrach is 117% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Oberembrach?

A single person without children pays about 11'753 CHF income tax in Oberembrach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 130 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oberembrach have?

Oberembrach has 1'132 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oberembrach?

Oberembrach has 166 foreign residents, a share of 14.66% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Oberembrach

8425

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

572 50.5%

Men

560 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

211 18.6%

Swiss citizens

966 85.3%

Foreign residents

166 14.7%

Population density

110 pop./km²

0–19 · 211 · 18.6%20–64 · 692 · 61.1%65+ · 229 · 20.2%

Foreign residents 14.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +2 (+0.2%) · 7 births · 4 deaths · net migration −25

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 Oberembrach

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

20.4% YesNo 79.6%

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

42.3% YesNo 57.7%

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 Bülach: 65.0% Yes

60.6% YesNo 39.5%

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

22.3% YesNo 77.8%

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

64.3% YesNo 35.7%

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

61.3% YesNo 38.7%

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

63.2% YesNo 36.8%

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 Bülach: 36.1% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

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

65.6% YesNo 34.4%

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

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.8% · strongest party

SVP51.8%

SP12.2%

FDP7.0%

Mitte6.8%

GLP6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier117%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

117%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 131 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'753 CHF(11.8%)

Rank 130 of 160 in the canton · 258 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:11'753 CHF(~11.8%)

OberembrachCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oberembrach	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	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	11.8%	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	15.1%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.4%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.8%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.3%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.4%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.4%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'085 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

644 m

Mean elevation

554 m

Relief

215 m

Mean slope

8.1°

Flat share

37.1%

South-facing

16.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 215 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

16 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'700

Per inhabitant

10'875 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 Oberembrach →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

0.19 %

Second homes

7.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

539

Built before 194624.7%

Built since 200119.7%

0.19 %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

261

Workplaces

Services share

55.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 66 (25.3%) · Secondary 51 (19.5%) · Tertiary 144 (55.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

641 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 58 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 58 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 65/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number65

Websiteoberembrach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Oberembrach ranks

Largest municipalities1'132 #142 ZH · #1366 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #114 ZH · #1298 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #47 ZH · #803 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #125 ZH · #1612 CH Families & children18.6% #142 ZH · #1541 CH Age structure20.2% #71 ZH · #1198 CH Women share50.5% #48 ZH · #610 CH Foreign residents14.7% #125 ZH · #1312 CH Population density110/km² #152 ZH · #1414 CH Tax burden11'753 #133 ZH · #261 CH Taxes117% #131 ZH Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #123 ZH · #1101 CH Sunniest municipalities39.4% #158 ZH · #2051 CH Rainiest municipalities1'085 mm #93 ZH · #1183 CH Voter turnout63.3% #51 ZH · #300 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #8 ZH · #192 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #140 ZH · #1229 CH SVP strongholds51.8% #9 ZH · #192 CH SP strongholds12.2% #106 ZH · #1263 CH Centre strongholds6.8% #128 ZH · #1588 CH FDP strongholds7% #146 ZH · #1706 CH GLP strongholds6.7% #154 ZH · #807 CH Green strongholds5% #136 ZH · #1538 CH Largest by area10.3 km² #52 ZH · #930 CH Highest municipalities558 m #31 ZH · #975 CH Second homes7.2% #71 ZH · #1778 CH Organic farming12.5% #88 ZH · #1018 CH Best-connected municipalities58 min #92 ZH · #697 CH Remotest municipalities58 min #65 ZH · #1383 CH Highest peaks644 m #67 ZH · #1377 CH Highest-lying municipalities554 m #47 ZH · #1197 CH Greatest vertical range215 m #75 ZH · #1290 CH Steepest municipalities8.1° #40 ZH · #1096 CH Solar potential12 GWh #131 ZH · #1397 CH Solar potential per capita10'875 kWh #19 ZH · #926 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #47 ZH · #131 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #72 ZH · #1935 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8425

Oberembrach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Oberembrach8425

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oberembrach?: The postal code of Oberembrach is 8425.
What is the tax rate in Oberembrach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oberembrach is 117% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Oberembrach?: A single person without children pays about 11'753 CHF income tax in Oberembrach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 130 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oberembrach have?: Oberembrach has 1'132 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oberembrach?: Oberembrach has 166 foreign residents, a share of 14.66% (2025).

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