Population
8'757↓0.7%
About Egg b. Zürich
City · Zürich
Egg is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Population
8'757
Tax multiplier
101%
Egg b. Zürich in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.101%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 59'600↑3.9%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 65'600↑4.6%
80%
Cantonal tax multiplier
95%↓3.1%
0.73%↓31.1%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture55%
- Forest24%
- Settlement20%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
21.9%
Middle in canton
Median rent
CHF 25/ m²
+37% vs CH
Dwellings
4'110↓1.0%
Jobs (FTE)
1'964↓0.4%
94%
65%
Fibre
Housing market in Egg b. Zürich
The rental vacancy rate is 0.73%, 51% 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 70'300, 14% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Egg b. Zürich has 8'757 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
