Population
5'401↓0.4%
About Greifensee
City · Zürich
Greifensee is a municipality in the district of Uster in the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
Population
5'401
Tax multiplier
101%
Greifensee in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.101%↑5.2%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 59'000↑3.9%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 65'733↑2.0%
80%
Cantonal tax multiplier
95%↓3.1%
0.50%↓39.8%
Middle in canton
- Settlement48%
- Agriculture33%
- Other10%
- Forest9%
Foreign residents
23.2%↓0.7%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
2'400↓0.4%
Jobs (FTE)
1'193↓0.6%
96%
80%
Fibre
Housing market in Greifensee
The rental vacancy rate is 0.50%, 4% above the cantonal average (0.48 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 101%, 8% below the cantonal average (109 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 69'500, 12% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Greifensee has 5'401 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
