Ellikon an der Thur is a municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

[3] Ellikon an der Thur has an area of 5 km2 (1.9 sq mi).

Of the rest of the land, 10.4% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.6%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update] 6.7% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (93.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.2%) and Albanian being third ( 0.7%).

In Ellikon an der Thur about 83.2% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).