What is the postal code of Ottenbach?

The postal code of Ottenbach is 8913.

What is the tax rate in Ottenbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ottenbach is 115% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Ottenbach?

A single person without children pays about 11'659 CHF income tax in Ottenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ottenbach have?

Ottenbach has 3'038 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ottenbach?

Ottenbach has 514 foreign residents, a share of 16.92% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Affoltern

Ottenbach

8913

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'523 50.1%

Men

1'515 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

651 21.4%

Swiss citizens

2'524 83.1%

Foreign residents

514 16.9%

Population density

605 pop./km²

0–19 · 651 · 21.4%20–64 · 1'704 · 56.1%65+ · 683 · 22.5%

Foreign residents 16.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +65 (+2.2%) · 35 births · 18 deaths · net migration +52

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 Ottenbach

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

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

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

31.2% YesNo 68.8%

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

65.6% YesNo 34.4%

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

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

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

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

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

51.4% YesNo 48.6%

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

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

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 · 41.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Affoltern: 33.0% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

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

61.3% YesNo 38.7%

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

29.7% YesNo 70.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP34.9% · strongest party

SVP34.9%

GLP15.8%

SP13.5%

FDP10.6%

Mitte7.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier115%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

115%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 120 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'659 CHF(11.7%)

Rank 120 of 160 in the canton · 239 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:11'659 CHF(~11.7%)

OttenbachCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ottenbach	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.6%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.7%	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	11.7%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.6%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.4%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.1%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.7%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.6%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.2%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.7%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.1%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.3%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.3%	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 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'155 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

531 m

Mean elevation

439 m

Relief

150 m

Mean slope

4.2°

Flat share

69.0%

South-facing

2.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 150 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

19.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

25.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'300

Per inhabitant

6'363 kWh/yr

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 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 Ottenbach →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

0.43 %

Second homes

7.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'386

Built before 194620.6%

Built since 200133.8%

0.43 %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

724

Workplaces

200

Services share

52.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 33 (4.6%) · Secondary 309 (42.7%) · Tertiary 382 (52.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

23.1 %

Farmland

253 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 61 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 43 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 49/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number11

Websiteottenbach.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Affoltern

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ottenbach ranks

Largest municipalities3'038 #104 ZH · #722 CH Growing municipalities2.2% #15 ZH · #299 CH Shrinking municipalities2.2% #146 ZH · #1806 CH Jobs per resident0.24 #112 ZH · #1550 CH Families & children21.4% #47 ZH · #672 CH Age structure22.5% #27 ZH · #759 CH Women share50.1% #73 ZH · #837 CH Foreign residents16.9% #111 ZH · #1139 CH Population density605/km² #79 ZH · #423 CH Tax burden11'659 #120 ZH · #239 CH Taxes115% #120 ZH Warmest municipalities10 °C #17 ZH · #468 CH Sunniest municipalities40.9% #52 ZH · #1435 CH Rainiest municipalities1'155 mm #60 ZH · #821 CH Voter turnout62.5% #61 ZH · #367 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #125 ZH · #1353 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #19 ZH · #79 CH SVP strongholds34.9% #99 ZH · #975 CH SP strongholds13.5% #80 ZH · #1104 CH Centre strongholds7.6% #102 ZH · #1488 CH FDP strongholds10.6% #79 ZH · #1309 CH GLP strongholds15.8% #6 ZH · #14 CH Green strongholds7.4% #54 ZH · #993 CH Largest by area5 km² #121 ZH · #1539 CH Highest municipalities409 m #138 ZH · #1847 CH Second homes7.2% #76 ZH · #1794 CH Organic farming23.1% #38 ZH · #514 CH Best-connected municipalities61 min #108 ZH · #792 CH Remotest municipalities61 min #49 ZH · #1274 CH Highest peaks531 m #127 ZH · #1775 CH Highest-lying municipalities439 m #134 ZH · #1805 CH Greatest vertical range150 m #112 ZH · #1590 CH Steepest municipalities4.2° #124 ZH · #1703 CH Solar potential19 GWh #109 ZH · #1045 CH Solar potential per capita6'363 kWh #74 ZH · #1784 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #17 ZH · #101 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #42 ZH · #1905 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8913

Ottenbach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Ottenbach8913

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ottenbach?: The postal code of Ottenbach is 8913.
What is the tax rate in Ottenbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ottenbach is 115% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Ottenbach?: A single person without children pays about 11'659 CHF income tax in Ottenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 120 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ottenbach have?: Ottenbach has 3'038 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ottenbach?: Ottenbach has 514 foreign residents, a share of 16.92% (2025).

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