What is the postal code of Rickenbach?

The postal code of Rickenbach is 8545.

What is the tax rate in Rickenbach?

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

How much tax do you pay in Rickenbach?

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

How many residents does Rickenbach have?

Rickenbach has 2'895 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rickenbach?

Rickenbach has 406 foreign residents, a share of 14.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Winterthur

Rickenbach

8545

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'437 49.6%

Men

1'458 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

697 24.1%

Swiss citizens

2'489 86.0%

Foreign residents

406 14.0%

Population density

481 pop./km²

0–19 · 697 · 24.1%20–64 · 1'669 · 57.7%65+ · 529 · 18.3%

Foreign residents 14.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +45 (+1.6%) · 16 births · 27 deaths · net migration +55

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 Rickenbach

BFS

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine sichere Ernährung – durch Stärkung einer nachhaltigen inländischen Produktion, mehr pflanzliche Lebensmittel und sauberes Trinkwasser (Ernährungsinitiative)»Federal

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Wahrung der schweizerischen Neutralität (Neutralitätsinitiative)»Federal

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 46.2% Yes

58.7% YesNo 41.3%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 38.4% 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 Winterthur: 51.6% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

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

27.2% YesNo 72.9%

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

60.4% YesNo 39.6%

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

28.8% YesNo 71.2%

26.6% YesNo 73.4%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 56.6% Yes

64.4% YesNo 35.7%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 21.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP40.1% · strongest party

SVP40.1%

SP12.1%

GLP11.2%

FDP9.7%

Mitte9.6%

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 97 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%)

RickenbachCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rickenbach	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020939 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

488 m

Mean elevation

441 m

Relief

84 m

Mean slope

3.7°

Flat share

75.8%

South-facing

8.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 84 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

21.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'700

Per inhabitant

7'382 kWh/yr

21 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 Rickenbach →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

1.21 %

Second homes

6.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'236

Built before 194616.7%

Built since 200126.8%

1.21 %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

576

Workplaces

152

Services share

73.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 70 (12.2%) · Secondary 83 (14.4%) · Tertiary 423 (73.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.6 %

Farmland

395 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 37 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 42/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number225

Websiterickenbach.zh.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Winterthur

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rickenbach ranks

Largest municipalities2'895 #106 ZH · #748 CH Growing municipalities1.6% #32 ZH · #488 CH Shrinking municipalities1.6% #129 ZH · #1615 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #145 ZH · #1763 CH Families & children24.1% #6 ZH · #153 CH Age structure18.3% #112 ZH · #1583 CH Women share49.6% #110 ZH · #1173 CH Foreign residents14% #127 ZH · #1362 CH Population density481/km² #93 ZH · #524 CH Tax burden11'517 #102 ZH · #210 CH Taxes112% #97 ZH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #69 ZH · #678 CH Sunniest municipalities39.9% #128 ZH · #1926 CH Rainiest municipalities939 mm #138 ZH · #1843 CH Voter turnout57.6% #108 ZH · #734 CH Against Switzerland9% #105 ZH · #1264 CH Aligned with Switzerland91% #49 ZH · #163 CH SVP strongholds40.1% #66 ZH · #653 CH SP strongholds12.1% #109 ZH · #1282 CH Centre strongholds9.6% #41 ZH · #1238 CH FDP strongholds9.7% #97 ZH · #1429 CH GLP strongholds11.2% #86 ZH · #200 CH Green strongholds7.3% #61 ZH · #1014 CH Largest by area6 km² #108 ZH · #1390 CH Highest municipalities425 m #121 ZH · #1739 CH Second homes6.1% #113 ZH · #1959 CH Organic farming5.6% #124 ZH · #1500 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #119 ZH · #865 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #42 ZH · #1218 CH Highest peaks488 m #146 ZH · #1921 CH Highest-lying municipalities441 m #131 ZH · #1789 CH Greatest vertical range84 m #146 ZH · #1913 CH Steepest municipalities3.7° #140 ZH · #1792 CH Solar potential21 GWh #98 ZH · #959 CH Solar potential per capita7'382 kWh #52 ZH · #1605 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #107 ZH · #191 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #132 ZH · #1995 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8545

Rickenbach ZH

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Rickenbach Sulz8545 Rickenbach ZH8545

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rickenbach?: The postal code of Rickenbach is 8545.
What is the tax rate in Rickenbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rickenbach is 112% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Rickenbach?: A single person without children pays about 11'517 CHF income tax in Rickenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rickenbach have?: Rickenbach has 2'895 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rickenbach?: Rickenbach has 406 foreign residents, a share of 14.02% (2025).

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