What is the postal code of Richterswil?

Richterswil has 2 postal codes: 8805, 8833.

What is the tax rate in Richterswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Richterswil is 99% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Richterswil?

A single person without children pays about 10'902 CHF income tax in Richterswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 39 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Richterswil have?

Richterswil has 14'545 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Richterswil?

Richterswil has 3'214 foreign residents, a share of 22.1% (2025).

Richterswil (ZH): Postal Codes 8805–8833, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

7'484 51.5%

Men

7'061 48.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'102 21.3%

Swiss citizens

11'331 77.9%

Foreign residents

3'214 22.1%

Population density

1'932 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'102 · 21.3%20–64 · 8'393 · 57.7%65+ · 3'050 · 21.0%

Foreign residents 22.1%0%64.0%

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

Vote results for Richterswil

BFS

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

55.4% YesNo 44.6%

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

44.3% YesNo 55.8%

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

55.3% YesNo 44.7%

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

36.4% YesNo 63.7%

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

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

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

38.9% YesNo 61.1%

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

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

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

60.5% YesNo 39.5%

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

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

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

25.8% YesNo 74.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.8% · strongest party

SVP29.8%

SP17.1%

FDP13.9%

Mitte12.2%

GLP11.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier99%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

99%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 39 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'902 CHF(10.9%)

Rank 39 of 160 in the canton · 108 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:10'902 CHF(~10.9%)

RichterswilCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Richterswil	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.9%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.1%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.1%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.1%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.9%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.9%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.8%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.6%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.3%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.1%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.5%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.2%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.5%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	20.9%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'343 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

726 m

Mean elevation

564 m

Relief

320 m

Mean slope

6.8°

Flat share

44.1%

South-facing

4.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 320 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

54.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

74.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'100

54 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

0.39 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

6'619

Built before 194616.9%

Built since 200129.8%

0.39 %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 52 min · Car 30 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 92/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiterichterswil.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities14'545 #22 ZH · #100 CH Families & children21.3% #50 ZH · #699 CH Age structure21% #52 ZH · #1033 CH Women share51.5% #9 ZH · #226 CH Foreign residents22.1% #77 ZH · #706 CH Population density1'932/km² #19 ZH · #84 CH Tax burden10'902 #42 ZH · #111 CH Taxes99% #39 ZH Warmest municipalities10 °C #23 ZH · #474 CH Sunniest municipalities42% #18 ZH · #1122 CH Rainiest municipalities1'343 mm #18 ZH · #433 CH Voter turnout58.3% #100 ZH · #652 CH Against Switzerland8% #114 ZH · #1314 CH Aligned with Switzerland92% #31 ZH · #114 CH SVP strongholds29.8% #134 ZH · #1278 CH SP strongholds17.1% #37 ZH · #720 CH Centre strongholds12.2% #10 ZH · #1018 CH FDP strongholds13.9% #42 ZH · #927 CH GLP strongholds11.8% #73 ZH · #163 CH Green strongholds7.6% #44 ZH · #940 CH Largest by area7.5 km² #90 ZH · #1194 CH Highest municipalities588 m #22 ZH · #858 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #92 ZH · #1566 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #70 ZH · #516 CH Highest peaks726 m #43 ZH · #1136 CH Highest-lying municipalities564 m #40 ZH · #1156 CH Greatest vertical range320 m #35 ZH · #958 CH Steepest municipalities6.8° #69 ZH · #1264 CH Solar potential54 GWh #30 ZH · #279 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #75 ZH · #136 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #111 ZH · #1996 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Richterswil8805 Samstagern8833

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Richterswil?: Richterswil has 2 postal codes: 8805, 8833.
What is the tax rate in Richterswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Richterswil is 99% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Richterswil?: A single person without children pays about 10'902 CHF income tax in Richterswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 39 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Richterswil have?: Richterswil has 14'545 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Richterswil?: Richterswil has 3'214 foreign residents, a share of 22.1% (2025).

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