Besides the main settlement of Zollikon, which lies on the shore of Lake Zurich, the municipality also includes Zollikerberg, at a higher elevation on the road from Zürich to Forch.

Of the rest of the land, 40.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update] 36.5% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

[5] Zollikon is on the so-called Gold Coast of Zürich, and considered one of the most desirable and expensive municipalities in the nation.

In the 2007 election, the most popular political party in Zollikon was the FDP, which received 30.8% of the vote.

In the summer there are regular boats to Zürich as well as along the lake to Rapperswil, run by the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG).

Friedhof Enzenbühl, a cemetery whose area is shared with the Weinegg, became the resting place of some popular people, among them Inigo Gallo, César Keiser and Margrit Rainer.