What is the postal code of Wiesendangen?

Wiesendangen has 4 postal codes: 8542, 8543, 8544, 8546.

What is the tax rate in Wiesendangen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wiesendangen is 86% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Wiesendangen?

A single person without children pays about 10'287 CHF income tax in Wiesendangen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 18 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wiesendangen have?

Wiesendangen has 6'852 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wiesendangen?

Wiesendangen has 732 foreign residents, a share of 10.68% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Winterthur

Wiesendangen

8542–8546

ZH CANTON8542 8543 8544 8546

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'442 50.2%

Men

3'410 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'464 21.4%

Swiss citizens

6'120 89.3%

Foreign residents

732 10.7%

Population density

357 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'464 · 21.4%20–64 · 3'894 · 56.8%65+ · 1'494 · 21.8%

Foreign residents 10.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +54 (+0.8%) · 62 births · 40 deaths · net migration +22

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 Wiesendangen

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 Winterthur: 31.4% Yes

22.9% YesNo 77.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 24.1% Yes

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

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 Winterthur: 67.8% Yes

59.6% YesNo 40.4%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 41.4% Yes

27.1% YesNo 72.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 46.2% Yes

57.6% YesNo 42.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 38.4% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.8%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 51.6% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.9%

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 Winterthur: 42.5% Yes

26.6% YesNo 73.4%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 53.2% Yes

60.9% YesNo 39.1%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Winterthur: 44.1% Yes

28.4% YesNo 71.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP38.2% · strongest party

SVP38.2%

FDP13.0%

GLP11.9%

SP11.6%

Mitte9.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier86%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

86%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 18 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'287 CHF(10.3%)

Rank 18 of 160 in the canton · 73 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:10'287 CHF(~10.3%)

WiesendangenCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wiesendangen	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.5%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.7%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.7%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.6%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	9.3%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	10.3%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	11.2%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.9%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12.5%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	13.3%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	14%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.7%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	17.3%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	18.6%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.9%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	21%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.9%	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 1991–2020954 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

649 m

Mean elevation

508 m

Relief

248 m

Mean slope

4.7°

Flat share

62.4%

South-facing

6.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 248 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 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

67.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'300

Per inhabitant

7'449 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300544 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Zurich411 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Wiesendangen →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

0.3 %

Second homes

5.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

2'951

Built before 194617.1%

Built since 200131.5%

0.3 %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

1'608

Workplaces

416

Services share

72.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 158 (9.8%) · Secondary 281 (17.5%) · Tertiary 1'169 (72.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

20 %

Farmland

1'235 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 64 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 40/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number298

Websitewiesendangen.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Winterthur

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wiesendangen ranks

Largest municipalities6'852 #52 ZH · #289 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #74 ZH · #906 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #87 ZH · #1196 CH Jobs per resident0.23 #131 ZH · #1618 CH Families & children21.4% #48 ZH · #673 CH Age structure21.8% #38 ZH · #888 CH Women share50.2% #71 ZH · #780 CH Foreign residents10.7% #149 ZH · #1651 CH Population density357/km² #107 ZH · #669 CH Tax burden10'287 #18 ZH · #73 CH Taxes86% #18 ZH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #73 ZH · #682 CH Sunniest municipalities39.6% #152 ZH · #2015 CH Rainiest municipalities954 mm #134 ZH · #1805 CH Voter turnout65.3% #34 ZH · #191 CH Against Switzerland9.9% #85 ZH · #1192 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.1% #62 ZH · #261 CH SVP strongholds38.2% #74 ZH · #753 CH SP strongholds11.6% #118 ZH · #1342 CH Centre strongholds9.9% #30 ZH · #1204 CH FDP strongholds13% #51 ZH · #1026 CH GLP strongholds11.9% #72 ZH · #156 CH Green strongholds5.9% #117 ZH · #1338 CH Largest by area19.2 km² #17 ZH · #499 CH Highest municipalities469 m #66 ZH · #1390 CH Second homes5.2% #133 ZH · #2035 CH Organic farming20% #53 ZH · #613 CH Best-connected municipalities64 min #121 ZH · #895 CH Remotest municipalities64 min #40 ZH · #1188 CH Highest peaks649 m #64 ZH · #1362 CH Highest-lying municipalities508 m #67 ZH · #1395 CH Greatest vertical range248 m #56 ZH · #1149 CH Steepest municipalities4.7° #111 ZH · #1620 CH Solar potential51 GWh #34 ZH · #316 CH Solar potential per capita7'449 kWh #47 ZH · #1576 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #128 ZH · #212 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #153 ZH · #2016 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Attikon8544 Bertschikon8543 Gundetswil8543 Kefikon ZH8543 Menzengrüt8546 Wiesendangen8542

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wiesendangen?: Wiesendangen has 4 postal codes: 8542, 8543, 8544, 8546.
What is the tax rate in Wiesendangen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wiesendangen is 86% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Wiesendangen?: A single person without children pays about 10'287 CHF income tax in Wiesendangen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 18 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wiesendangen have?: Wiesendangen has 6'852 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wiesendangen?: Wiesendangen has 732 foreign residents, a share of 10.68% (2025).

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