Population
20'474↑0.4%
About Schlieren
City · Zürich
Schlieren is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Population
20'474
Tax multiplier
111%
Schlieren in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.111%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'200↑3.8%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'575↑2.1%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
95%↓3.1%
0.03%↓40.0%
Bottom 10% in canton
- Settlement54%
- Forest29%
- Agriculture16%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
46.4%↓0.6%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 27/ m²
+50% vs CH
Dwellings
10'000
Jobs (FTE)
18'508↑2.0%
92%
79%
Fibre
Housing market in Schlieren
The rental vacancy rate is 0.03%, 94% below the cantonal average (0.48 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 111%, roughly the cantonal average (109 %). Median taxable income is CHF 60'700, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Schlieren has 20'474 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
