What is the postal code of Stäfa?

Stäfa has 3 postal codes: 8634, 8712, 8713.

What is the tax rate in Stäfa?

The municipal tax multiplier of Stäfa is 83% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Stäfa?

A single person without children pays about 10'145 CHF income tax in Stäfa on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Stäfa have?

Stäfa has 15'232 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Stäfa?

Stäfa has 3'269 foreign residents, a share of 21.46% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Meilen

Stäfa

8634–8713

ZH CANTON8634 8712 8713

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

7'836 51.4%

Men

7'396 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'816 18.5%

Swiss citizens

11'963 78.5%

Foreign residents

3'269 21.5%

Population density

1'773 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'816 · 18.5%20–64 · 8'664 · 56.9%65+ · 3'752 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 21.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +80 (+0.5%) · 111 births · 123 deaths · net migration +96

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 Stäfa

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 Meilen: 25.1% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 25.7% Yes

23.3% YesNo 76.7%

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 Meilen: 65.6% Yes

66.0% YesNo 34.0%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 34.1% Yes

36.8% YesNo 63.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 59.6% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 40.7% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 52.4% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.0%

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 Meilen: 30.0% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 58.5% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.4%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Meilen: 30.6% Yes

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP24.7% · strongest party

SVP24.7%

SP19.5%

FDP16.9%

GLP15.1%

GRÜNE9.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier83%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

83%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 14 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'145 CHF(10.1%)

Rank 14 of 160 in the canton · 64 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:10'145 CHF(~10.1%)

StäfaCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Stäfa	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.4%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.5%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.6%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.5%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.5%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.1%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.1%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	13.1%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.5%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	17.1%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	18.4%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.7%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.8%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.7%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'335 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

627 m

Mean elevation

497 m

Relief

221 m

Mean slope

6.9°

Flat share

46.9%

South-facing

35.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 221 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

64.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

89.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'400

Per inhabitant

4'245 kWh/yr

65 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

25.6 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.57 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.4 Rp./kWh

25.6 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 24.63 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Energie und Wasser, Gemeindewerke Stäfa

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 Stäfa →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

0.73 %

Second homes

7.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

7'435

Built before 194619.0%

Built since 200127.8%

0.73 %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

6'748

Workplaces

1'081

Services share

57.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 81 (1.2%) · Secondary 2'810 (41.6%) · Tertiary 3'857 (57.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15 %

Farmland

244 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 98/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number158

Websitestaefa.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Meilen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Stäfa ranks

Largest municipalities15'232 #20 ZH · #92 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #89 ZH · #1083 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #72 ZH · #1022 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #40 ZH · #691 CH Families & children18.5% #144 ZH · #1568 CH Age structure24.6% #8 ZH · #437 CH Women share51.4% #12 ZH · #247 CH Foreign residents21.5% #79 ZH · #745 CH Population density1'773/km² #22 ZH · #95 CH Tax burden10'145 #14 ZH · #64 CH Taxes83% #14 ZH Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #112 ZH · #945 CH Sunniest municipalities42.8% #7 ZH · #1019 CH Rainiest municipalities1'335 mm #21 ZH · #444 CH Voter turnout65.8% #29 ZH · #172 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #99 ZH · #1258 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #43 ZH · #157 CH SVP strongholds24.7% #153 ZH · #1569 CH SP strongholds19.5% #11 ZH · #499 CH Centre strongholds7.8% #95 ZH · #1461 CH FDP strongholds16.9% #20 ZH · #660 CH GLP strongholds15.1% #11 ZH · #25 CH Green strongholds9.1% #19 ZH · #688 CH Largest by area8.6 km² #73 ZH · #1081 CH Highest municipalities523 m #44 ZH · #1104 CH Second homes7.9% #58 ZH · #1653 CH Organic farming15% #74 ZH · #877 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #66 ZH · #493 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #98 ZH · #1602 CH Highest peaks627 m #79 ZH · #1432 CH Highest-lying municipalities497 m #74 ZH · #1434 CH Greatest vertical range221 m #71 ZH · #1267 CH Steepest municipalities6.9° #65 ZH · #1248 CH Solar potential65 GWh #23 ZH · #202 CH Solar potential per capita4'245 kWh #135 ZH · #2038 CH Cheapest electricity25.6 Rp./kWh #141 ZH · #723 CH Most expensive electricity25.6 Rp./kWh #19 ZH · #1384 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Hombrechtikon8634 Stäfa8712 Uerikon8713

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Stäfa?: Stäfa has 3 postal codes: 8634, 8712, 8713.
What is the tax rate in Stäfa?: The municipal tax multiplier of Stäfa is 83% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Stäfa?: A single person without children pays about 10'145 CHF income tax in Stäfa on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Stäfa have?: Stäfa has 15'232 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Stäfa?: Stäfa has 3'269 foreign residents, a share of 21.46% (2025).

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