What is the postal code of Wädenswil?

Wädenswil has 4 postal codes: 8804, 8820, 8824, 8825.

What is the tax rate in Wädenswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wädenswil is 102% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Wädenswil?

A single person without children pays about 11'044 CHF income tax in Wädenswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 52 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wädenswil have?

Wädenswil has 26'012 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wädenswil?

Wädenswil has 6'482 foreign residents, a share of 24.92% (2025).

Wädenswil (ZH): Postal Codes 8804–8825, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

13'266 51.0%

Men

12'746 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

5'143 19.8%

Swiss citizens

19'530 75.1%

Foreign residents

6'482 24.9%

Population density

730 pop./km²

0–19 · 5'143 · 19.8%20–64 · 15'333 · 58.9%65+ · 5'536 · 21.3%

Foreign residents 24.9%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Wädenswil

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

55.2% YesNo 44.8%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

45.4% YesNo 54.6%

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

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

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% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

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

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

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 · 39.3% Yes

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% Yes

60.2% YesNo 39.8%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative für mehr günstige und gemeinnützige Wohnungen («Wohnungsinitiative»)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.3% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 25.1% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.4% · strongest party

SVP30.4%

SP16.3%

Mitte13.9%

FDP12.4%

GLP10.0%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier102%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

102%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 52 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'044 CHF(11%)

Rank 52 of 160 in the canton · 124 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:11'044 CHF(~11%)

WädenswilCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wädenswil	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.9%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.2%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.2%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.2%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	12.7%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	13.4%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	14.2%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	16.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	18.4%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.7%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	21.1%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.3%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	23.2%	20.7–25.3%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'415 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'213 m

Mean elevation

639 m

Relief

807 m

Mean slope

8.8°

Flat share

38.4%

South-facing

8.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 807 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

120.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

164.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

26'800

121 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

24.14 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.11 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.23 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.46 Rp./kWh

24.14 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 24.76 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.36 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

12'434

Built before 194622.1%

Built since 200122.0%

0.36 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 52 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 76/160 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitewaedenswil.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities26'012 #7 ZH · #35 CH Families & children19.8% #119 ZH · #1210 CH Age structure21.3% #49 ZH · #984 CH Women share51% #23 ZH · #378 CH Foreign residents24.9% #58 ZH · #560 CH Population density730/km² #67 ZH · #341 CH Tax burden11'044 #54 ZH · #126 CH Taxes102% #52 ZH Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #120 ZH · #1022 CH Sunniest municipalities42.3% #11 ZH · #1069 CH Rainiest municipalities1'415 mm #10 ZH · #334 CH Voter turnout58.8% #92 ZH · #597 CH Against Switzerland6% #136 ZH · #1390 CH Aligned with Switzerland94% #16 ZH · #40 CH SVP strongholds30.4% #128 ZH · #1242 CH SP strongholds16.3% #42 ZH · #800 CH Centre strongholds13.9% #4 ZH · #900 CH FDP strongholds12.4% #57 ZH · #1098 CH GLP strongholds10% #109 ZH · #311 CH Green strongholds9.2% #18 ZH · #668 CH Largest by area35.6 km² #3 ZH · #260 CH Highest municipalities597 m #19 ZH · #831 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #76 ZH · #1422 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #91 ZH · #674 CH Highest peaks1'213 m #3 ZH · #596 CH Highest-lying municipalities639 m #18 ZH · #907 CH Greatest vertical range807 m #1 ZH · #506 CH Steepest municipalities8.8° #36 ZH · #1036 CH Solar potential121 GWh #7 ZH · #52 CH Cheapest electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #119 ZH · #180 CH Most expensive electricity24.14 Rp./kWh #155 ZH · #2040 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Au ZH8804 Hütten8825 Schönenberg ZH8824 Wädenswil8820

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wädenswil?: Wädenswil has 4 postal codes: 8804, 8820, 8824, 8825.
What is the tax rate in Wädenswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wädenswil is 102% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Wädenswil?: A single person without children pays about 11'044 CHF income tax in Wädenswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 52 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wädenswil have?: Wädenswil has 26'012 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wädenswil?: Wädenswil has 6'482 foreign residents, a share of 24.92% (2025).

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