What is the postal code of Thalwil?

Thalwil has 2 postal codes: 8136, 8800.

What is the tax rate in Thalwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Thalwil is 78% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Thalwil?

A single person without children pays about 9'908 CHF income tax in Thalwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Thalwil have?

Thalwil has 18'835 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Thalwil?

Thalwil has 5'933 foreign residents, a share of 31.5% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Horgen

Thalwil

8136–8800

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

9'627 51.1%

Men

9'208 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'879 20.6%

Swiss citizens

12'902 68.5%

Foreign residents

5'933 31.5%

Population density

3'418 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'879 · 20.6%20–64 · 11'326 · 60.1%65+ · 3'630 · 19.3%

Foreign residents 31.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +322 (+1.7%) · 204 births · 140 deaths · net migration +260

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 Thalwil

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

25.7% YesNo 74.3%

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

21.9% YesNo 78.1%

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 Horgen: 67.1% Yes

68.9% YesNo 31.1%

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

38.2% YesNo 61.8%

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

53.4% YesNo 46.6%

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

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

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

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

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

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

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

57.7% YesNo 42.3%

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

40.1% YesNo 59.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP23.7% · strongest party

SVP23.7%

FDP18.6%

SP18.0%

GLP14.3%

Mitte11.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier78%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

78%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 10 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

9'908 CHF(9.9%)

Rank 10 of 160 in the canton · 59 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:9'908 CHF(~9.9%)

ThalwilCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Thalwil	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.4%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.4%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.4%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.3%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	8.9%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	9.9%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	10.8%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.5%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12.1%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	12.9%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.5%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.2%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	16.7%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	18%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.3%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.4%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.3%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'326 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

589 m

Mean elevation

496 m

Relief

183 m

Mean slope

7.7°

Flat share

39.5%

South-facing

4.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 183 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

51.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

70.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'400

Per inhabitant

2'725 kWh/yr

51 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 Thalwil →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

0.22 %

Second homes

8.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

9'402

Built before 194617.3%

Built since 200119.6%

0.22 %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

7'030

Workplaces

1'355

Services share

84.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 5 (0.1%) · Secondary 1'065 (15.1%) · Tertiary 5'960 (84.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

59 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 20 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 117/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number141

Head of governmentMärk Fankhauser · Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz

Websitethalwil.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Horgen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Thalwil ranks

Largest municipalities18'835 #16 ZH · #65 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #30 ZH · #431 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #131 ZH · #1673 CH Jobs per resident0.37 #62 ZH · #944 CH Families & children20.6% #85 ZH · #935 CH Age structure19.3% #85 ZH · #1367 CH Women share51.1% #17 ZH · #335 CH Foreign residents31.5% #23 ZH · #251 CH Population density3'418/km² #4 ZH · #22 CH Tax burden9'908 #10 ZH · #59 CH Taxes78% #10 ZH Warmest municipalities10 °C #24 ZH · #475 CH Sunniest municipalities41.4% #31 ZH · #1237 CH Rainiest municipalities1'326 mm #22 ZH · #457 CH Voter turnout62.2% #65 ZH · #399 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #115 ZH · #1315 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #32 ZH · #115 CH SVP strongholds23.7% #157 ZH · #1617 CH SP strongholds18% #22 ZH · #619 CH Centre strongholds11.1% #17 ZH · #1102 CH FDP strongholds18.6% #17 ZH · #546 CH GLP strongholds14.3% #23 ZH · #44 CH Green strongholds7.8% #38 ZH · #909 CH Largest by area5.5 km² #116 ZH · #1461 CH Highest municipalities589 m #21 ZH · #853 CH Second homes8.9% #32 ZH · #1418 CH Organic farming0% #149 ZH · #1616 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #47 ZH · #331 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #117 ZH · #1754 CH Highest peaks589 m #98 ZH · #1584 CH Highest-lying municipalities496 m #75 ZH · #1441 CH Greatest vertical range183 m #95 ZH · #1435 CH Steepest municipalities7.7° #45 ZH · #1136 CH Solar potential51 GWh #32 ZH · #311 CH Solar potential per capita2'725 kWh #158 ZH · #2101 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #81 ZH · #165 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #106 ZH · #1969 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Gattikon8136 Thalwil8800

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Thalwil?: Thalwil has 2 postal codes: 8136, 8800.
What is the tax rate in Thalwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Thalwil is 78% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Thalwil?: A single person without children pays about 9'908 CHF income tax in Thalwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Thalwil have?: Thalwil has 18'835 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Thalwil?: Thalwil has 5'933 foreign residents, a share of 31.5% (2025).

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