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
Zürich
Zürich connects 30 postcode pages in Zurich. This hub shows membership, address shares, and demographic context.
- Postcodes
- 30
- Population
- 440'631
- Streets
- 2'565
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
- ESTV: single, CHF 80,000, no church tax
Postcodes in Zürich
The municipality includes 10 split-postcode cases and 11 locality names. Use the links for address, demographic, and map context.
8001
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8002
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8003
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8004
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8005
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8006
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8008
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8032
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8037
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8038
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8045
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8046
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8047
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8048
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8049
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8050
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8053
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8055
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8057
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8064
Zürich
- Address share
- 100.0%
- Population
- 18'253
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8041
Zürich
- Address share
- 99.7%
- Population
- 18'210
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8051
Zürich
- Address share
- 99.6%
- Population
- 18'193
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8052
Zürich
- Address share
- 99.3%
- Population
- 18'057
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8143
Uetliberg
- Address share
- 65.4%
- Population
- 10'752
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8044
Zürich
- Address share
- 50.0%
- Population
- 10'051
- Effective tax rate
- 10.12%
8142
Low taxesUitikon Waldegg
- Address share
- 1.2%
- Population
- 63
- Effective tax rate
- 8.51%
8952
Schlieren
- Address share
- 0.7%
- Population
- 134
- Effective tax rate
- 9.79%
8125
Low taxesZollikerberg
- Address share
- 0.4%
- Population
- 28
- Effective tax rate
- 8.35%
8152
Low taxesGlattbrugg
- Address share
- 0.3%
- Population
- 71
- Effective tax rate
- 9.09%
8134
Low taxesAdliswil
- Address share
- 0.1%
- Population
- 12
- Effective tax rate
- 9.42%
How this municipality cluster behaves
Zürich connects these postcodes through one administrative structure.
For ESTV tax year 2024, the standard scenario produces CHF 8'096 total tax, or 10.12% effective.
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