What is the postal code of Rifferswil?

The postal code of Rifferswil is 8911.

What is the tax rate in Rifferswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rifferswil is 120% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Rifferswil?

A single person without children pays about 11'895 CHF income tax in Rifferswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 145 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rifferswil have?

Rifferswil has 1'213 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rifferswil?

Rifferswil has 141 foreign residents, a share of 11.62% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Affoltern

Rifferswil

8911

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

627 51.7%

Men

586 48.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

305 25.1%

Swiss citizens

1'072 88.4%

Foreign residents

141 11.6%

Population density

186 pop./km²

0–19 · 305 · 25.1%20–64 · 672 · 55.4%65+ · 236 · 19.5%

Foreign residents 11.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +33 (+2.8%) · 10 births · 6 deaths · net migration +31

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 Rifferswil

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

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

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

66.1% YesNo 33.9%

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

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

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

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

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

39.6% YesNo 60.4%

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

52.6% YesNo 47.5%

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 Affoltern: 33.0% Yes

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

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

56.0% YesNo 44.1%

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

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP28.7% · strongest party

SVP28.7%

SP17.2%

GRÜNE16.2%

GLP11.5%

FDP8.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier120%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

120%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 145 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'895 CHF(11.9%)

Rank 145 of 160 in the canton · 288 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:11'895 CHF(~11.9%)

RifferswilCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rifferswil	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.5%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.8%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.9%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	10%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.8%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.9%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.9%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.2%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	16%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.9%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.6%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	21%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.5%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.7%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.7%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'258 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

676 m

Mean elevation

593 m

Relief

156 m

Mean slope

4.6°

Flat share

66.4%

South-facing

13.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 156 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

11.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

15.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'500

Per inhabitant

9'340 kWh/yr

11 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 Rifferswil →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

0.74 %

Second homes

10.8 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

544

Built before 194634.9%

Built since 200140.4%

0.74 %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

305

Workplaces

102

Services share

58.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 46 (15.1%) · Secondary 81 (26.6%) · Tertiary 178 (58.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.1 %

Farmland

329 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 50 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 41/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number12

Websiterifferswil.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Affoltern

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rifferswil ranks

Largest municipalities1'213 #137 ZH · #1316 CH Growing municipalities2.8% #9 ZH · #179 CH Shrinking municipalities2.8% #151 ZH · #1928 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #104 ZH · #1503 CH Families & children25.1% #4 ZH · #74 CH Age structure19.5% #84 ZH · #1333 CH Women share51.7% #6 ZH · #185 CH Foreign residents11.6% #144 ZH · #1575 CH Population density186/km² #133 ZH · #1073 CH Tax burden11'895 #148 ZH · #291 CH Taxes120% #145 ZH Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #114 ZH · #1016 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #34 ZH · #1263 CH Rainiest municipalities1'258 mm #35 ZH · #562 CH Voter turnout66.2% #27 ZH · #159 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #15 ZH · #393 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #130 ZH · #1014 CH SVP strongholds28.7% #141 ZH · #1350 CH SP strongholds17.2% #34 ZH · #712 CH Centre strongholds4.5% #155 ZH · #1840 CH FDP strongholds8.5% #119 ZH · #1544 CH GLP strongholds11.5% #76 ZH · #173 CH Green strongholds16.2% #1 ZH · #82 CH Largest by area6.5 km² #100 ZH · #1328 CH Highest municipalities585 m #23 ZH · #869 CH Second homes10.8% #13 ZH · #1089 CH Organic farming7.1% #118 ZH · #1410 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #118 ZH · #864 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #41 ZH · #1217 CH Highest peaks676 m #54 ZH · #1277 CH Highest-lying municipalities593 m #26 ZH · #1036 CH Greatest vertical range156 m #108 ZH · #1555 CH Steepest municipalities4.6° #112 ZH · #1641 CH Solar potential11 GWh #137 ZH · #1459 CH Solar potential per capita9'340 kWh #27 ZH · #1189 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #18 ZH · #102 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #43 ZH · #1906 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8911

Rifferswil

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Rifferswil8911

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rifferswil?: The postal code of Rifferswil is 8911.
What is the tax rate in Rifferswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rifferswil is 120% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Rifferswil?: A single person without children pays about 11'895 CHF income tax in Rifferswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 145 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rifferswil have?: Rifferswil has 1'213 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rifferswil?: Rifferswil has 141 foreign residents, a share of 11.62% (2025).

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