What is the postal code of Wila?

Wila has 2 postal codes: 8492, 8493.

What is the tax rate in Wila?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wila is 122% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Wila?

A single person without children pays about 11'990 CHF income tax in Wila on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 151 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wila have?

Wila has 2'201 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wila?

Wila has 345 foreign residents, a share of 15.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Pfäffikon

Wila

8492–8493

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'090 49.5%

Men

1'111 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

474 21.5%

Swiss citizens

1'856 84.3%

Foreign residents

345 15.7%

Population density

239 pop./km²

0–19 · 474 · 21.5%20–64 · 1'287 · 58.5%65+ · 440 · 20.0%

Foreign residents 15.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +88 (+4.2%) · 17 births · 16 deaths · net migration +86

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 Wila

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 Pfäffikon: 24.4% Yes

21.6% YesNo 78.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 32.6% Yes

45.2% YesNo 54.8%

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 Pfäffikon: 62.1% Yes

55.7% YesNo 44.4%

27.09.2026Lehrpersonalgesetz (LPG) (Änderung vom 2. März 2026; Anpassung neu definierter Berufsauftrag)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 32.7% Yes

27.1% YesNo 72.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 58.4% Yes

60.9% YesNo 39.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 52.3% Yes

65.9% YesNo 34.1%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Stopp Prämien-Schock: Für eine automatische Entlastung bei den Krankenkassenprämien»Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 53.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 58.3% Yes

65.6% YesNo 34.4%

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 Pfäffikon: 32.2% Yes

30.7% YesNo 69.3%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 59.2% Yes

61.4% YesNo 38.6%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative «Bezahlbare Wohnungen schützen. Leerkündigungen stoppen (Wohnschutz-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 42.7% YesDistrict Bezirk Pfäffikon: 33.4% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP50.1% · strongest party

SVP50.1%

SP10.7%

GLP8.1%

Mitte6.8%

GRÜNE6.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier122%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

122%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 152 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'990 CHF(12%)

Rank 151 of 160 in the canton · 304 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:11'990 CHF(~12%)

WilaCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wila	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	5.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	6.6%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	7.9%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	9%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	10.1%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	10.9%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	12%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	13%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	13.8%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	14.5%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	15.4%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	16.1%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	18%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	19.7%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.2%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	22.6%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	23.8%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	24.8%	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 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'365 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

824 m

Mean elevation

653 m

Relief

268 m

Mean slope

14°

Flat share

18.7%

South-facing

12.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 268 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

16.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'800

Per inhabitant

7'683 kWh/yr

17 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 Wila →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

0.39 %

Second homes

7.2 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

1'021

Built before 194629.4%

Built since 200118.1%

0.39 %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

634

Workplaces

182

Services share

54.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 53 (8.4%) · Secondary 236 (37.2%) · Tertiary 345 (54.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

414 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 74 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 41 min · Car 33 min

Remoteness 13/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number181

Websitewila.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Pfäffikon

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wila ranks

Largest municipalities2'201 #117 ZH · #916 CH Growing municipalities4.2% #3 ZH · #83 CH Shrinking municipalities4.2% #158 ZH · #2024 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #93 ZH · #1315 CH Families & children21.5% #45 ZH · #651 CH Age structure20% #76 ZH · #1238 CH Women share49.5% #111 ZH · #1245 CH Foreign residents15.7% #118 ZH · #1224 CH Population density239/km² #122 ZH · #921 CH Tax burden11'990 #155 ZH · #308 CH Taxes122% #152 ZH Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #143 ZH · #1281 CH Sunniest municipalities41.2% #42 ZH · #1300 CH Rainiest municipalities1'365 mm #15 ZH · #406 CH Voter turnout59.6% #92 ZH · #630 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #10 ZH · #241 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #137 ZH · #1178 CH SVP strongholds50.1% #13 ZH · #238 CH SP strongholds10.7% #133 ZH · #1440 CH Centre strongholds6.8% #131 ZH · #1591 CH FDP strongholds5.4% #153 ZH · #1819 CH GLP strongholds8.1% #143 ZH · #556 CH Green strongholds6.5% #99 ZH · #1201 CH Largest by area9.2 km² #63 ZH · #1024 CH Highest municipalities579 m #24 ZH · #891 CH Second homes7.2% #73 ZH · #1788 CH Organic farming25% #33 ZH · #422 CH Best-connected municipalities74 min #151 ZH · #1199 CH Remotest municipalities74 min #13 ZH · #894 CH Highest peaks824 m #26 ZH · #946 CH Highest-lying municipalities653 m #15 ZH · #873 CH Greatest vertical range268 m #50 ZH · #1091 CH Steepest municipalities14° #7 ZH · #617 CH Solar potential17 GWh #116 ZH · #1151 CH Solar potential per capita7'683 kWh #44 ZH · #1535 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #89 ZH · #173 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #114 ZH · #1977 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Saland8493 Wila8492

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wila?: Wila has 2 postal codes: 8492, 8493.
What is the tax rate in Wila?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wila is 122% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Wila?: A single person without children pays about 11'990 CHF income tax in Wila on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 151 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wila have?: Wila has 2'201 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wila?: Wila has 345 foreign residents, a share of 15.67% (2025).

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