ESSENTIAL ZURICH 2012 082 Präsidialdepartement 390 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 044 412 08 00 Fax 044 412 08 40 Translation Julia Thorson Printed by FO-Fotorotar Design dreh gmbh, Marc Droz / Regula Ehrliholzer Cover Photography Shop window in Zweierstrasse, dreh gmbh, Marc Droz Published annually in German and English © 2012 Statistik Stadt Zürich Reproduction – except for commercial purposes – permitted if sources are quoted “EFQM Committed to Excellence” Certification Contents Zurich in Figures 2 City of Zurich in Comparison 4 Resident Population 5 Urban Area 11 Education 12 Work and Unemployment 13 Economy 15 Financial Centre 17 Prices 18 Construction and Housing 20 Leisure 24 Tourism 26 Transport 27 Environment 28 Energy 30 Politics 31 Social Security and Health 32 Public Administration 33 Public Finances 34 Crime 35 Glossary 36 Explanation of symbols A dash ( – ) instead of a figure means there is no occurrence ( = zero). A zero (0 or 0.0) instead of another figure identifies a variable that is less than half of the unit used. Three dots ( … ) instead of a figure mean that the figure is unavailable or was omitted because it is insignificant. A forward slash ( / ) between year dates indicates the associated figures as the annual average, a hyphen ( – ) as sums over time. A wavy line ( ~ ) between two year dates indicates school or business years, sport seasons, etc., instead of calendar years. 2 Geography ZURICH INFIGURES The City of Zurich is divided into12 districts and 34 precincts. The Zurich agglomeration consists of the City of Zurich and130 other municipalities including 23 in Canton Aargau and 3 in Canton Schwyz. Population Zurich is Switzerland’s largest city with a resident population of 390,082. The City of Zurich is home to121,017 foreigners belonging to169 different nationalities. Germans represent the largest foreign nationality with 31,124 living in the city, followed by13,14 4 Italians. The population of the City of Zurich has increased by 28,040 since 2001. In 2011 alone, it grew by an additional 4,614 . The population reached its highest level in July 1962 when there were 445,314 people living in the City of Zurich. At present,1.19 million people live in the Zurich agglomeration and1.83 million in the Zurich metropolitan area. Building and Housing In 2011, 2,307new apartments were constructed. All told, there are now 209,754 apartments in Zurich, 77,028 of which have three rooms. Renting such an apartment is most expensive in District 1, where the monthly rent averages out at1,973 Swiss francs. Of Zurich’s 54,085 buildings 69.6 percent were built before 1961. Economy 1 in 9 jobs in Switzerland is located in Zurich.74 of Switzerland’s 270 banking institutes are headquartered in the city. The balance sheet total of these banks represents 67.3 percent of all assets managed in Switzerland. To accommodate an annual average of 2.6 million overnight stays, Zurich has117 hotels with12,873 beds at their disposal. Politics The executive branch of government (City Council) consists of 9 city councillors, 3 while the legislative branch is represented by125 municipal councillors (Municipal Council). 4 CITY OFZURICHINCOMPARISON ond place with almost 2 million overnight stays. almost with ond place 2millionovernight insec follows in2011.Geneva recorded were stays 2.6 millionovernight employment. un by affected andLausanneinparticular more are Geneva ment rate. unemploy low hasarelatively –Zurich Winterthur anne, Basel,Bern, of intheCity Zurich. work Zurich inCanton ployees of allem 45percent dominant offigures: inview employment more even looks The city inSwitzerland. thelargest population it far hasby inhabitants, than390,000 more With largest city. isSwitzerland’s Zurich City of Zurich in Comparison, 2010/2011 City of Canton Winter- than More Zurich. important for role anexceptionally plays Tourism Laus – bigcities Geneva, otherfive with Switzerland’s Compared Zurich Zurich Switzerland Basel Berne Geneva Lausanne thur Resident population 390,082 1,390,124 7,952,555 169,813 126,389 191,964 136,288 105,086 Proportion of women (%) 50.5 50.5 50.7 51.9 52.2 52.1 52.2 51.2 Foreign nationals (%) 31.0 24.5 22.8 34.9 23.7 46.7 40.5 23.3 Proportion of persons under 20 (%) 15.9 19.6 20.6 15.9 15.2 17.8 19.2 19.4 Proportion of persons aged 65 and older (%) 15.8 16.5 17.2 19.4 18.4 16.0 15.1 16.0 Employees (2008) 361,805 799,079 4,016,837 154,775 152,386 144,212 89,505 56,344 Full-time employees (%) 67.4 68.0 69.2 68.2 63.3 70.2 65.9 65.2 Secondary sector (%) 18.4 9.6 22.5 23.1 11.2 7.1 8.5 22.0 Tertiary sector (%) 81.1 90.2 73.5 76.9 88.4 92.6 91.1 77.4 Unemployed 7,460 23,151 130,662 3,927 2,435 6,547 4,640 1,853 Unemployment rate December (%) 3.5 3.2 3.3 4.0 3.3 6.4 6.7 3.7 Apartments 209,754 679,610 4,079,060 105,272 74,983 104,595 73,209 50,742 5 rooms and more (%) 8.7 22.2 25.8 9.9 8.8 8.7 10.6 18.3 Vacant apartment index (%) 0.06 0.65 0.94 0.70 0.45 0.26 0.12 0.24 Overnight stays 2,637,643 4,460,586 35,486,256 1,056,307 692,328 1,947,164 730,754 186,646 Number of foreign visitors (%) 78.5 72.1 55.6 72.1 50.9 84.8 70.0 46.7 - - - - - RESIDENT POPULATION Zurich offers excellent quality of life: the city regularly appears in the top positions of city rankings. Due to Zurich’s attractiveness thousands choose Zurich as their new home every year. The city’s population has grown by 7.7 percent over the past ten years. This is mainly due to the immigration of foreigners. The growth rate of the foreign resident pop- ulation is 14.1 percent per year, compared with 5.1 percent among the Swiss population. 390,082 people lived in Zurich at the end of 2011. Just under one third of them hold a foreign passport. The foreign population originates from 169 different countries. Germans form the largest group with a share of approximately 26 percent. Year after year, many foreign nationals acquire Swiss citizenship. In 2011, a total of 2,781 persons resid- ing in the city acquired Swiss citizenship; of whom 2,273 became citizens of the City of Zurich. Since 2004, Zurich has registered an excess of births over deaths following a period of more than 30 years during which deaths exceeded the number of births. Resident Population Population % 450,000 45 Foreign men 400,000 40 Foreign women 350,000 35 Swiss men 300,000 30 Swiss women 250,000 25 Proportion of foreign nationals 200,000 20 150,000 15 100,000 10 50,000 5 0 0 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2011 Resident Population 2001 2011 2001 – 2011 (%) Total 362,042 390,082 7.7 Women 186,666 196,802 5.4 Men 175,376 193,280 10.2 Swiss nationals 255,953 269,065 5.1 Foreign nationals 106,089 121,017 14.1 5 RESIDENT POPULATION Birth and Death Live birth 5,000 Death 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 0908 10 11 Arrival and Departure Arrival 50,000 Departure 40,000 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 09 11 Naturalisation Total number of people 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 6 RESIDENT POPULATION Marriage and Divorce Marriage 4,000 Divorce 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Age Structure, 2011 Age 100 Swiss nationals 90 Foreign nationals 80 70 Women Men 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 7 RESIDENT POPULATION Families % 5 or more children 100 4 children 90 3 children 2 children 80 1 child 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1996 2001 2006 2011 Foreign Resident Population 2001 2011 Change (%) Total 106,089 121,017 100.0 Europe (EU-27) 53,781 78,020 64.5 Austria 3,006 4,251 3.5 France 1,234 2,846 2.4 Germany 13,149 31,124 25.7 Great Britain 1,720 3,163 2.6 Italy 15,774 13,144 10.9 Portugal 6,175 8,225 6.8 Spain 6,247 4,844 4.0 Other countries 6,476 10,423 8.6 Rest of Europe 31,378 19,012 15.7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2,955 1,308 1.1 Croatia 3,216 1,846 1.5 Macedonia 3,157 2,068 1.7 Serbia and Montenegro, Kosovo (separate data not available) 15,068 7,772 6.4 Turkey 5,664 3,915 3.2 Other countries 1,318 2,103 1.7 Outside Europe 20,930 23,985 19.8 India 977 2,004 1.7 USA 1,428 2,096 1.7 Other countries 18,525 19,885 16.4 8 RESIDENT POPULATION Resident Population by Origin and Precinct, 2011 Swiss Foreign Foreign Total nationals nationals nationals (%) Entire city 390,082 269,065 121,017 31.0 District 1 5,550 3,980 1,570 28.3 Rathaus 3,140 2,242 898 28.6 Hochschulen 681 484 197 28.9 Lindenhof 950 713 237 24.9 City 779 541 238 30.6 District 2 30,079 22,042 8,037 26.7 Wollishofen 16,055 11,968 4,087 25.5 Leimbach 5,340 4,048 1,292 24.2 Enge 8,684 6,026 2,658 30.6 District 3 46,943 33,086 13,857 29.5 Alt-Wiedikon 16,014 10,879 5,135 32.1 Friesenberg 10,622 8,436 2,186 20.6 Sihlfeld 20,307 13,771 6,536 32.2 District 4 27,453 16,536 10,917 39.8 Werd 4,189 2,704 1,485 35.4 Langstrasse 10,520 6,264 4,256 40.5 Hard 12,744 7,568 5,176 40.6 District 5 12,924 8,773 4,151 32.1 Gewerbeschule 9,795 6,476 3,319 33.9 Escher Wyss 3,129 2,297 832 26.6 District 6 31,556 23,001 8,555 27.1 Unterstrass 21,240 15,595 5,645 26.6 Oberstrass 10,316 7,406 2,910 28.2 District 7 35,616 26,219 9,397 26.4 Fluntern 7,873 5,477 2,396 30.4 Hottingen 10,461 7,437 3,024 28.9 Hirslanden 7,024 5,284 1,740 24.8 Witikon 10,258 8,021 2,237 21.8 District 8 15,501 10,638 4,863 31.4 Seefeld 4,908 3,209 1,699 34.6 Mühlebach 5,651 3,933 1,718 30.4 Weinegg 4,942