Living in Oetwil am See

Oetwil am See's population was 5,150 at the end of 2024. The resident counts list 3,526 Swiss permanent residents and 8 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population5,150people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source

Median gross salary (region)7,875EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch

Average net rent22.36EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)

Recorded crime7,563incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9

PM2.5, annual mean7.18µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Oetwil am See?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71

Mobile plan, 10 GB€56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	70.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Swisscom blue Internet S¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	56.03 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Salt Swiss 10GB¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	22.36 EUR/m²/month	31 Dec 2024	Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)⁴Official · regional context

Is Oetwil am See a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker73%strong on work, weak on safety · range 62–84%

Skilled employee72%strong on work, weak on education · range 62–82%

Student50%strong on cost, weak on education · range 38–62%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–71%

Retirement42%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 28–56%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About €1,342 a month in cold rent, from the published average of 22.36 EUR/m²/month. Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

How international is the population?

31.5% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 1,624 of 5,150 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	7,875 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch¹⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Oetwil am See?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€5,081of €6,549 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€6,549
Rent, 60 m²€22.36/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31	− €1,342
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30	− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30	− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€5,081

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Oetwil am See. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Oetwil am See. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesOetwil am See highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779

Bern20,196

Interlaken18,896

Olten15,369

Kloten13,097

St. Gallen9,783

Winterthur7,988

Muri bei Bern5,389

Wetzikon (ZH)4,048

Küsnacht (ZH)3,718

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,563 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9¹²Official · regional context

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Oetwil am See. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person

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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online

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Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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4°-1°

5°-1°

10°2°

15°5°

19°9°

23°13°

24°15°

24°14°

19°11°

14°7°

8°3°

4°0°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

140

149

155

163

116

105

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

144

183

198

216

234

218

161

107

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.2WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwitzerlandAnnual PM2.5 in Oetwil am See is 7.2 µg/m³. Of 43 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

2–36–77–88–99–1010–1116–1717–18

Oetwil am See 7.2

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.18 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.5 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 14.8 · May 19 · Jun 22.6 · Jul 24.5 · Aug 23.9 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 7.9 · Dec 4.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.4 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 1.9 · Apr 5.2 · May 9.3 · Jun 12.9 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.5 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 7.3 · Nov 2.7 · Dec -0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 1 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 9.8 · May 13.9 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 10.3 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 1.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 79.7 · Feb 77.5 · Mar 88.7 · Apr 93.7 · May 139.5 · Jun 149.2 · Jul 155.4 · Aug 163.3 · Sep 115.5 · Oct 99.4 · Nov 95 · Dec 105 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 55.7 · Feb 87 · Mar 143.7 · Apr 182.7 · May 197.7 · Jun 215.7 · Jul 234.2 · Aug 217.6 · Sep 160.9 · Oct 106.9 · Nov 56.7 · Dec 44.5 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Zürich ±0.1 °C. Elsewhere: Berlin (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Werl (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport68.5%
Foreign residents31.5%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	586.5 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS¹⁶Official
City area	6.1 km²	2016	Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2016, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².²Official
Foreign non-permanent residents	8 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹¹Official
Foreign residents	1,624 people	31 Dec 2024	Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.¹⁴Official
Non-permanent residents	8 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹¹Official
Population density	844.3 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2016; area observed_at=2016).²Official
Population	5,150 people	31 Dec 2024	Switzerland official denominator source¹⁸Official
Swiss non-permanent residents	0 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹¹Official
Swiss permanent residents	3,526 people	31 Dec 2024	Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 2024¹¹Official

International community in Oetwil am See

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	14	100.0%
Abroad	14	100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Place of birth - total	5,190	100.0%
In Switzerland	3,163	60.9%
Abroad	2,027	39.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Citizenship

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship - total	14	100.0%
Ukraine	4	28.6%
Portugal	3	21.4%
Italy	2	14.3%
Spain	2	14.3%
Germany	1	7.1%
Somalia	1	7.1%
Afghanistan	1	7.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Alternatives for people set on Oetwil am See

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Oetwil am See from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Oetwil am See

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Zürich Commuting Zone · 17.8 km away

Rent: 26.18 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-04-01

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Oetwil am See, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities

Bäretswil5,148 residents Saint-Sulpice (VD)5,155 residents Arbedo-Castione5,160 residents Sainte-Croix5,139 residents Huttwil5,135 residents Elgg5,175 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Oetwil am See under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Oetwil am See's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Oetwil am See part of Winterthur?

Oetwil am See is in the published commuting zone of Winterthur; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Winterthur city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source³

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How much does it cost to rent in Oetwil am See?

Average net cold rent is 22.36 EUR/m²/month, excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about €1,565 a month before utilities. Source: Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton).

What is the typical salary around Oetwil am See?

The median gross salary is 7,875 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

Is the air quality good in Oetwil am See?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.18 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).

How safe is Oetwil am See?

Police recorded 7,563 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9.

How many people live in Oetwil am See?

The published population is 5,150 people. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How many foreign residents live in Oetwil am See?

1,624 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Oetwil am See a good place to live?

Oetwil am See may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Oetwil am See part of Winterthur?

Oetwil am See is in the published commuting zone of Winterthur; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Oetwil am See?

Zürich, Männedorf, Uetikon am See, Stäfa, Egg are near Oetwil am See. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Oetwil am See?

The official country of birth distribution records 14 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Oetwil am See, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c8ca5ccae835d396360896ee833cd087]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/oetwil-am-see/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Oetwil am See, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c8ca5ccae835d396360896ee833cd087},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/oetwil-am-see/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Salt Swiss 10GB salt.ch · checked 2026-09-15
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