What is the postal code of Aarberg?

Aarberg has 4 postal codes: 3250, 3267, 3270, 3273.

What is the tax rate in Aarberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Aarberg is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Aarberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Aarberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Aarberg have?

Aarberg has 4'601 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Aarberg?

Aarberg has 667 foreign residents, a share of 14.5% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Aarberg

3250–3273

BE CANTON3250 3267 3270 3273

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'340 50.9%

Men

2'261 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

888 19.3%

Swiss citizens

3'934 85.5%

Foreign residents

667 14.5%

Population density

580 pop./km²

0–19 · 888 · 19.3%20–64 · 2'578 · 56.0%65+ · 1'135 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 14.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −19 (−0.4%) · 36 births · 46 deaths · net migration −10

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Aarberg

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 22.8% Yes

22.5% YesNo 77.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

27.9% YesNo 72.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

49.9% YesNo 50.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 22.9% Yes

23.6% YesNo 76.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

34.0% YesNo 66.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.1% · strongest party

SVP36.1%

SP16.6%

GLP11.4%

Mitte9.5%

FDP9.0%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 187 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 17'048 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee 14'255 CHF · most expensive Schelten 18'510 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:17'048 CHF(~17%)

AarbergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Aarberg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020993 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

550 m

Mean elevation

465 m

Relief

110 m

Mean slope

3.7°

Flat share

73.0%

South-facing

1.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 110 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

46.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

57.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

10'200

Per inhabitant

10'015 kWh/yr

46 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

32.9 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.08 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.05 Rp./kWh

32.9 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Evolon AG

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Aarberg →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Bern. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Bern (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

1.44 %

Second homes

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'365

Built before 194620.8%

Built since 200125.7%

1.44 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

3'228

Workplaces

367

Services share

65.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 177 (5.5%) · Secondary 944 (29.2%) · Tertiary 2'107 (65.3%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.3 %

Farmland

386 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 46 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 266/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number301

Websiteaarberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Aarberg ranks

Largest municipalities4'601 #49 BE · #479 CH Growing municipalities-0.4% #228 BE · #1613 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.4% #105 BE · #492 CH Jobs per resident0.7 #31 BE · #221 CH Families & children19.3% #190 BE · #1354 CH Age structure24.7% #110 BE · #426 CH Women share50.9% #91 BE · #426 CH Foreign residents14.5% #100 BE · #1330 CH Population density580/km² #45 BE · #445 CH Tax burden17'048 #167 BE · #1863 CH Taxes175% #187 BE Warmest municipalities10 °C #29 BE · #481 CH Sunniest municipalities40.8% #246 BE · #1471 CH Rainiest municipalities993 mm #313 BE · #1651 CH Voter turnout53.7% #179 BE · #1392 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #179 BE · #1390 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #12 BE · #41 CH SVP strongholds36.1% #242 BE · #891 CH SP strongholds16.6% #109 BE · #772 CH Centre strongholds9.5% #111 BE · #1250 CH FDP strongholds9% #61 BE · #1500 CH GLP strongholds11.4% #51 BE · #186 CH Green strongholds8.7% #97 BE · #756 CH Largest by area7.9 km² #173 BE · #1144 CH Highest municipalities455 m #294 BE · #1491 CH Second homes8.7% #267 BE · #1478 CH Organic farming6.3% #230 BE · #1456 CH Best-connected municipalities46 min #69 BE · #363 CH Remotest municipalities46 min #266 BE · #1737 CH Highest peaks550 m #284 BE · #1712 CH Highest-lying municipalities465 m #290 BE · #1618 CH Greatest vertical range110 m #271 BE · #1783 CH Steepest municipalities3.7° #276 BE · #1793 CH Solar potential46 GWh #46 BE · #377 CH Solar potential per capita10'015 kWh #225 BE · #1059 CH Cheapest electricity32.9 Rp./kWh #316 BE · #2020 CH Most expensive electricity32.9 Rp./kWh #16 BE · #85 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Aarberg3270 Kappelen3273 Lyss3250 Seedorf BE3267

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Aarberg?: Aarberg has 4 postal codes: 3250, 3267, 3270, 3273.
What is the tax rate in Aarberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Aarberg is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Aarberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Aarberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Aarberg have?: Aarberg has 4'601 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Aarberg?: Aarberg has 667 foreign residents, a share of 14.5% (2025).

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