Population
4'792↑0.5%
About Rafz
City · Zürich
Rafz is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the northwest of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Population
4'792
Tax multiplier
113%
Rafz in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.113%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 57'500↑2.7%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 63'300↑0.3%
80%
Cantonal tax multiplier
95%↓3.1%
0.41%↓8.9%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture49%
- Forest34%
- Settlement17%
Foreign residents
23.6%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 21/ m²
+15% vs CH
Dwellings
2'195↓1.2%
Jobs (FTE)
1'205↓2.7%
93%
61%
Fibre
Housing market in Rafz
The rental vacancy rate is 0.41%, 15% below the cantonal average (0.48 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 113%, 3% above the cantonal average (109 %). Median taxable income is CHF 66'400, 7% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Rafz has 4'792 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
