What is the postal code of Schlieren?

Schlieren has 2 postal codes: 8902, 8952.

What is the tax rate in Schlieren?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schlieren is 111% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Schlieren?

A single person without children pays about 11'469 CHF income tax in Schlieren on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 86 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schlieren have?

Schlieren has 20'474 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schlieren?

Schlieren has 9'496 foreign residents, a share of 46.38% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Dietikon

Schlieren

8902–8952

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

9'862 48.2%

Men

10'612 51.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'732 18.2%

Swiss citizens

10'978 53.6%

Foreign residents

9'496 46.4%

Population density

3'107 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'732 · 18.2%20–64 · 13'885 · 67.8%65+ · 2'857 · 14.0%

Foreign residents 46.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +83 (+0.4%) · 232 births · 158 deaths · net migration +12

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 Schlieren

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 Dietikon: 25.1% Yes

29.1% YesNo 70.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 28.1% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

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 Dietikon: 65.8% Yes

69.6% YesNo 30.4%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 35.2% Yes

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 55.3% Yes

46.1% YesNo 53.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 46.2% Yes

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 57.1% Yes

60.1% YesNo 39.9%

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 Dietikon: 37.1% Yes

47.9% YesNo 52.1%

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

52.2% YesNo 47.8%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Dietikon: 38.8% Yes

50.5% YesNo 49.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.6% · strongest party

SVP26.6%

SP23.1%

GLP12.2%

GRÜNE10.9%

FDP10.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier111%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

111%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 93 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'469 CHF(11.5%)

Rank 86 of 160 in the canton · 187 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:11'469 CHF(~11.5%)

SchlierenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schlieren	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	12.4%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.2%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.9%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.7%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.5%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.3%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.4%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.8%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.9%	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 1991–20201'109 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

434 m

Relief

198 m

Mean slope

4.2°

Flat share

66.7%

South-facing

0.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 198 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

86.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

115 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

19'300

Per inhabitant

4'241 kWh/yr

87 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300583 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Zurich411 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Schlieren →Canton Zurich →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.03 %

Second homes

8.2 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

9'885

Built before 194610.5%

Built since 200136.9%

0.03 %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

23'280

Workplaces

1'551

Services share

85.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 28 (0.1%) · Secondary 3'377 (14.5%) · Tertiary 19'875 (85.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

50 %

Farmland

164 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 33 min · Car 22 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 157/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number247

Websiteschlieren.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Dietikon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schlieren ranks

Largest municipalities20'474 #13 ZH · #54 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #97 ZH · #1157 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #64 ZH · #946 CH Jobs per resident1.14 #5 ZH · #69 CH Families & children18.2% #149 ZH · #1626 CH Age structure14% #155 ZH · #2045 CH Women share48.2% #154 ZH · #1800 CH Foreign residents46.4% #2 ZH · #20 CH Population density3'107/km² #6 ZH · #27 CH Tax burden11'469 #90 ZH · #191 CH Taxes111% #93 ZH Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #9 ZH · #302 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #70 ZH · #1547 CH Rainiest municipalities1'109 mm #77 ZH · #1051 CH Voter turnout42.3% #159 ZH · #2086 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #121 ZH · #1321 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #38 ZH · #121 CH SVP strongholds26.6% #148 ZH · #1479 CH SP strongholds23.1% #4 ZH · #258 CH Centre strongholds9% #57 ZH · #1300 CH FDP strongholds10.6% #80 ZH · #1310 CH GLP strongholds12.2% #63 ZH · #139 CH Green strongholds10.9% #6 ZH · #452 CH Largest by area6.6 km² #97 ZH · #1313 CH Highest municipalities410 m #137 ZH · #1840 CH Second homes8.2% #48 ZH · #1583 CH Organic farming50% #7 ZH · #108 CH Best-connected municipalities33 min #6 ZH · #122 CH Remotest municipalities33 min #157 ZH · #1984 CH Highest peaks585 m #100 ZH · #1596 CH Highest-lying municipalities434 m #137 ZH · #1834 CH Greatest vertical range198 m #90 ZH · #1377 CH Steepest municipalities4.2° #127 ZH · #1706 CH Solar potential87 GWh #15 ZH · #120 CH Solar potential per capita4'241 kWh #136 ZH · #2039 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #118 ZH · #202 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #143 ZH · #2006 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Schlieren8952 Urdorf8902

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schlieren?: Schlieren has 2 postal codes: 8902, 8952.
What is the tax rate in Schlieren?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schlieren is 111% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Schlieren?: A single person without children pays about 11'469 CHF income tax in Schlieren on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 86 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schlieren have?: Schlieren has 20'474 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schlieren?: Schlieren has 9'496 foreign residents, a share of 46.38% (2025).

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