What is the postal code of Brienz?

The postal code of Brienz is 3855.

What is the tax rate in Brienz?

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

How much tax do you pay in Brienz?

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

How many residents does Brienz have?

Brienz has 3'264 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Brienz?

Brienz has 520 foreign residents, a share of 15.93% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Brienz

3855

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'684 51.6%

Men

1'580 48.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

567 17.4%

Swiss citizens

2'744 84.1%

Foreign residents

520 15.9%

Population density

68 pop./km²

0–19 · 567 · 17.4%20–64 · 1'826 · 55.9%65+ · 871 · 26.7%

Foreign residents 15.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +8 (+0.3%) · 22 births · 40 deaths · net migration +23

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 Brienz

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 23.2% Yes

23.9% YesNo 76.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.0% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 30.2% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 59.9% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 54.6% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.7% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 46.8% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 21.1% Yes

23.0% YesNo 77.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 41.5% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 42.4% Yes

44.5% YesNo 55.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.3% · strongest party

SVP37.3%

SP16.7%

FDP9.3%

GLP9.2%

GRÜNE7.6%

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 178 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%)

BrienzCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Brienz	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 1991–20205.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'530 mm

5.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'901 m

Mean elevation

1'476 m

Relief

2'338 m

Mean slope

27.5°

Flat share

8.0%

South-facing

27.5%

Above 2000 m

20.1%

Relief 2'338 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

42.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

56.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'400

Per inhabitant

12'966 kWh/yr

42 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

27.76 Rp./kWh

Energy

9.3 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.52 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

5.3 Rp./kWh

27.76 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Brienz, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

1.02 %

Second homes

37.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

2'755

Built before 194632.2%

Built since 200113.2%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.02 %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

1'711

Workplaces

307

Services share

67.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 131 (7.7%) · Secondary 423 (24.7%) · Tertiary 1'157 (67.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

58.3 %

Farmland

752 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 134 min · Car 63 min

AgglomerationPT 62 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 5/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number573

Websitebrienz.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Brienz ranks

Largest municipalities3'264 #82 BE · #677 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #170 BE · #1257 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #165 BE · #849 CH Jobs per resident0.52 #75 BE · #484 CH Families & children17.4% #275 BE · #1755 CH Age structure26.7% #60 BE · #252 CH Women share51.6% #48 BE · #205 CH Foreign residents15.9% #81 BE · #1201 CH Population density68/km² #249 BE · #1657 CH Tax burden17'048 #172 BE · #1868 CH Taxes175% #178 BE Warmest municipalities5.6 °C #330 BE · #1966 CH Sunniest municipalities45.9% #49 BE · #569 CH Rainiest municipalities1'530 mm #19 BE · #219 CH Voter turnout54.5% #156 BE · #1292 CH Against Switzerland22% #62 BE · #388 CH Aligned with Switzerland78% #139 BE · #1070 CH SVP strongholds37.3% #229 BE · #814 CH SP strongholds16.7% #108 BE · #766 CH Centre strongholds5.9% #238 BE · #1693 CH FDP strongholds9.3% #52 BE · #1476 CH GLP strongholds9.2% #117 BE · #405 CH Green strongholds7.6% #130 BE · #949 CH Largest by area48.1 km² #27 BE · #183 CH Highest municipalities566 m #201 BE · #941 CH Second homes37.8% #20 BE · #217 CH Organic farming58.3% #5 BE · #87 CH Best-connected municipalities134 min #330 BE · #2002 CH Remotest municipalities134 min #5 BE · #106 CH Highest peaks2'901 m #13 BE · #167 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'476 m #23 BE · #207 CH Greatest vertical range2'338 m #9 BE · #119 CH Steepest municipalities27.5° #23 BE · #174 CH Solar potential42 GWh #58 BE · #429 CH Solar potential per capita12'966 kWh #150 BE · #634 CH Cheapest electricity27.76 Rp./kWh #239 BE · #1198 CH Most expensive electricity27.76 Rp./kWh #95 BE · #909 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3855

Brienz BE

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Axalp3855 Brienz BE3855

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Oberried am Brienzersee

BE · 6.4 km

Hofstetten bei Brienz

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Brienz?: The postal code of Brienz is 3855.
What is the tax rate in Brienz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Brienz is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Brienz?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Brienz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Brienz have?: Brienz has 3'264 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Brienz?: Brienz has 520 foreign residents, a share of 15.93% (2025).

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