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Municipality · canton of Zürich

Gossau (ZH)

District of Hinwil. Municipality number 115 in the federal register.

residents, 2025
10’621
km² of land
18.26
residents per km²
582
Canton
Zürich
District
Hinwil
Residents 2025
10’621+0.2% on 2024
Foreign residents
16.9%1’794 people
Private households 2025
4’617
Land area
18.26 km²without lakes
Building insurance
Compulsory, with Gebäudeversicherung Kanton Zürich (the canton’s own insurer).0.29 ‰ of the insured value a year: CHF 290 per CHF 1 million, plus up to CHF 10.50 federal stamp duty; the insurer does not say whether its rate includes it.GVZ, häufige Fragen Versicherung, read 12.10.2026
Mortgage lenders
10 of 10lenders on MEconomy with no stated limit that excludes this canton
Postcodes
8614, 8617, 8624, 8625, 8626, 8627

What a household pays here

Health insurance and electricity for your household in Gossau (ZH), against where you live today.

Sources: population and foreign residents on 31.12.2025 and private households 2025, Federal Statistical Office (STATPOP), on today’s municipal boundaries; municipalities, districts and land area without lakes, swisstopo swissTLMRegio; postcodes, swisstopo’s official locality register. Updated each September.