What is the postal code of Zollikon?

Zollikon has 2 postal codes: 8125, 8702.

What is the tax rate in Zollikon?

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

How much tax do you pay in Zollikon?

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

How many residents does Zollikon have?

Zollikon has 13'737 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zollikon?

Zollikon has 3'684 foreign residents, a share of 26.82% (2025).

Zollikon (ZH): Postal Codes 8125–8702, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

7'094 51.6%

Men

6'643 48.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'805 20.4%

Swiss citizens

10'053 73.2%

Foreign residents

3'684 26.8%

Population density

1'750 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'805 · 20.4%20–64 · 7'915 · 57.6%65+ · 3'017 · 22.0%

Foreign residents 26.8%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Zollikon

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

58.6% YesNo 41.4%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

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

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

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% Yes

30.0% YesNo 70.0%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des KantonsratesCantonal ZH● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

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

29.4% YesNo 70.6%

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 · 39.3% Yes

28.6% YesNo 71.4%

14.06.2026B. Gegenvorschlag des Kantonsrates vom 17. November 2025Cantonal ZH● Accepted · 57.9% Yes

62.3% YesNo 37.8%

14.06.2026A. Kantonale Volksinitiative für mehr günstige und gemeinnützige Wohnungen («Wohnungsinitiative»)Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 40.3% Yes

28.1% YesNo 71.9%

14.06.2026Kantonale Volksinitiative «Wohneigentum wieder ermöglichen (Wohneigentums-Initiative)»Cantonal ZH● Rejected · 25.1% Yes

22.4% YesNo 77.6%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

FDP29.7% · strongest party

FDP29.7%

SVP24.5%

SP14.7%

GLP14.0%

Mitte6.9%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier76%

Cantonal tax multiplier95%

76%ZH range 71%128%

Tax rank 6 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%)

ZollikonCanton range ZurichSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zollikon	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 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'169 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

688 m

Mean elevation

567 m

Relief

283 m

Mean slope

5.9°

Flat share

44.2%

South-facing

6.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 283 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

47.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

66.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'500

47 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

27.3 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.12 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.16 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

27.3 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 24.76 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 Rp./kWh

Network operator Werke am Zürichsee AG (Zollikon)

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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.73 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

6'984

Built before 194619.9%

Built since 200117.0%

0.73 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 27 min · Car 18 min

AgglomerationPT 27 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 159/160 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitezollikon.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

31

Largest municipalities13'737 #23 ZH · #109 CH Families & children20.4% #92 ZH · #989 CH Age structure22% #32 ZH · #851 CH Women share51.6% #8 ZH · #201 CH Foreign residents26.8% #47 ZH · #456 CH Population density1'750/km² #23 ZH · #97 CH Tax burden9'814 #8 ZH · #55 CH Taxes76% #6 ZH Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #64 ZH · #673 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #45 ZH · #1347 CH Rainiest municipalities1'169 mm #55 ZH · #767 CH Voter turnout64.5% #38 ZH · #177 CH Against Switzerland11% #82 ZH · #1154 CH Aligned with Switzerland89% #69 ZH · #274 CH SVP strongholds24.5% #156 ZH · #1577 CH SP strongholds14.7% #61 ZH · #967 CH Centre strongholds6.9% #124 ZH · #1575 CH FDP strongholds29.7% #3 ZH · #92 CH GLP strongholds14% #25 ZH · #51 CH Green strongholds6.2% #108 ZH · #1278 CH Largest by area7.9 km² #82 ZH · #1142 CH Highest municipalities603 m #17 ZH · #808 CH Remotest municipalities27 min #159 ZH · #2045 CH Best-connected municipalities27 min #2 ZH · #60 CH Highest peaks688 m #50 ZH · #1243 CH Highest-lying municipalities567 m #37 ZH · #1138 CH Greatest vertical range283 m #44 ZH · #1036 CH Steepest municipalities5.9° #89 ZH · #1405 CH Solar potential47 GWh #43 ZH · #362 CH Cheapest electricity27.3 Rp./kWh #143 ZH · #758 CH Most expensive electricity27.3 Rp./kWh #18 ZH · #1349 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Zollikerberg8125 Zollikon8702

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zollikon?: Zollikon has 2 postal codes: 8125, 8702.
What is the tax rate in Zollikon?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zollikon is 76% (2026); canton ZH levies 95%.
How much tax do you pay in Zollikon?: A single person without children pays about 9'814 CHF income tax in Zollikon on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 6 of 160 in canton ZH. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zollikon have?: Zollikon has 13'737 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zollikon?: Zollikon has 3'684 foreign residents, a share of 26.82% (2025).

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