What is the postal code of Obfelden?

Obfelden has 2 postal codes: 8910, 8912.

What is the tax rate in Obfelden?

The municipal tax multiplier of Obfelden is 118% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Obfelden?

A single person without children pays about 11'800 CHF income tax in Obfelden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 136 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Obfelden have?

Obfelden has 6'081 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Obfelden?

Obfelden has 1'415 foreign residents, a share of 23.27% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Affoltern

Obfelden

8910–8912

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'034 49.9%

Men

3'047 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'365 22.4%

Swiss citizens

4'666 76.7%

Foreign residents

1'415 23.3%

Population density

806 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'365 · 22.4%20–64 · 3'621 · 59.5%65+ · 1'095 · 18.0%

Foreign residents 23.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +120 (+2%) · 50 births · 35 deaths · net migration +101

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 Obfelden

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 Affoltern: 25.4% Yes

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 27.2% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

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 Affoltern: 65.8% Yes

64.3% YesNo 35.7%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 32.4% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 56.1% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 45.3% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 55.8% Yes

57.6% YesNo 42.4%

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 Affoltern: 33.0% Yes

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 59.8% Yes

58.7% YesNo 41.3%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 34.1% Yes

34.8% YesNo 65.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.6% · strongest party

SVP37.6%

SP15.3%

GLP12.2%

Mitte9.9%

FDP9.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier118%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

118%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 136 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'800 CHF(11.8%)

Rank 136 of 160 in the canton · 271 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:11'800 CHF(~11.8%)

ObfeldenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Obfelden	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	9.9%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.7%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.8%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.8%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.6%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.3%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.1%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.9%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.5%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.9%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.3%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.5%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.5%	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 1991–20209.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'163 mm

9.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

527 m

Mean elevation

439 m

Relief

143 m

Mean slope

4.4°

Flat share

65.4%

South-facing

7.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 143 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

31.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

43 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'000

Per inhabitant

5'192 kWh/yr

32 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 Obfelden →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

1.22 %

Second homes

6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

2'704

Built before 194613.1%

Built since 200136.4%

1.22 %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

1'607

Workplaces

319

Services share

77 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 58 (3.6%) · Secondary 312 (19.4%) · Tertiary 1'237 (77.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.8 %

Farmland

430 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 39 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 73/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number10

Websiteobfelden.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Affoltern

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Obfelden ranks

Largest municipalities6'081 #58 ZH · #337 CH Growing municipalities2% #18 ZH · #343 CH Shrinking municipalities2% #142 ZH · #1762 CH Jobs per resident0.26 #101 ZH · #1460 CH Families & children22.4% #18 ZH · #433 CH Age structure18% #117 ZH · #1636 CH Women share49.9% #83 ZH · #975 CH Foreign residents23.3% #67 ZH · #637 CH Population density806/km² #57 ZH · #294 CH Tax burden11'800 #138 ZH · #273 CH Taxes118% #136 ZH Warmest municipalities9.9 °C #30 ZH · #569 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #54 ZH · #1467 CH Rainiest municipalities1'163 mm #58 ZH · #786 CH Voter turnout56.5% #117 ZH · #1014 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #124 ZH · #1352 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #18 ZH · #78 CH SVP strongholds37.6% #78 ZH · #794 CH SP strongholds15.3% #57 ZH · #910 CH Centre strongholds9.9% #29 ZH · #1203 CH FDP strongholds9% #111 ZH · #1499 CH GLP strongholds12.2% #57 ZH · #133 CH Green strongholds6.9% #77 ZH · #1114 CH Largest by area7.5 km² #89 ZH · #1193 CH Highest municipalities435 m #106 ZH · #1656 CH Second homes6% #114 ZH · #1964 CH Organic farming11.8% #96 ZH · #1089 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #89 ZH · #673 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #73 ZH · #1418 CH Highest peaks527 m #129 ZH · #1790 CH Highest-lying municipalities439 m #133 ZH · #1803 CH Greatest vertical range143 m #113 ZH · #1624 CH Steepest municipalities4.4° #115 ZH · #1672 CH Solar potential32 GWh #68 ZH · #636 CH Solar potential per capita5'192 kWh #107 ZH · #1951 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #16 ZH · #100 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #41 ZH · #1904 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Affoltern am Albis8910 Obfelden8912

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Obfelden?: Obfelden has 2 postal codes: 8910, 8912.
What is the tax rate in Obfelden?: The municipal tax multiplier of Obfelden is 118% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Obfelden?: A single person without children pays about 11'800 CHF income tax in Obfelden on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 136 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Obfelden have?: Obfelden has 6'081 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Obfelden?: Obfelden has 1'415 foreign residents, a share of 23.27% (2025).

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