What is the postal code of Oberengstringen?

The postal code of Oberengstringen is 8102.

What is the tax rate in Oberengstringen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oberengstringen is 109% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Oberengstringen?

A single person without children pays about 11'375 CHF income tax in Oberengstringen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 81 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oberengstringen have?

Oberengstringen has 7'076 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oberengstringen?

Oberengstringen has 2'578 foreign residents, a share of 36.43% (2025).

Oberengstringen (ZH): Postal Codes 8102, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'479 49.2%

Men

3'597 50.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'263 17.8%

Swiss citizens

4'498 63.6%

Foreign residents

2'578 36.4%

Population density

3'291 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'263 · 17.8%20–64 · 4'461 · 63.0%65+ · 1'352 · 19.1%

Foreign residents 36.4%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Oberengstringen

BFS

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

54.0% YesNo 46.0%

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

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

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

59.8% YesNo 40.2%

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

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

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

57.2% YesNo 42.8%

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

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

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 · 39.3% Yes

38.7% YesNo 61.3%

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

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

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

40.5% YesNo 59.5%

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

25.9% YesNo 74.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP31.9% · strongest party

SVP31.9%

SP19.2%

FDP14.6%

GLP10.9%

Mitte8.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier109%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

109%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 81 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'375 CHF(11.4%)

Rank 81 of 160 in the canton · 174 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:11'375 CHF(~11.4%)

OberengstringenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oberengstringen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.2%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.4%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.5%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.5%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.3%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.4%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.3%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.1%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.8%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.6%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.4%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.2%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.8%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.3%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.7%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.8%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.8%	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 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'077 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

562 m

Mean elevation

441 m

Relief

172 m

Mean slope

6.7°

Flat share

43.8%

South-facing

47.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 172 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

18.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'200

19 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

0.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

3'508

Built before 19464.4%

Built since 200115.4%

0.6 %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 33 min · Car 17 min

AgglomerationPT 33 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 156/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteoberengstringen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities7'076 #49 ZH · #274 CH Families & children17.8% #152 ZH · #1693 CH Age structure19.1% #90 ZH · #1412 CH Women share49.2% #126 ZH · #1418 CH Foreign residents36.4% #11 ZH · #131 CH Population density3'291/km² #5 ZH · #23 CH Tax burden11'375 #81 ZH · #174 CH Taxes109% #81 ZH Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #101 ZH · #863 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #69 ZH · #1546 CH Rainiest municipalities1'077 mm #98 ZH · #1238 CH Voter turnout51.3% #138 ZH · #1553 CH Against Switzerland4% #144 ZH · #1445 CH Aligned with Switzerland96% #5 ZH · #11 CH SVP strongholds31.9% #119 ZH · #1154 CH SP strongholds19.2% #13 ZH · #519 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #60 ZH · #1308 CH FDP strongholds14.6% #35 ZH · #855 CH GLP strongholds10.9% #91 ZH · #222 CH Green strongholds7% #75 ZH · #1090 CH Largest by area2.2 km² #158 ZH · #1978 CH Highest municipalities432 m #110 ZH · #1684 CH Remotest municipalities33 min #156 ZH · #1983 CH Best-connected municipalities33 min #5 ZH · #121 CH Highest peaks562 m #115 ZH · #1673 CH Highest-lying municipalities441 m #130 ZH · #1788 CH Greatest vertical range172 m #98 ZH · #1479 CH Steepest municipalities6.7° #77 ZH · #1281 CH Solar potential19 GWh #110 ZH · #1059 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #111 ZH · #172 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #147 ZH · #2032 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8102

Oberengstringen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Oberengstringen8102

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oberengstringen?: The postal code of Oberengstringen is 8102.
What is the tax rate in Oberengstringen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oberengstringen is 109% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Oberengstringen?: A single person without children pays about 11'375 CHF income tax in Oberengstringen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 81 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oberengstringen have?: Oberengstringen has 7'076 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oberengstringen?: Oberengstringen has 2'578 foreign residents, a share of 36.43% (2025).

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