What is the postal code of Uitikon?

Uitikon has 2 postal codes: 8142, 8143.

What is the tax rate in Uitikon?

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

How much tax do you pay in Uitikon?

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

How many residents does Uitikon have?

Uitikon has 5'749 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Uitikon?

Uitikon has 1'271 foreign residents, a share of 22.11% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Dietikon

Uitikon

8142–8143

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'876 50.0%

Men

2'873 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'290 22.4%

Swiss citizens

4'478 77.9%

Foreign residents

1'271 22.1%

Population density

1'313 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'290 · 22.4%20–64 · 3'359 · 58.4%65+ · 1'100 · 19.1%

Foreign residents 22.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +50 (+0.9%) · 69 births · 44 deaths · net migration +30

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 Uitikon

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

19.2% YesNo 80.8%

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

22.9% YesNo 77.2%

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

65.2% YesNo 34.8%

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

30.3% YesNo 69.7%

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

64.5% YesNo 35.5%

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

38.5% YesNo 61.5%

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

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

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 Dietikon: 37.1% Yes

20.7% YesNo 79.3%

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

60.6% YesNo 39.4%

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

20.6% YesNo 79.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.2% · strongest party

SVP29.2%

FDP28.4%

GLP15.4%

Mitte9.6%

SP9.1%

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 11 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%)

UitikonCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Uitikon	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'112 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

796 m

Mean elevation

596 m

Relief

322 m

Mean slope

7.4°

Flat share

37.8%

South-facing

19.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 322 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

25.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

34.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'700

Per inhabitant

4'441 kWh/yr

26 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 Uitikon →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

0.5 %

Second homes

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'622

Built before 19467.1%

Built since 200139.1%

0.5 %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

1'270

Workplaces

327

Services share

90.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 22 (1.7%) · Secondary 100 (7.9%) · Tertiary 1'148 (90.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

109 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 35 min · Car 22 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 152/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number248

Websiteuitikon.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Dietikon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Uitikon ranks

Largest municipalities5'749 #65 ZH · #364 CH Growing municipalities0.9% #71 ZH · #861 CH Shrinking municipalities0.9% #90 ZH · #1246 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #137 ZH · #1663 CH Families & children22.4% #19 ZH · #434 CH Age structure19.1% #91 ZH · #1413 CH Women share50% #80 ZH · #906 CH Foreign residents22.1% #76 ZH · #705 CH Population density1'313/km² #34 ZH · #149 CH Tax burden9'908 #11 ZH · #60 CH Taxes78% #11 ZH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #72 ZH · #681 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #75 ZH · #1586 CH Rainiest municipalities1'112 mm #75 ZH · #1038 CH Voter turnout68.9% #10 ZH · #84 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #52 ZH · #978 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #105 ZH · #434 CH SVP strongholds29.2% #138 ZH · #1315 CH SP strongholds9.1% #152 ZH · #1601 CH Centre strongholds9.6% #42 ZH · #1239 CH FDP strongholds28.4% #5 ZH · #122 CH GLP strongholds15.4% #10 ZH · #22 CH Green strongholds5.2% #131 ZH · #1505 CH Largest by area4.4 km² #132 ZH · #1637 CH Highest municipalities567 m #28 ZH · #937 CH Second homes8.7% #38 ZH · #1452 CH Organic farming0% #156 ZH · #1623 CH Best-connected municipalities35 min #11 ZH · #156 CH Remotest municipalities35 min #152 ZH · #1947 CH Highest peaks796 m #32 ZH · #997 CH Highest-lying municipalities596 m #25 ZH · #1025 CH Greatest vertical range322 m #34 ZH · #954 CH Steepest municipalities7.4° #50 ZH · #1175 CH Solar potential26 GWh #87 ZH · #821 CH Solar potential per capita4'441 kWh #131 ZH · #2026 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #119 ZH · #203 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #144 ZH · #2007 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Uetliberg8143 Uitikon Waldegg8142

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Uitikon?: Uitikon has 2 postal codes: 8142, 8143.
What is the tax rate in Uitikon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Uitikon is 78% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Uitikon?: A single person without children pays about 9'908 CHF income tax in Uitikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Uitikon have?: Uitikon has 5'749 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Uitikon?: Uitikon has 1'271 foreign residents, a share of 22.11% (2025).

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