Cantonal taxes
How to compare Swiss tax burden by postcode
A reliable comparison keeps the ESTV scenario fixed and checks which municipality supplies the tax result shown for each postcode.
Municipality hub
Uster
Uster connects 7 postcode pages in Zurich. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 7
- Population
- 35'535
- Streets
- 641
- Effective tax rate
- 9.83%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Uster
The municipality includes 4 split-postcode cases and 10 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
8610
Uster
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 9'136
- Effective tax rate
- 9.83%
8615
Wermatswil
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 9'136
- Effective tax rate
- 9.83%
8616
Riedikon
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 9'136
- Effective tax rate
- 9.83%
8606
Nänikon
- Address share
- 50.0%
- Population
- 5'002
- Effective tax rate
- 9.83%
8614
Bertschikon (Gossau ZH)
- Address share
- 50.0%
- Population
- 3'029
- Effective tax rate
- 10.04%
8617
Low taxesMönchaltorf
- Address share
- 1.9%
- Population
- 84
- Effective tax rate
- 9.67%
8605
Low taxesGutenswil
- Address share
- 0.1%
- Population
- 13
- Effective tax rate
- 9.38%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Uster connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 7'866 total tax, or 9.83% effective.
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