Population
20'474↑0.4%
About Schlieren
Municipality · Zurich
Schlieren are optical inhomogeneities in transparent media that are not necessarily visible to the human eye. Schlieren physics developed out of the need to produce high-quality lenses devoid of such inhomogeneities. These inhomogeneities are localized differences in optical path length that cause deviations of light rays, especially by refraction. This light deviation can produce localized brightening, darkening, or even color changes in an image, depending on the directions the rays deviate.
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 30/ m²
+65% vs CH
Dwellings
10'000
Jobs (FTE)
18'508↑2.0%
92%
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).
