What is the postal code of Pfungen?

The postal code of Pfungen is 8422.

What is the tax rate in Pfungen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Pfungen is 112% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Pfungen?

A single person without children pays about 11'517 CHF income tax in Pfungen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Pfungen have?

Pfungen has 4'170 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Pfungen?

Pfungen has 1'104 foreign residents, a share of 26.47% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Winterthur

Pfungen

8422

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'079 49.9%

Men

2'091 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

872 20.9%

Swiss citizens

3'066 73.5%

Foreign residents

1'104 26.5%

Population density

836 pop./km²

0–19 · 872 · 20.9%20–64 · 2'644 · 63.4%65+ · 654 · 15.7%

Foreign residents 26.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +20 (+0.5%) · 51 births · 26 deaths · net migration −7

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 Pfungen

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 Winterthur: 31.4% Yes

24.6% YesNo 75.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 24.1% Yes

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

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 Winterthur: 67.8% Yes

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 41.4% Yes

31.4% YesNo 68.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 46.2% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 38.4% Yes

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 51.6% Yes

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

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 Winterthur: 42.5% Yes

34.2% YesNo 65.8%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 53.2% Yes

59.4% YesNo 40.6%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 44.1% Yes

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.0% · strongest party

SVP36.0%

SP18.3%

GLP13.1%

FDP7.8%

GRÜNE7.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier112%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

112%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 95 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'517 CHF(11.5%)

Rank 94 of 160 in the canton · 202 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:11'517 CHF(~11.5%)

PfungenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Pfungen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.1%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.3%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.5%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.6%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.4%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.5%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.5%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.3%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.8%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.5%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.4%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.9%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24%	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 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'042 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

636 m

Mean elevation

459 m

Relief

262 m

Mean slope

12.4°

Flat share

28.4%

South-facing

4.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 262 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

25.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'700

Per inhabitant

6'101 kWh/yr

25 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 Pfungen →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

0.87 %

Second homes

5.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'846

Built before 194614.3%

Built since 200139.3%

0.87 %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

1'573

Workplaces

240

Services share

69.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 19 (1.2%) · Secondary 456 (29.0%) · Tertiary 1'098 (69.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

164 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 58 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 69/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number224

Websitepfungen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Winterthur

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Pfungen ranks

Largest municipalities4'170 #88 ZH · #535 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #91 ZH · #1111 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #71 ZH · #995 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #59 ZH · #906 CH Families & children20.9% #71 ZH · #833 CH Age structure15.7% #146 ZH · #1921 CH Women share49.9% #95 ZH · #987 CH Foreign residents26.5% #50 ZH · #473 CH Population density836/km² #55 ZH · #279 CH Tax burden11'517 #100 ZH · #208 CH Taxes112% #95 ZH Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #88 ZH · #770 CH Sunniest municipalities40.1% #104 ZH · #1795 CH Rainiest municipalities1'042 mm #105 ZH · #1424 CH Voter turnout50.8% #141 ZH · #1712 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #93 ZH · #1205 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #60 ZH · #216 CH SVP strongholds36% #91 ZH · #896 CH SP strongholds18.3% #20 ZH · #593 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #138 ZH · #1626 CH FDP strongholds7.8% #136 ZH · #1607 CH GLP strongholds13.1% #39 ZH · #88 CH Green strongholds7.8% #39 ZH · #910 CH Largest by area5 km² #123 ZH · #1541 CH Highest municipalities431 m #115 ZH · #1694 CH Second homes5.8% #119 ZH · #1989 CH Organic farming25% #35 ZH · #424 CH Best-connected municipalities58 min #96 ZH · #701 CH Remotest municipalities58 min #69 ZH · #1387 CH Highest peaks636 m #73 ZH · #1399 CH Highest-lying municipalities459 m #114 ZH · #1670 CH Greatest vertical range262 m #52 ZH · #1110 CH Steepest municipalities12.4° #11 ZH · #733 CH Solar potential25 GWh #88 ZH · #825 CH Solar potential per capita6'101 kWh #82 ZH · #1822 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #106 ZH · #190 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #131 ZH · #1994 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8422

Pfungen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Pfungen8422

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Pfungen?: The postal code of Pfungen is 8422.
What is the tax rate in Pfungen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Pfungen is 112% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Pfungen?: A single person without children pays about 11'517 CHF income tax in Pfungen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Pfungen have?: Pfungen has 4'170 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Pfungen?: Pfungen has 1'104 foreign residents, a share of 26.47% (2025).

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