What is the postal code of Rüschlikon?

The postal code of Rüschlikon is 8803.

What is the tax rate in Rüschlikon?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rüschlikon is 75% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Rüschlikon?

A single person without children pays about 9'767 CHF income tax in Rüschlikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rüschlikon have?

Rüschlikon has 6'449 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüschlikon?

Rüschlikon has 2'013 foreign residents, a share of 31.21% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Horgen

Rüschlikon

8803

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'310 51.3%

Men

3'139 48.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'469 22.8%

Swiss citizens

4'436 68.8%

Foreign residents

2'013 31.2%

Population density

2'201 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'469 · 22.8%20–64 · 3'821 · 59.2%65+ · 1'159 · 18.0%

Foreign residents 31.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +43 (+0.7%) · 75 births · 47 deaths · net migration +19

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 Rüschlikon

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 Horgen: 26.2% Yes

23.1% YesNo 76.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 25.3% Yes

24.6% YesNo 75.4%

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 Horgen: 67.1% Yes

64.3% YesNo 35.8%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 36.8% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 54.5% Yes

57.9% YesNo 42.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 41.6% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 54.1% Yes

51.2% YesNo 48.9%

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 Horgen: 36.0% Yes

28.1% YesNo 71.9%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 57.6% Yes

59.5% YesNo 40.5%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 38.5% Yes

28.3% YesNo 71.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.3% · strongest party

SVP26.3%

FDP25.6%

GLP13.8%

SP11.7%

Mitte11.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier75%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

75%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 5 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

9'767 CHF(9.8%)

Rank 5 of 160 in the canton · 52 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:9'767 CHF(~9.8%)

RüschlikonCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüschlikon	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.3%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.3%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.2%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.1%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	8.8%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	9.8%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	10.6%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.3%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	11.9%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	12.7%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.4%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	16.5%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	17.8%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.1%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.1%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'272 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

585 m

Mean elevation

493 m

Relief

179 m

Mean slope

7.3°

Flat share

42.7%

South-facing

7.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 179 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

23.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

31 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

Per inhabitant

3'684 kWh/yr

24 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 Rüschlikon →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

0.64 %

Second homes

11.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'979

Built before 194620.6%

Built since 200125.3%

0.64 %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

2'651

Workplaces

413

Services share

90 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 5 (0.2%) · Secondary 259 (9.8%) · Tertiary 2'387 (90.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

45 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 36 min · Car 19 min

AgglomerationPT 34 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 147/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number139

Websiterueschlikon.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Horgen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüschlikon ranks

Largest municipalities6'449 #57 ZH · #315 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #80 ZH · #984 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #81 ZH · #1118 CH Jobs per resident0.41 #48 ZH · #790 CH Families & children22.8% #14 ZH · #344 CH Age structure18% #118 ZH · #1637 CH Women share51.3% #14 ZH · #279 CH Foreign residents31.2% #25 ZH · #262 CH Population density2'201/km² #14 ZH · #54 CH Tax burden9'767 #5 ZH · #52 CH Taxes75% #5 ZH Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #8 ZH · #301 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #40 ZH · #1298 CH Rainiest municipalities1'272 mm #32 ZH · #538 CH Voter turnout63.3% #52 ZH · #301 CH Against Switzerland11.8% #71 ZH · #1102 CH Aligned with Switzerland88.2% #82 ZH · #326 CH SVP strongholds26.3% #149 ZH · #1497 CH SP strongholds11.7% #114 ZH · #1330 CH Centre strongholds11.1% #16 ZH · #1101 CH FDP strongholds25.6% #8 ZH · #207 CH GLP strongholds13.8% #29 ZH · #59 CH Green strongholds6.6% #95 ZH · #1182 CH Largest by area2.9 km² #146 ZH · #1878 CH Highest municipalities444 m #96 ZH · #1581 CH Second homes11.8% #7 ZH · #932 CH Organic farming50% #6 ZH · #107 CH Best-connected municipalities36 min #14 ZH · #169 CH Remotest municipalities36 min #147 ZH · #1933 CH Highest peaks585 m #99 ZH · #1595 CH Highest-lying municipalities493 m #77 ZH · #1464 CH Greatest vertical range179 m #96 ZH · #1446 CH Steepest municipalities7.3° #52 ZH · #1192 CH Solar potential24 GWh #94 ZH · #885 CH Solar potential per capita3'684 kWh #150 ZH · #2068 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #80 ZH · #164 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #105 ZH · #1968 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

8803

Rüschlikon

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Rüschlikon8803

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüschlikon?: The postal code of Rüschlikon is 8803.
What is the tax rate in Rüschlikon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüschlikon is 75% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüschlikon?: A single person without children pays about 9'767 CHF income tax in Rüschlikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 5 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüschlikon have?: Rüschlikon has 6'449 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüschlikon?: Rüschlikon has 2'013 foreign residents, a share of 31.21% (2025).

Map

OpenStreetMap

Compare

Rüschlikon compared with