8051
ZürichThis postal code extends over 2 municipalities: postal delivery areas do not follow municipal borders.
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Location information
PLZ 8051- Postal code
- 8051
- Place name
- Zürich
- Municipality
- Zurich
- Canton
- ZurichZH
- Language
- German (Deutsch)
- Area
- 4.6 km²
- City quarters
- Schwamendingen Mitte53.9%, Hirzenbach44.9%
Geographic coordinates
swisstopo- Latitude
- 47.403900°
- Longitude
- 8.579800°
- Municipality key (BFS)
- 261
About this postal code
Postal code 8051 serves the area of Zürich in the canton of ZH, Switzerland. The municipality is identified by the official key 261. The primary language in this region is German.
City quarters
BFS · 2024Postal code 8051 Zürich covers parts of several statistical city quarters — a postal code is a delivery area, not a single neighbourhood: Schwamendingen Mitte & Hirzenbach.
Share by area of the postal-code perimeter that falls in each BFS statistical quarter (City Statistics cities only). Percentages are of the postal code, not of the quarter.
- residents
- 10'726
- Median age
- 38.3
- Foreign
- 47.8%
- residents
- 12'294
- Median age
- 37.7
- Foreign
- 36.8%
1.0% of 8051 lies outside the city boundary — the postal code reaches beyond the city.
City districts
BFS · Σ City quartersPostal code 8051 Zürich lies in Kreis 12 — each share is the sum of its quarter shares; a postal code belongs to no city district.
Share of the postal-code perimeter per city district (Zürich, Winterthur), summed over the district's statistical quarters.
Which locality is in which municipality?
swisstopo · 2Municipalities in this postal code area
swisstopo · 2Localities
swisstopo · 1Taxes in Zurich
ESTV · 2026Tax multipliers apply per municipality — shown for Zurich.
Tax rank 143 of 160 in canton ZurichAccessibility (municipality of Zurich)
ARE · NPVMElectricity (municipality of Zurich)
ElCom · 2027 · BFEHealth-insurance premiums
BAG · 2024Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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.
Nearby postal codes
swisstopo- Where is postal code 8051?
- Postal code 8051 lies in 2 municipalities: Dübendorf, Zurich (canton ZH). Postal codes are delivery areas and do not follow municipal borders.
- Which localities and municipalities does postal code 8051 comprise?
- Postal code 8051 covers 1 localities across 2 municipalities. A postal code is a delivery area and does not follow municipal borders — the pairing is spelled out row by row. Dübendorf & Zurich. Zürich: Dübendorf, Zurich.
- Which city quarters does postal code 8051 cover?
- Postal code 8051 covers parts of Schwamendingen Mitte (53.9%), Hirzenbach (44.9%). No quarter belongs entirely to a postal code: the percentages are the share of the code's area that falls in each quarter.
- Which city district is postal code 8051 in?
- Postal code 8051 lies 98.8% Kreis 12. Postal codes are delivery areas and do not follow district borders.