What is the postal code of Belp?

Belp has 6 postal codes: 3086, 3115, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3125.

What is the tax rate in Belp?

The municipal tax multiplier of Belp is 140% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Belp?

A single person without children pays about 15'911 CHF income tax in Belp on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Belp have?

Belp has 11'739 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Belp?

Belp has 2'097 foreign residents, a share of 17.86% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Belp

3086–3125

BE CANTON3086 3115 3122 3123+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'982 51.0%

Men

5'757 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'345 20.0%

Swiss citizens

9'642 82.1%

Foreign residents

2'097 17.9%

Population density

505 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'345 · 20.0%20–64 · 6'532 · 55.6%65+ · 2'862 · 24.4%

Foreign residents 17.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +21 (+0.2%) · 117 births · 107 deaths · net migration +1

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 Belp

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

25.5% YesNo 74.5%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

34.8% YesNo 65.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

54.5% YesNo 45.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

47.8% YesNo 52.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

51.5% YesNo 48.5%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

38.4% YesNo 61.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.7% · strongest party

SVP33.7%

SP18.8%

GLP10.6%

Mitte10.2%

FDP7.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier140%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

140%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 21 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'911 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 20 of 334 in the canton · 1235 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:15'911 CHF(~15.9%)

BelpCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Belp	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.5%	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 1991–20208.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'151 mm

8.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

891 m

Mean elevation

599 m

Relief

385 m

Mean slope

7.3°

Flat share

59.7%

South-facing

1.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 385 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

78.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

97.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

17'500

Per inhabitant

6'699 kWh/yr

79 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

33.71 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.4 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

15.5 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.7 Rp./kWh

33.71 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Energie Belp 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 Belp →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

0.82 %

Second homes

5.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

5'705

Built before 194615.9%

Built since 200124.7%

0.82 %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

5'186

Workplaces

739

Services share

72.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 246 (4.7%) · Secondary 1'172 (22.6%) · Tertiary 3'768 (72.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.4 %

Farmland

1'290 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 36 min · Car 24 min

AgglomerationPT 36 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 307/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number861

Websitebelp.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Belp ranks

Largest municipalities11'739 #14 BE · #142 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #178 BE · #1299 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #157 BE · #804 CH Jobs per resident0.44 #114 BE · #698 CH Families & children20% #136 BE · #1135 CH Age structure24.4% #123 BE · #470 CH Women share51% #86 BE · #384 CH Foreign residents17.9% #69 BE · #1053 CH Population density505/km² #55 BE · #497 CH Tax burden15'911 #20 BE · #1235 CH Taxes140% #21 BE Warmest municipalities8.5 °C #210 BE · #1563 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #96 BE · #807 CH Rainiest municipalities1'151 mm #166 BE · #831 CH Voter turnout58.3% #69 BE · #789 CH Against Switzerland2.9% #199 BE · #1453 CH Aligned with Switzerland97.1% #3 BE · #4 CH SVP strongholds33.7% #267 BE · #1053 CH SP strongholds18.8% #71 BE · #552 CH Centre strongholds10.2% #91 BE · #1184 CH FDP strongholds7.2% #124 BE · #1685 CH GLP strongholds10.6% #77 BE · #250 CH Green strongholds6.5% #174 BE · #1205 CH Largest by area23.3 km² #57 BE · #410 CH Highest municipalities521 m #240 BE · #1116 CH Second homes5.9% #325 BE · #1981 CH Organic farming15.4% #112 BE · #855 CH Best-connected municipalities36 min #28 BE · #173 CH Remotest municipalities36 min #307 BE · #1937 CH Highest peaks891 m #163 BE · #845 CH Highest-lying municipalities599 m #192 BE · #1016 CH Greatest vertical range385 m #138 BE · #839 CH Steepest municipalities7.3° #194 BE · #1196 CH Solar potential79 GWh #18 BE · #154 CH Solar potential per capita6'699 kWh #304 BE · #1726 CH Cheapest electricity33.71 Rp./kWh #324 BE · #2049 CH Most expensive electricity33.71 Rp./kWh #10 BE · #58 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Belp3123 Belpberg3124 Gerzensee3115 Kehrsatz3122 Toffen3125 Zimmerwald3086

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Belp?: Belp has 6 postal codes: 3086, 3115, 3122, 3123, 3124, 3125.
What is the tax rate in Belp?: The municipal tax multiplier of Belp is 140% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Belp?: A single person without children pays about 15'911 CHF income tax in Belp on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Belp have?: Belp has 11'739 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Belp?: Belp has 2'097 foreign residents, a share of 17.86% (2025).

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