Standortförderung Winterthur

Location Promotion Winterthur Region

Im Hauptbahnhof

Postfach

CH-8401 Winterthur

Phone +41 52 267 67 69

Fax +41 52 267 67 68

office@standort-winterthur.ch

 

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Key data

The city of Illnau-Effretikon is an active municipality with a growing number of inhabitants who benefit from the proximity to Zurich and Winterthur. With over 5,200 people currently working there,  Illnau-Effretikon is the most important business location in the Winterthur region besides Winterthur itself. Effretikon forms the urban center and is home to around ¾ of the municipality’s overall population. The villages of Illnau, Ottikon and Bisikon and the outlying hamlets Agasul, Bietenholz, Billikon, First, Horben, Kemleten, Luckhausen, Mesikon and Oberkemptal have to the greatest extent preserved their rural characteristics. 

 

 

Key data

Illnau-Effretikon

City of Winterthur

Winterthur region *

Canton of Zurich 

Inhabitants (2011)

 

15,952

102,966

182,671

1,390,

124  

Population increase (2011, %)

2.3

1.7

1.7

1.4 

Employers (2008)

 

656

4,511

7,490

70,179 

Employees (2008)

5,208

56,344

78,124

799,

079 

Rate of unemployment (2010, %)

3.7

4.6

2.8

3.9

Apartment vacancy rate (2011, %)

2.42

0.24

0.83

0.65

 

* city of Winterthur and other municipalities affiliated to Location Promotion Winterthur Region  

 

Statistisches Amt Kanton Zürich 

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