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Municipality · canton of Zürich

Uster

District of Uster. Municipality number 198 in the federal register.

residents, 2025
37’031
km² of land
28.49
residents per km²
1’300
Canton
Zürich
District
Uster
Residents 2025
37’031+1.3% on 2024
Foreign residents
25.4%9’416 people
Private households 2025
16’529
Land area
28.49 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
8605, 8606, 8610, 8614, 8615, 8616, 8617

What a household pays here

Health insurance and electricity for your household in Uster, 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.