What is the postal code of Winkel?

Winkel has 2 postal codes: 8180, 8185.

What is the tax rate in Winkel?

The municipal tax multiplier of Winkel is 76% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.

How much tax do you pay in Winkel?

A single person without children pays about 9'814 CHF income tax in Winkel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Winkel have?

Winkel has 5'117 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Winkel?

Winkel has 930 foreign residents, a share of 18.17% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton ZH · Bezirk Bülach

Winkel

8180–8185

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'521 49.3%

Men

2'596 50.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

959 18.7%

Swiss citizens

4'187 81.8%

Foreign residents

930 18.2%

Population density

631 pop./km²

0–19 · 959 · 18.7%20–64 · 3'107 · 60.7%65+ · 1'051 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 18.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +31 (+0.6%) · 40 births · 31 deaths · net migration +21

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 Winkel

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

19.3% YesNo 80.7%

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

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

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

63.3% YesNo 36.7%

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

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

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

65.3% YesNo 34.7%

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

54.1% YesNo 45.9%

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

59.6% YesNo 40.4%

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 Bülach: 36.1% Yes

25.7% YesNo 74.3%

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

61.9% YesNo 38.1%

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

26.9% YesNo 73.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.1% · strongest party

SVP41.1%

FDP20.0%

GLP10.2%

SP9.4%

Mitte7.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

76%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 7 of 160 in canton Zurich

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

9'814 CHF(9.8%)

Rank 6 of 160 in the canton · 53 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:9'814 CHF(~9.8%)

WinkelCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Winkel	Zurich	Switzerland median
40'000	4.3%	4.2–5.5%	5.4%
50'000	5.3%	5.2–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	6.3%	6.2–8.1%	10.5%
70'000	7.3%	7.1–9.2%	11.9%
80'000	8.2%	8–10.3%	13.1%
90'000	8.8%	8.6–11.1%	14.1%
100'000	9.8%	9.6–12.3%	15.3%
110'000	10.7%	10.4–13.3%	16.3%
120'000	11.4%	11.1–14.1%	17.2%
130'000	12%	11.7–14.8%	18.1%
140'000	12.8%	12.5–15.7%	19%
150'000	13.4%	13.1–16.5%	19.7%
175'000	15.1%	14.7–18.4%	21.6%
200'000	16.6%	16.2–20.1%	23.2%
225'000	17.9%	17.5–21.6%	24.6%
250'000	19.2%	18.8–23.1%	25.8%
275'000	20.2%	19.8–24.3%	26.8%
300'000	21.1%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'018 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

583 m

Mean elevation

481 m

Relief

166 m

Mean slope

4.9°

Flat share

59.1%

South-facing

12.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 166 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

25.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

33.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'700

Per inhabitant

5'054 kWh/yr

26 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 Winkel →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

0.63 %

Second homes

4.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'379

Built before 19465.4%

Built since 200140.0%

0.63 %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

1'064

Workplaces

257

Services share

80.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 132 (12.4%) · Secondary 72 (6.8%) · Tertiary 860 (80.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

404 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 49 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 105/160 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number72

Websitewinkel.ch ↗

DistrictBezirk Bülach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Winkel ranks

Largest municipalities5'117 #80 ZH · #424 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #82 ZH · #1018 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #79 ZH · #1084 CH Jobs per resident0.21 #139 ZH · #1711 CH Families & children18.7% #140 ZH · #1515 CH Age structure20.5% #64 ZH · #1133 CH Women share49.3% #118 ZH · #1355 CH Foreign residents18.2% #100 ZH · #1029 CH Population density631/km² #76 ZH · #407 CH Tax burden9'814 #7 ZH · #54 CH Taxes76% #7 ZH Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #108 ZH · #941 CH Sunniest municipalities39.5% #156 ZH · #2038 CH Rainiest municipalities1'018 mm #110 ZH · #1547 CH Voter turnout59.5% #93 ZH · #642 CH Against Switzerland11.8% #65 ZH · #1096 CH Aligned with Switzerland88.2% #76 ZH · #320 CH SVP strongholds41.1% #59 ZH · #612 CH SP strongholds9.4% #146 ZH · #1576 CH Centre strongholds7.2% #112 ZH · #1539 CH FDP strongholds20% #11 ZH · #448 CH GLP strongholds10.2% #105 ZH · #290 CH Green strongholds3.3% #158 ZH · #1838 CH Largest by area8.1 km² #76 ZH · #1127 CH Highest municipalities450 m #89 ZH · #1532 CH Second homes4.9% #144 ZH · #2065 CH Organic farming6.3% #120 ZH · #1455 CH Best-connected municipalities49 min #57 ZH · #421 CH Remotest municipalities49 min #105 ZH · #1659 CH Highest peaks583 m #101 ZH · #1603 CH Highest-lying municipalities481 m #89 ZH · #1522 CH Greatest vertical range166 m #101 ZH · #1507 CH Steepest municipalities4.9° #105 ZH · #1588 CH Solar potential26 GWh #84 ZH · #807 CH Solar potential per capita5'054 kWh #112 ZH · #1967 CH Cheapest electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #52 ZH · #136 CH Most expensive electricity23.87 Rp./kWh #77 ZH · #1940 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Bülach8180 Winkel8185

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Winkel?: Winkel has 2 postal codes: 8180, 8185.
What is the tax rate in Winkel?: The municipal tax multiplier of Winkel is 76% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Winkel?: A single person without children pays about 9'814 CHF income tax in Winkel on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Winkel have?: Winkel has 5'117 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Winkel?: Winkel has 930 foreign residents, a share of 18.17% (2025).

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