What is the postal code of Oberrieden?

The postal code of Oberrieden is 8942.

What is the tax rate in Oberrieden?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oberrieden is 84% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Oberrieden?

A single person without children pays about 10'192 CHF income tax in Oberrieden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oberrieden have?

Oberrieden has 5'410 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oberrieden?

Oberrieden has 1'357 foreign residents, a share of 25.08% (2025).

Oberrieden (ZH): Postal Codes 8942, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'753 50.9%

Men

2'657 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'087 20.1%

Swiss citizens

4'053 74.9%

Foreign residents

1'357 25.1%

Population density

1'939 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'087 · 20.1%20–64 · 3'004 · 55.5%65+ · 1'319 · 24.4%

Foreign residents 25.1%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Oberrieden

BFS

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

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

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

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

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

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

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

34.4% YesNo 65.7%

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

37.4% YesNo 62.6%

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 · 39.3% Yes

32.5% YesNo 67.5%

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

61.0% YesNo 39.0%

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

33.9% YesNo 66.2%

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

22.5% YesNo 77.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP25.7% · strongest party

SVP25.7%

FDP18.5%

SP18.5%

GLP12.5%

Mitte10.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier84%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

84%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 15 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'192 CHF(10.2%)

Rank 15 of 160 in the canton · 65 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:10'192 CHF(~10.2%)

OberriedenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oberrieden	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.5%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.5%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.6%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.6%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.5%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.2%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.2%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.1%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.8%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	13.2%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.9%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.6%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	17.1%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	18.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.8%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.8%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.7%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'364 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

627 m

Mean elevation

520 m

Relief

220 m

Mean slope

9.6°

Flat share

30.2%

South-facing

2.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 220 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

17.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

23.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'900

17 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

0.27 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'603

Built before 194617.4%

Built since 200118.4%

0.27 %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 39 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 136/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteoberrieden.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities5'410 #71 ZH · #390 CH Families & children20.1% #105 ZH · #1098 CH Age structure24.4% #10 ZH · #467 CH Women share50.9% #27 ZH · #423 CH Foreign residents25.1% #57 ZH · #553 CH Population density1'939/km² #18 ZH · #83 CH Tax burden10'192 #15 ZH · #65 CH Taxes84% #15 ZH Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #7 ZH · #300 CH Sunniest municipalities41.7% #22 ZH · #1170 CH Rainiest municipalities1'364 mm #16 ZH · #407 CH Voter turnout67.1% #18 ZH · #98 CH Against Switzerland8% #113 ZH · #1313 CH Aligned with Switzerland92% #30 ZH · #113 CH SVP strongholds25.7% #150 ZH · #1525 CH SP strongholds18.5% #18 ZH · #577 CH Centre strongholds10.3% #24 ZH · #1164 CH FDP strongholds18.5% #18 ZH · #551 CH GLP strongholds12.5% #51 ZH · #117 CH Green strongholds8% #29 ZH · #866 CH Largest by area2.8 km² #149 ZH · #1896 CH Highest municipalities460 m #77 ZH · #1452 CH Remotest municipalities39 min #136 ZH · #1889 CH Best-connected municipalities39 min #25 ZH · #208 CH Highest peaks627 m #78 ZH · #1431 CH Highest-lying municipalities520 m #63 ZH · #1343 CH Greatest vertical range220 m #73 ZH · #1269 CH Steepest municipalities9.6° #29 ZH · #955 CH Solar potential17 GWh #113 ZH · #1127 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #74 ZH · #135 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #110 ZH · #1995 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8942

Oberrieden

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Oberrieden8942

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oberrieden?: The postal code of Oberrieden is 8942.
What is the tax rate in Oberrieden?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oberrieden is 84% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Oberrieden?: A single person without children pays about 10'192 CHF income tax in Oberrieden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 15 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oberrieden have?: Oberrieden has 5'410 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oberrieden?: Oberrieden has 1'357 foreign residents, a share of 25.08% (2025).

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