Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
467 49.6%
Men
474 50.4%
Children & youth (0–19)
148 15.7%
Swiss citizens
668 71.0%
Foreign residents
273 29.0%
Population density
263 pop./km²
0–19 · 148 · 15.7%20–64 · 495 · 52.6%65+ · 298 · 31.7%
Foreign residents 29.0%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −16 (−1.7%) · 2 births · 20 deaths · net migration +7
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
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 Bezirk Frauenfeld: 24.4% Yes
33.2% YesNo 66.8%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 31.5% Yes
36.2% YesNo 63.8%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 60.2% Yes
60.7% YesNo 39.4%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 52.2% Yes
52.9% YesNo 47.1%
14.06.2026Änderung der Kantonsverfassung zur Anpassung der FinanzkompetenzenCantonal TG● Accepted · 57.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 58.8% Yes
59.8% YesNo 40.2%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 41.3% Yes
45.2% YesNo 54.8%
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 Bezirk Frauenfeld: 22.0% Yes
23.3% YesNo 76.7%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 40.7% Yes
43.2% YesNo 56.8%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 37.1% Yes
39.8% YesNo 60.2%
08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Bezirk Frauenfeld: 72.9% Yes
69.1% YesNo 30.9%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP36.7% · strongest party
SVP36.7%
Mitte14.1%
FDP13.8%
SP11.6%
GRÜNE10.2%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier129%
Cantonal tax multiplier109%
129%TG range 94%175%
Tax rank 13 of 80 in canton ThurgauTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
12'442 CHF(12.4%)
Rank 11 of 80 in the canton · 385 of 2110 in Switzerland
Median canton 13'209 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF
Cheapest Warth-Weiningen 10'862 CHF · most expensive Arbon 14'518 CHF
100'000 CHF:12'442 CHF(~12.4%)
BerlingenCanton range ThurgauSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Berlingen | Thurgau | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.8% | 5–6.8% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.4% | 6.4–8.8% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 9% | 7.7–10.6% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 10.1% | 8.8–11.9% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 11% | 9.5–12.9% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 11.6% | 10.1–13.6% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 12.4% | 10.9–14.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 13.2% | 11.6–15.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 13.9% | 12.2–16.1% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14.5% | 12.8–16.8% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 15.1% | 13.4–17.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 15.7% | 13.9–18.1% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 17% | 15.1–19.5% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 18.3% | 16.3–20.9% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 19.4% | 17.4–22.1% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 20.4% | 18.3–23.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 21.2% | 19.1–24% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 21.9% | 19.7–24.8% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.1 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020888 mm
10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
692 m
Mean elevation
519 m
Relief
296 m
Mean slope
11.8°
Flat share
23.8%
South-facing
4.5%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 296 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
Roof potential
6.1 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
7.8 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
1'400
Per inhabitant
6'504 kWh/yr
6 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 · 2027Tariff H4
30.28 Rp./kWh
Energy
10.29 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
15.69 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.3 Rp./kWh
30.28 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 28.29 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Politische Gemeinde Berlingen, Elektizitätsversorgung
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 · 2024Standard model, deductible 300544 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Thurgau382 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set not per municipality but per canton and premium region. Shown is the average adult premium paid in canton Thurgau (2024, BAG) — it applies canton-wide, not to any single location.
2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026
Housing
BFS · AREVacancy rate
1.75 %
Second homes
17.3 %
Avg. rooms
3.9
Dwellings
627
Built before 194645.0%
Built since 200117.4%
1.75 %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 · 2024Jobs
327
Workplaces
80
Services share
89.9 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 16 (4.9%) · Secondary 17 (5.2%) · Tertiary 294 (89.9%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
6
Organic share
0 %
Farmland
35 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities941 #71 TG · #1489 CHGrowing municipalities-1.7% #79 TG · #1947 CHShrinking municipalities-1.7% #2 TG · #162 CHJobs per resident0.35 #54 TG · #1055 CHFamilies & children15.7% #80 TG · #1937 CHAge structure31.7% #1 TG · #63 CHWomen share49.6% #31 TG · #1222 CHForeign residents29% #20 TG · #349 CHPopulation density263/km² #40 TG · #857 CHTax burden12'442 #11 TG · #385 CHTaxes129% #13 TGWarmest municipalities10.1 °C #3 TG · #439 CHSunniest municipalities38.9% #75 TG · #2094 CHRainiest municipalities888 mm #73 TG · #1968 CHVoter turnout62.4% #12 TG · #386 CHSVP strongholds36.7% #64 TG · #859 CHSP strongholds11.6% #12 TG · #1348 CHCentre strongholds14.1% #42 TG · #895 CHFDP strongholds13.8% #11 TG · #954 CHGLP strongholds7.5% #17 TG · #665 CHGreen strongholds10.2% #12 TG · #547 CHLargest by area3.6 km² #73 TG · #1787 CHHighest municipalities400 m #74 TG · #1894 CHSecond homes17.3% #2 TG · #432 CHOrganic farming0% #79 TG · #1897 CHBest-connected municipalities105 min #75 TG · #1791 CHRemotest municipalities105 min #7 TG · #331 CHHighest peaks692 m #19 TG · #1230 CHHighest-lying municipalities519 m #32 TG · #1352 CHGreatest vertical range296 m #6 TG · #1005 CHSteepest municipalities11.8° #3 TG · #788 CHSolar potential6 GWh #79 TG · #1828 CHSolar potential per capita6'504 kWh #73 TG · #1756 CHCheapest electricity30.28 Rp./kWh #47 TG · #1817 CHMost expensive electricity30.28 Rp./kWh #33 TG · #290 CH
Postal codes (1)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 1Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Berlingen?
- The postal code of Berlingen is 8267.
- What is the tax rate in Berlingen?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Berlingen is 129% (2026); canton TG levies 109%.
- How much tax do you pay in Berlingen?
- A single person without children pays about 12'442 CHF income tax in Berlingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 11 of 80 in canton TG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Berlingen have?
- Berlingen has 941 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Berlingen?
- Berlingen has 273 foreign residents, a share of 29.01% (2025).
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