Location Promotion Winterthur Region
Im Hauptbahnhof
Postfach
CH-8401 Winterthur
Phone +41 52 267 67 69
Fax +41 52 267 67 68
office@who-needs-spam.standort-winterthur.ch
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
