City · Zürich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of the end of 2024, the municipality had a population of 436,551, while the urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), and the Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.
Housing market in Zürich
The following figures are for the whole municipality Zürich belongs to. The vacancy rate is 0.11%, 79% below the cantonal average (0.53 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 119% (2026), 9% above the average of the canton's municipalities (109.3 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 10'147 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax in the municipality of Zürich (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). On the mean of the municipalities weighted by residents it is CHF 9'686 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 55'400 (tax period 2022). The municipality has 440'935 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
