Living in Regensdorf
In Regensdorf, unemployment is 2.2% (2022).
Regensdorf is in Switzerland; its population was 20,282 at the end of 2024. For Regensdorf, the foreign population count was 7,516 at the end of 2024.
Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Regensdorf?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 70.68 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Swisscom blue Internet S16Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 56.03 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Salt Swiss 10GB12Official · 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)6Official · regional context |
Is Regensdorf 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Regensdorf?
The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO2
Regensdorf 2.2%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median gross salary (regional) | 7,875 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch23Official |
| Unemployment rate | 2.2 %country median 2.3% | 31 Dec 2022 | Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO2Official |
What does a salary buy in Regensdorf?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Regensdorf. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
arbeit.swiss — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Regensdorf. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Regensdorf?
Police recorded about 6,484 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 by municipality and legal statute11
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 6,484 incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 by municipality and legal statute11Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Regensdorf. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation
SEM and cantons
For migrants, refugees.
fide language promotion system — State Language Course
State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)
For adult migrants.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Regensdorf?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.01 µg/m³ · Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Regensdorf 8.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 8.01 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged)1Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3.8 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 15.3 · May 19.4 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 24.7 · Sep 19.8 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 8 · Dec 4.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.9 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 0.8 · Apr 3.9 · May 8.3 · Jun 11.9 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 1.8 · Dec -1 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 1 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 5.7 · Apr 9.6 · May 13.8 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19.2 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 9.9 · Nov 4.8 · Dec 1.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 63.1 · Feb 55.2 · Mar 65.4 · Apr 73.1 · May 114.8 · Jun 112.4 · Jul 115.6 · Aug 108.8 · Sep 79.2 · Oct 80 · Nov 74.2 · Dec 80.2 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI21Official |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 51.4 · Feb 81.4 · Mar 138.9 · Apr 178.1 · May 194.8 · Jun 215.8 · Jul 237.5 · Aug 218.5 · Sep 159.3 · Oct 94.7 · Nov 50.9 · Dec 40.3 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI22Official |
Similar climate. In Switzerland: Zürich ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Berlin (Germany) ±0.3 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.6 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.6 °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
How many people live in Regensdorf?
The published population was 20,282 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source17
By nationality
National passport62.9%Foreign residents37.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 547.2 cars/1000 residents | 31 Dec 2024 | Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS15Official |
| City area | 14.59 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 km².4Official |
| Foreign non-permanent residents | 138 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 202410Official |
| Foreign residents | 7,516 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.13Official |
| Non-permanent residents | 138 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 202410Official |
| Population density | 1,390 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).4Official |
| Population | 20,282 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Switzerland official denominator source17Official |
| Swiss non-permanent residents | 0 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 202410Official |
| Swiss permanent residents | 12,766 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 202410Official |
International community in Regensdorf
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 | 183 | 100.0% |
| Abroad | 176 | 96.2% |
| In Switzerland | 7 | 3.8% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14
Country of birth
Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Place of birth - total | 20,701 | 100.0% |
| In Switzerland | 11,794 | 57.0% |
| Abroad | 8,907 | 43.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14
Citizenship
Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Citizenship - total | 20,701 | 100.0% |
| Switzerland | 12,994 | 62.8% |
| Italy | 1,089 | 5.3% |
| Germany | 987 | 4.8% |
| Portugal | 827 | 4.0% |
| Kosovo | 578 | 2.8% |
| North Macedonia | 497 | 2.4% |
| Serbia | 357 | 1.7% |
| Spain | 320 | 1.5% |
| Türkiye | 293 | 1.4% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 221 | 1.1% |
| Austria | 178 | 0.9% |
| Syria | 137 | 0.7% |
| Poland | 129 | 0.6% |
| Romania | 116 | 0.6% |
| Greece | 105 | 0.5% |
| Hungary | 103 | 0.5% |
| Croatia | 100 | 0.5% |
| Slovakia | 95 | 0.5% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 93 | 0.4% |
| Brazil | 87 | 0.4% |
| Afghanistan | 73 | 0.4% |
| Sri Lanka | 72 | 0.3% |
| Bulgaria | 71 | 0.3% |
| Eritrea | 70 | 0.3% |
| France | 65 | 0.3% |
| China | 64 | 0.3% |
| India | 62 | 0.3% |
| Slovenia | 55 | 0.3% |
| Thailand | 49 | 0.2% |
| Netherlands | 37 | 0.2% |
| Czechia | 37 | 0.2% |
| United Kingdom | 33 | 0.2% |
| Sweden | 32 | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 31 | 0.1% |
| Russia | 28 | 0.1% |
| Belgium | 26 | 0.1% |
| Iran | 26 | 0.1% |
| Algeria | 25 | 0.1% |
| United States | 25 | 0.1% |
| Pakistan | 25 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 22 | 0.1% |
| Dominican Republic | 20 | 0.1% |
| Ethiopia | 18 | 0.1% |
| Canada | 17 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 17 | 0.1% |
| Vietnam | 17 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 16 | 0.1% |
| Morocco | 15 | 0.1% |
| Peru | 15 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 14 | 0.1% |
| No indication | 13 | 0.1% |
| Nigeria | 13 | 0.1% |
| Philippines | 13 | 0.1% |
| Finland | 12 | 0.1% |
| Lithuania | 11 | 0.1% |
| South Africa | 11 | 0.1% |
| Kenya | 10 | 0.0% |
| Denmark | 9 | 0.0% |
| Latvia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 8 | 0.0% |
| Norway | 8 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 8 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 8 | 0.0% |
| Congo (Kinshasa) | 8 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 8 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 8 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 8 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 8 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 0.0% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 7 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 6 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 6 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 6 | 0.0% |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Mongolia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 4 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 4 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Ecuador | 4 | 0.0% |
| Haiti | 4 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 4 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Stateless | 3 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 3 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) | 3 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 3 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Malta | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 2 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 2 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 2 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 0.0% |
| Benin | 1 | 0.0% |
| Gambia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 0.0% |
| Liberia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Senegal | 1 | 0.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 1 | 0.0% |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 0.0% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 0.0% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bhutan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Myanmar | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maldives | 1 | 0.0% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14
Alternatives for people set on Regensdorf
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Rümlang as a Regensdorf alternative in the same region
5 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.
- Nearest airport: 2.0 km Rümlang vs 7.0 km Regensdorf−71%
- Residents: 8,243 Rümlang vs 20,282 Regensdorf−59%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,563 Rümlang vs 6,484 Regensdorfno percentage
- Annual PM2.5: 7.2 µg/m³ Rümlang vs 8.0 µg/m³ Regensdorf−10%
- Rent: €22.36/m² Rümlang vs €22.36/m² Regensdorfsame level
- Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Rümlang vs €7,875 Regensdorfsame level
Cities near Regensdorf
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 26.18 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-04-01
- Rent
- 17.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2023-12-31
Alternative cities in Switzerland
Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Regensdorf, nearest in population first.
How does Regensdorf compare?
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Regensdorf in rankings
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Regensdorf 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.
Open the official coverage guideSchool 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; Regensdorf's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Regensdorf part of Winterthur?
Regensdorf 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. Source5
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Regensdorf?
The published population was 20,282 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.
Is the air quality good in Regensdorf?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Annual AQ statistics (AirBase & e-Reporting merged).
How safe is Regensdorf?
Police recorded about 6,484 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025 by municipality and legal statute.
What is the unemployment rate in Regensdorf?
The unemployment rate is 2.2 % (2022). Source: Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS/FSO), source data SECO.
What is the typical salary around Regensdorf?
The median gross salary is 7,875 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.
Is Regensdorf a good place to live?
Regensdorf 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 Regensdorf part of Winterthur?
Regensdorf is in the published commuting zone of Winterthur; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Regensdorf?
Zürich, Winterthur, Oberengstringen, Weiningen (ZH), Buchs (ZH) are near Regensdorf. 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 Regensdorf?
The official country of birth distribution records 183 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). Regensdorf, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d157edca708f58084e7a2b22140def19]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ch/regensdorf/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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year = {2026},
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- Eurostat ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-27
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