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).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Horgen

Wädenswil

8804–8825

ZH CANTON8804 8820 8824 8825

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

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%

Population change 2025: +308 (+1.2%) · 207 births · 184 deaths · net migration +241

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 Wädenswil

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

26.5% YesNo 73.5%

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

27.4% YesNo 72.6%

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

65.3% YesNo 34.7%

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

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

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

55.2% YesNo 44.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 41.6% 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% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 54.1% 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% YesDistrict Bezirk Horgen: 36.0% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

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

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

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

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

All federal votes →

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

4'641 kWh/yr

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 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 Wädenswil →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

0.36 %

Second homes

8.8 %

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 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

10'270

Workplaces

1'881

Services share

80.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 417 (4.1%) · Secondary 1'623 (15.8%) · Tertiary 8'230 (80.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

132

Organic share

12.1 %

Farmland

2'173 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 57 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 52 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 75/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number293

Websitewaedenswil.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Horgen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wädenswil ranks

Largest municipalities26'012 #7 ZH · #35 CH Growing municipalities1.2% #54 ZH · #682 CH Shrinking municipalities1.2% #108 ZH · #1422 CH Jobs per resident0.39 #55 ZH · #871 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 turnout59.2% #99 ZH · #677 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #136 ZH · #1389 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #16 ZH · #40 CH SVP strongholds30.4% #128 ZH · #1244 CH SP strongholds16.3% #42 ZH · #805 CH Centre strongholds13.9% #4 ZH · #905 CH FDP strongholds12.4% #57 ZH · #1100 CH GLP strongholds10% #109 ZH · #311 CH Green strongholds9.2% #18 ZH · #671 CH Largest by area35.6 km² #3 ZH · #260 CH Highest municipalities597 m #19 ZH · #831 CH Second homes8.8% #36 ZH · #1433 CH Organic farming12.1% #93 ZH · #1075 CH Best-connected municipalities57 min #91 ZH · #675 CH Remotest municipalities57 min #75 ZH · #1420 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 Solar potential per capita4'641 kWh #123 ZH · #2014 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #124 ZH · #208 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #149 ZH · #2012 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Au ZH8804 Hütten8825 Schönenberg ZH8824 Wädenswil8820

Nearby municipalities

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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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