What is the postal code of Wasterkingen?

Wasterkingen has 2 postal codes: 8195, 8196.

What is the tax rate in Wasterkingen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wasterkingen is 116% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Wasterkingen?

A single person without children pays about 11'706 CHF income tax in Wasterkingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 124 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wasterkingen have?

Wasterkingen has 585 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wasterkingen?

Wasterkingen has 75 foreign residents, a share of 12.82% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Wasterkingen

8195–8196

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

287 49.1%

Men

298 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

105 17.9%

Swiss citizens

510 87.2%

Foreign residents

75 12.8%

Population density

148 pop./km²

0–19 · 105 · 17.9%20–64 · 321 · 54.9%65+ · 159 · 27.2%

Foreign residents 12.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −9 (−1.5%) · 6 births · 2 deaths · net migration −15

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 Wasterkingen

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 Bülach: 23.4% Yes

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 31.1% Yes

29.7% YesNo 70.3%

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 Bülach: 65.0% Yes

64.0% YesNo 36.0%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 34.7% Yes

30.6% YesNo 69.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 57.1% Yes

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 50.2% Yes

53.7% YesNo 46.3%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 60.7% Yes

66.8% YesNo 33.2%

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 Bülach: 36.1% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 57.9% Yes

60.8% YesNo 39.2%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Bülach: 37.6% Yes

27.7% YesNo 72.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP45.0% · strongest party

SVP45.0%

GLP14.6%

SP14.4%

Mitte8.6%

GRÜNE6.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier116%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

116%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 128 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'706 CHF(11.7%)

Rank 124 of 160 in the canton · 249 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:11'706 CHF(~11.7%)

WasterkingenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wasterkingen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.2%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.7%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	8.8%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	9.8%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.6%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	11.7%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	12.7%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.5%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.2%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	15.8%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	17.6%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.3%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.8%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.2%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.4%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.3%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'023 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

589 m

Mean elevation

462 m

Relief

224 m

Mean slope

7.2°

Flat share

35.3%

South-facing

40.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 224 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

5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

6.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'100

Per inhabitant

8'479 kWh/yr

5 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 Wasterkingen →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

1.35 %

Second homes

8.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

296

Built before 194631.4%

Built since 200120.6%

1.35 %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

Workplaces

Services share

48.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 21 (22.6%) · Secondary 27 (29.0%) · Tertiary 45 (48.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

187 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 70 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 58 min · Car 35 min

Remoteness 24/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number70

Websitewasterkingen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wasterkingen ranks

Largest municipalities585 #157 ZH · #1730 CH Growing municipalities-1.5% #154 ZH · #1919 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.5% #7 ZH · #189 CH Jobs per resident0.16 #154 ZH · #1930 CH Families & children17.9% #150 ZH · #1677 CH Age structure27.2% #2 ZH · #219 CH Women share49.1% #128 ZH · #1454 CH Foreign residents12.8% #136 ZH · #1464 CH Population density148/km² #143 ZH · #1231 CH Tax burden11'706 #128 ZH · #253 CH Taxes116% #128 ZH Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #130 ZH · #1193 CH Sunniest municipalities39.7% #144 ZH · #1987 CH Rainiest municipalities1'023 mm #109 ZH · #1525 CH Voter turnout64.6% #41 ZH · #220 CH SVP strongholds45% #35 ZH · #397 CH SP strongholds14.4% #64 ZH · #1003 CH Centre strongholds8.6% #68 ZH · #1355 CH FDP strongholds3.9% #158 ZH · #1928 CH GLP strongholds14.6% #15 ZH · #30 CH Green strongholds6.3% #101 ZH · #1242 CH Largest by area4 km² #135 ZH · #1701 CH Highest municipalities462 m #74 ZH · #1437 CH Second homes8.5% #40 ZH · #1508 CH Organic farming0% #140 ZH · #1607 CH Best-connected municipalities70 min #136 ZH · #1070 CH Remotest municipalities70 min #24 ZH · #1019 CH Highest peaks589 m #97 ZH · #1583 CH Highest-lying municipalities462 m #109 ZH · #1643 CH Greatest vertical range224 m #65 ZH · #1252 CH Steepest municipalities7.2° #56 ZH · #1207 CH Solar potential5 GWh #158 ZH · #1913 CH Solar potential per capita8'479 kWh #34 ZH · #1367 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #50 ZH · #134 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #75 ZH · #1938 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Wasterkingen8195 Wil ZH8196

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wasterkingen?: Wasterkingen has 2 postal codes: 8195, 8196.
What is the tax rate in Wasterkingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wasterkingen is 116% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Wasterkingen?: A single person without children pays about 11'706 CHF income tax in Wasterkingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 124 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wasterkingen have?: Wasterkingen has 585 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wasterkingen?: Wasterkingen has 75 foreign residents, a share of 12.82% (2025).

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