Essential Zurich

376 800ESSENTIAL ZURICH Publication Data Published, edited and administered by Stadt Zürich, Präsidialdepartement, Statistik Stadt Zürich E-Mail [email protected] Internet www.stadt-zuerich.ch/statistik Ordering Statistik Stadt Zürich, Napfgasse 6, 8001 Zürich Phone 044 250 48 00 Fax 044 250 48 29 Translation Translingua AG Printed by Fotorotar AG Design Monica Huwiler / Marc Droz / Regula Ehrliholzer Statistik Stadt Zürich Cover Photography Sihlcity Published annually in German and English Edition June 2008 © 2008 Statistik Stadt Zürich Reproduction – except for commercial purposes – permitted if sources are quoted Committed to Excellence according EFQM The publisher would like to thank the Zürcher Kantonalbank for its financial support. Its contribution makes the publication and distribution of this brochure possible. Contents Zurich in numbers 2 Resident population 4 City area, climate and environment 10 Work and employment 11 Prices and index 12 Company and segment structure 14 Construction and housing 16 Tourism 20 Traffic 21 Banking 22 Public administration 23 Social security / Health 24 Education 25 Culture and sport 26 Politics 27 Public finances 28 Crime 29 City of Zurich in comparison 30 Glossary 32 Explanation of symbols A dash ( – ) instead of a number means there is no occurrence ( = zero). A zero (0 or 0,0) instead of another number identifies a variable that is less than one half of the unit used. Three dots ( … ) instead of a number mean that the number is unavailable or was omitted because it is insignificant. A forward slash ( / ) between year dates indicates the associated numbers as the annual average, a hyphen ( – ) as sums of the stated period. A sinuous line ( ~ ) between two year dates indicates school or business years, sport seasons, etc., rather than calendar years. ZU Geography RICH INNUMBERS The city of Zurich is divided into12 districts and 3 4 precincts. The agglomeration of Zurich consists of Zurich city itself and a further130 communities, including 24 in the canton of Argovia and 3 in canton Schwyz. Zurich’s metro politan area consists of11 agglomerations and the single town of Einsiedeln. Population Zurich has a resident population of over 376 800 and is Switzerland’s largest city. More than115 300 foreign citizens from166 nations live in the city of Zurich. The Germans are the largest national group with 25 379 citizens, coming before Italy with13 715 and «Serbia and Montenegro» with 10 972 persons. The city of Zurich has grown by15 800 persons since the year 2000. The growth in 2007 amounted to 6753 persons. The highest ever population count of 4 45 314 was reached in July 1962.1.11 million people live in the agglomeration of Zurich; the city’s metropolitan area has a population of1.72 million. Building and habitation 2007 saw the completion of 2263 residences – the largest number in 40 years. Commerce Every 9th workplace in Switzerland is located in the city of Zurich. 82 of Switzerland’s 208 banking establishments have their head offices in the city of Zurich. The total assets of these banks equate to a proportion of 85.1 percent of the total value of monies managed in Switzerland.110 hotels with more than11 500 hotel beds provide room for 2.5 million overnight stays. Zurich airport serves around 20 million passengers every year. Politics 9 city councillors make up the city’s executive (city council);125 municipal councillors form the legislative (municipal council). RESIDENT POPULATION The city of Zurich is very popular. The resident population of Switzer- land’s largest city started increasing again at the end of the nineties after decades of decreasing year after year with just a few exceptions. In 2007 alone the number of residents grew by just under 7000 or 1.8 percent to 376 800. However, the city is still a long way away from its largest ever resident population of 445 314, as counted at the end of July 1962. Foreign citizens from around the globe are the main reason for the growth Zurich has experienced over the last few years. Their propor tion of the total population lies at just over 30 percent. Four out of every five foreign citizens living in Zurich are European and more than one half of those – nearly 60 percent – are citizens of one of the 27 countries of the EU. The largest national section of the foreign population is German. They overtook the Italians to reach the number one position a few years ago. For a few years now the city of Zurich has shown an excess of births over deaths after more than thirty years of more deaths than births each year. Resident population 500 000 Total Swiss nationals 400 000 Foreign nationals 300 000 200 000 100 000 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2007 Resident population 1990 2000 2007 Total 356 352 360 980 376 815 Women 187 394 186 546 191 581 Men 168 958 174 434 185 234 Swiss nationals 271 579 255 576 261 436 Foreign nationals 84 773 105 404 115 379 4 RESIDENT POPULATION Births 1990 2000 2007 Live births in total 3 046 3 577 4 119 Girls 1 445 1 681 2 008 Boys 1 601 1 896 2 111 Swiss nationals 2 129 2 027 2 790 Foreign nationals 917 1 550 1 329 Deaths 1990 2000 2007 Total 4 330 3 996 3 480 Women 2 257 2 206 1 994 Men 2 073 1 790 1 486 Swiss nationals 4 019 3 664 3 172 Foreign nationals 311 332 308 Average age at death (years) … 77,5 79,2 Relocating in, Relocating out, Balance Relocations in 50 000 Relocations out 40 000 Balance 30 000 20 000 10 000 0 ‒ 10 000 ‒ 20 000 ‒ 30 000 ‒ 40 000 ‒ 50 000 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 07 Acquisition of Swiss nationality Foreign nationals 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 5 RESIDENT POPULATION Marriage and divorce 1990 2000 2007 Marriages 2 804 3 463 3 380 Divorces 1 237 2 504 1 643 Age structure of the population, 2007 Year of birth 1907 Swiss nationals 1917 Foreign nationals 1927 1937 Women 1947 Men 1957 1967 1977 1987 1997 2007 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 Population by main language group 1980 1990 2000 German 295 410 281 317 282 277 French 8 647 7 953 7 746 Italian 30 636 24 948 17 063 Rhaeto-Romanic 2 487 1 257 990 Other languages 32 342 49 568 55 197 Population by family type 1997 2000 2007 Total 358 594 360 980 376 815 Married couple, no children 75 486 70 598 63 168 Married couple with children 57 346 56 654 57 768 Children of married couples 51 597 51 000 51 312 Single parent with children 8 716 9 702 12 675 Children of single parents 12 224 13 727 17 800 Other persons 153 225 159 299 174 092 6 RESIDENT POPULATION Household type Single person 100 000 households Couples without 80 000 children 60 000 Couples with children 40 000 Single parent households 20 000 Other private 0 households 1970 1980 1990 2000 Foreign resident population, 2007 Permanent Annual Total residents residents Total 115 379 63 434 48 776 Europe (EU) 67 685 37 007 30 484 Germany 25 379 8 741 16 512 France 2 135 655 1 471 Great Britain 2 277 758 1 517 Italy 13 715 11 829 1 876 Austria 3 709 2 210 1 497 Portugal 7 850 5 240 2 605 Spain 4 609 3 879 722 Rest of Europe 24 511 18 342 5 464 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 099 1 657 355 Croatia 2 478 2 118 349 Macedonia 2 607 2 174 417 Serbia and Montenegro 10 972 8 543 1 981 Turkey 4 585 3 372 1 128 Outer-European 23 183 8 085 12 828 Sri Lanka 2 859 356 2 169 USA 1 803 618 1 180 Foreign resident population 1997 2007 Outer- Outer- European 17 % Italy 18 % European 20 % Germany 21 % Rest of Yugoslavia Rest of Italy 12 % Europe 16 % Europe 20 % 22 % Serbia and Turkey 6 % Germany 10 % Turkey 4 % Montenegro 10 % Portugal 6 % Spain 7 % Spain 4 % Portugal 7 % 7 RESIDENT POPULATION Resident population by origin and precinct, 2007 Swiss Foreign Proportion of Total nationals nationals foreign nationals Entire city 376 815 261 436 115 379 30.6 District 1 5 607 4 027 1 580 28.2 Rathaus 3 079 2 234 845 27.4 Hochschulen 698 483 215 30.8 Lindenhof 954 727 227 23.8 City 876 583 293 33.4 District 2 29 421 22 035 7 386 25.1 Wollishofen 15 744 11 976 3 768 23.9 Leimbach 5 204 3 919 1 285 24.7 Enge 8 473 6 140 2 333 27.5 District 3 46 108 31 642 14 466 31.4 Alt-Wiedikon 15 440 10 386 5 054 32.7 Friesenberg 10 296 7 962 2 334 22.7 Sihlfeld 20 372 13 294 7 078 34.7 District 4 27 056 15 776 11 280 41.7 Werd 3 944 2 571 1 373 34.8 Langstrasse 10 310 6 120 4 190 40.6 Hard 12 802 7 085 5 717 44.7 District 5 12 714 8 366 4 348 34.2 Gewerbeschule 9 706 6 153 3 553 36.6 Escher Wyss 3 008 2 213 795 26.4 District 6 30 203 22 574 7 629 25.3 Unterstrass 20 243 15 245 4 998 24.7 Oberstrass 9 960 7 329 2 631 26.4 District 7 34 843 26 811 8 032 23.1 Fluntern 7 455 5 486 1 969 26.4 Hottingen 10 284 7 607 2 677 26.0 Hirslanden 6 977 5 492 1 485 21.3 Witikon 10 127 8 226 1 901 18.8 District 8 15 431 11 035 4 396 28.5 Seefeld 4 920 3 405 1 515 30.8 Mühlebach 5 567 4 056 1 511 27.1 Weinegg 4 944 3 574 1 370 27.7 District 9 46 875 31 796 15 079 32.2 Albisrieden 17 527 13 152 4 375 25.0 Altstetten 29 348 18 644 10 704 36.5 District 10 36 474 27 422 9 052 24.8 Höngg 21 075 16 758 4 317 20.5 Wipkingen 15 399 10 664 4 735 30.7 District 11 63 092 41 732 21 360 33.9 Affoltern 20 948 14 285 6 663 31.8 Oerlikon 20 754 13 675 7 079 34.1 Seebach 21 390 13 772 7 618 35.6 District 12 28 991 18 220 10 771 37.2 Saatlen 6 842 4 629 2 213 32.3 Schwamendingen-Mitte 10 806 6 479 4 327 40.0 Hirzenbach 11 343 7 112 4 231 37.3 8 RESIDENT POPULATION Changes in resident population by precinct, 1997 – 2007 T_1.8 119 111 11 121 101 115 122 10 12 123 61 102 63 52 6 5 92 9 44 51 71 4 42 72 34 13 41 14 1 7 11 91 12 73 31 82 74 24 3 81 83 33 8 2 Decrease 0 1 2 3 km ‒ 12.0 ‒ ‒ 7.0 % 21 ‒ 6.9 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