Hofstetten is a former municipality in the district of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 4.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update] 1.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

It consists of the small villages of Hofstetten, Huggenberg, Geretswil, Wenzikon and Dickbuch.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (98.6%), with French being second most common ( 0.5%) and Italian being third ( 0.2%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 62% of the vote.