Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
71'459 51.6%
Men
67'103 48.4%
Children & youth (0–19)
23'863 17.2%
Swiss citizens
102'666 74.1%
Foreign residents
35'896 25.9%
Population density
2'684 pop./km²
0–19 · 23'863 · 17.2%20–64 · 90'711 · 65.5%65+ · 23'988 · 17.3%
Foreign residents 25.9%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +567 (+0.4%) · 1'372 births · 1'175 deaths · net migration +421
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
Neighbourhoods
BFS · 2024Statistical city quarters from BFS City Statistics — available for 10 Swiss cities only, not nationwide.
Bümpliz
16'214residents
- Median age
- 42.6
- Foreign
- 37.6%
- Area / person
- 37 m²
Bethlehem
13'573residents
- Median age
- 40.5
- Foreign
- 41.9%
- Area / person
- 38 m²
Schosshalde
8'703residents
- Median age
- 43.5
- Foreign
- 21.2%
- Area / person
- 45 m²
Spitalacker
7'612residents
- Median age
- 38.4
- Foreign
- 16.3%
- Area / person
- 41 m²
Holligen
7'485residents
- Median age
- 35.6
- Foreign
- 31.8%
- Area / person
- 37 m²
Weissenbühl
6'946residents
- Median age
- 36.9
- Foreign
- 21.5%
- Area / person
- 42 m²
Breitenrain
6'500residents
- Median age
- 36.8
- Foreign
- 25.6%
- Area / person
- 37 m²
Mattenhof
6'190residents
- Median age
- 36.4
- Foreign
- 23.9%
- Area / person
- 40 m²
Breitfeld
6'023residents
- Median age
- 37.3
- Foreign
- 22.3%
- Area / person
- 40 m²
Murifeld
5'021residents
- Median age
- 43.8
- Foreign
- 28.0%
- Area / person
- 41 m²
Brunnadern
4'805residents
- Median age
- 45.7
- Foreign
- 19.4%
- Area / person
- 47 m²
Neufeld
4'796residents
- Median age
- 37.6
- Foreign
- 19.2%
- Area / person
- 39 m²
Sandrain
3'933residents
- Median age
- 38.1
- Foreign
- 20.6%
- Area / person
- 39 m²
Felsenau
3'932residents
- Median age
- 39.7
- Foreign
- 20.3%
- Area / person
- 39 m²
Lorraine
3'794residents
- Median age
- 39.7
- Foreign
- 19.3%
- Area / person
- 38 m²
Muesmatt
3'719residents
- Median age
- 37.6
- Foreign
- 22.9%
- Area / person
- 38 m²
Kirchenfeld
3'651residents
- Median age
- 43.9
- Foreign
- 16.8%
- Area / person
- 47 m²
Monbijou
3'224residents
- Median age
- 35.6
- Foreign
- 29.6%
- Area / person
- 41 m²
Länggasse
2'960residents
- Median age
- 39.1
- Foreign
- 19.3%
- Area / person
- 41 m²
Beundenfeld
2'695residents
- Median age
- 42.6
- Foreign
- 18.7%
- Area / person
- 45 m²
Weissenstein
2'324residents
- Median age
- 43.2
- Foreign
- 8.3%
- Area / person
- 38 m²
Stöckacker
1'992residents
- Median age
- 39.2
- Foreign
- 37.1%
- Area / person
- 36 m²
Gryphenhübeli
1'860residents
- Median age
- 43.7
- Foreign
- 18.8%
- Area / person
- 46 m²
Stadtbach
1'542residents
- Median age
- 40
- Foreign
- 21.5%
- Area / person
- 43 m²
Oberbottigen
1'440residents
- Median age
- 47.6
- Foreign
- 9.9%
- Area / person
- 49 m²
Altenberg
1'337residents
- Median age
- 48.7
- Foreign
- 15.2%
- Area / person
- 47 m²
Grünes Quartier
1'216residents
- Median age
- 42
- Foreign
- 28.4%
- Area / person
- 46 m²
Engeried
1'210residents
- Median age
- 41
- Foreign
- 27.6%
- Area / person
- 42 m²
Schwarzes Quartier
1'201residents
- Median age
- 40.4
- Foreign
- 18.2%
- Area / person
- 42 m²
Weisses Quartier
920residents
- Median age
- 44.1
- Foreign
- 20.1%
- Area / person
- 53 m²
Rotes Quartier
239residents
- Median age
- 41.7
- Foreign
- 30.5%
- Area / person
- 45 m²
Gelbes Quartier
152residents
- Median age
- 39.7
- Foreign
- 40.1%
- Area / person
- 50 m²
STATPOP 2024 · 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 Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes
44.3% YesNo 55.7%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes
11.1% YesNo 88.9%
27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes
62.3% YesNo 37.7%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes
26.8% YesNo 73.2%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes
16.4% YesNo 83.6%
14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes
76.2% YesNo 23.8%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes
75.0% YesNo 25.0%
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
59.4% YesNo 40.6%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes
17.7% YesNo 82.3%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes
19.9% YesNo 80.1%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SP37.7% · strongest party
SP37.7%
GRÜNE21.7%
GLP13.8%
SVP9.1%
FDP6.3%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier154%
Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%
154%BE range 89%220%
Tax rank 52 of 334 in canton BernTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'366 CHF(16.4%)
Rank 49 of 334 in the canton · 1490 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
100'000 CHF:16'366 CHF(~16.4%)
BernCanton range BernSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Bern | Bern | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 9.6% | 8.3–10.9% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 11.4% | 9.8–13% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 12.8% | 11–14.5% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 13.8% | 12–15.7% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 14.6% | 12.6–16.5% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 15.4% | 13.4–17.5% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 16.4% | 14.3–18.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 17.2% | 15–19.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18% | 15.8–20.3% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 18.8% | 16.5–21.2% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 19.6% | 17.2–22% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 20.3% | 17.9–22.8% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 22.1% | 19.5–24.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 23.6% | 20.9–26.3% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 25% | 22.2–27.8% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 26.2% | 23.3–29.1% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 27.2% | 24.3–30.2% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 28.1% | 25.1–31.2% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.3 °C
Precipitation 1991–2020953 mm
9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
675 m
Mean elevation
561 m
Relief
194 m
Mean slope
4.8°
Flat share
68.4%
South-facing
6.2%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 194 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
561.1 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
749.4 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
124'700
Per inhabitant
4'049 kWh/yr
561 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
31.11 Rp./kWh
Energy
10.75 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
13.45 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
5.1 Rp./kWh
31.11 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Energie Wasser Bern
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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 1
Standard model, deductible 300682 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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 · AREVacancy rate
0.43 %
Second homes
13.4 %
Avg. rooms
3
Dwellings
82'242
Built before 194641.7%
Built since 20017.7%
0.43 %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
202'014
Workplaces
15'152
Services share
92.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 301 (0.1%) · Secondary 14'655 (7.3%) · Tertiary 187'058 (92.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
33
Organic share
18.2 %
Farmland
837 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 · CC0BFS municipality number351
Head of governmentMarieke Kruit · Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz
Websitebern.ch ↗
DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities138'562 #1 BE · #5 CHGrowing municipalities0.4% #159 BE · #1158 CHShrinking municipalities0.4% #176 BE · #947 CHJobs per resident1.46 #4 BE · #31 CHFamilies & children17.2% #279 BE · #1789 CHAge structure17.3% #328 BE · #1730 CHWomen share51.6% #45 BE · #202 CHForeign residents25.9% #22 BE · #509 CHPopulation density2'684/km² #5 BE · #38 CHTax burden16'366 #49 BE · #1490 CHTaxes154% #52 BEWarmest municipalities9.3 °C #91 BE · #1109 CHSunniest municipalities43.5% #120 BE · #923 CHRainiest municipalities953 mm #333 BE · #1808 CHVoter turnout61.4% #27 BE · #466 CHAgainst Switzerland32.4% #9 BE · #26 CHAligned with Switzerland67.6% #188 BE · #1421 CHSVP strongholds9.1% #329 BE · #2094 CHSP strongholds37.7% #1 BE · #5 CHCentre strongholds6% #234 BE · #1679 CHFDP strongholds6.3% #150 BE · #1758 CHGLP strongholds13.8% #14 BE · #60 CHGreen strongholds21.7% #3 BE · #14 CHLargest by area51.6 km² #23 BE · #167 CHHighest municipalities542 m #221 BE · #1031 CHSecond homes13.4% #130 BE · #724 CHOrganic farming18.2% #81 BE · #718 CHBest-connected municipalities12 min #1 BE · #5 CHRemotest municipalities12 min #334 BE · #2107 CHHighest peaks675 m #217 BE · #1281 CHHighest-lying municipalities561 m #218 BE · #1165 CHGreatest vertical range194 m #206 BE · #1393 CHSteepest municipalities4.8° #243 BE · #1605 CHSolar potential561 GWh #1 BE · #2 CHSolar potential per capita4'049 kWh #332 BE · #2048 CHCheapest electricity31.11 Rp./kWh #299 BE · #1901 CHMost expensive electricity31.11 Rp./kWh #35 BE · #206 CH
Postal codes (24)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 10Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Bern?
- Bern has 24 postal codes: 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3018 ….
- What is the tax rate in Bern?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Bern is 154% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
- How much tax do you pay in Bern?
- A single person without children pays about 16'366 CHF income tax in Bern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 49 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Bern have?
- Bern has 138'562 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Bern?
- Bern has 35'896 foreign residents, a share of 25.91% (2025).
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