What is the postal code of Burgdorf?

Burgdorf has 4 postal codes: 3400, 3413, 3414, 3472.

What is the tax rate in Burgdorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Burgdorf is 163% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Burgdorf?

A single person without children pays about 16'658 CHF income tax in Burgdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Burgdorf have?

Burgdorf has 17'577 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Burgdorf?

Burgdorf has 3'849 foreign residents, a share of 21.9% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Burgdorf

3400–3472

BE CANTON3400 3413 3414 3472

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'952 50.9%

Men

8'625 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'447 19.6%

Swiss citizens

13'728 78.1%

Foreign residents

3'849 21.9%

Population density

1'130 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'447 · 19.6%20–64 · 10'204 · 58.1%65+ · 3'926 · 22.3%

Foreign residents 21.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +285 (+1.7%) · 143 births · 181 deaths · net migration +329

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 Burgdorf

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

19.1% YesNo 80.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

33.8% YesNo 66.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

55.6% YesNo 44.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

57.7% YesNo 42.3%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

28.5% YesNo 71.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

28.2% YesNo 71.8%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP26.8% · strongest party

SP26.8%

SVP19.0%

GRÜNE12.8%

GLP11.7%

Mitte9.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier163%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

163%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 95 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'658 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 94 of 334 in the canton · 1678 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:16'658 CHF(~16.7%)

BurgdorfCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Burgdorf	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	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 1991–20209 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'081 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

730 m

Mean elevation

573 m

Relief

212 m

Mean slope

8.4°

Flat share

50.3%

South-facing

9.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 212 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

132.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

164.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

29'500

Per inhabitant

7'541 kWh/yr

133 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

31.92 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.74 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.51 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.05 Rp./kWh

31.92 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Localnet 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 Burgdorf →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

1.43 %

Second homes

12.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

9'251

Built before 194630.3%

Built since 200121.9%

1.43 %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 · 2024

Jobs

14'986

Workplaces

1'296

Services share

72.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 34 (0.2%) · Secondary 4'103 (27.4%) · Tertiary 10'849 (72.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

250 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 44 min · Car 34 min

AgglomerationPT 6 min · Car 5 min

Remoteness 277/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number404

Websiteburgdorf.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Burgdorf ranks

Largest municipalities17'577 #6 BE · #74 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #61 BE · #470 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #274 BE · #1635 CH Jobs per resident0.85 #18 BE · #134 CH Families & children19.6% #162 BE · #1261 CH Age structure22.3% #214 BE · #799 CH Women share50.9% #93 BE · #428 CH Foreign residents21.9% #39 BE · #721 CH Population density1'130/km² #17 BE · #184 CH Tax burden16'658 #95 BE · #1679 CH Taxes163% #95 BE Warmest municipalities9 °C #156 BE · #1343 CH Sunniest municipalities41.6% #185 BE · #1187 CH Rainiest municipalities1'081 mm #231 BE · #1214 CH Voter turnout54.1% #167 BE · #1340 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #164 BE · #1326 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #35 BE · #126 CH SVP strongholds19% #321 BE · #1834 CH SP strongholds26.8% #9 BE · #115 CH Centre strongholds9.8% #102 BE · #1220 CH FDP strongholds7.2% #120 BE · #1681 CH GLP strongholds11.7% #45 BE · #167 CH Green strongholds12.8% #29 BE · #260 CH Largest by area15.6 km² #98 BE · #616 CH Highest municipalities533 m #225 BE · #1060 CH Second homes12.7% #150 BE · #820 CH Organic farming12.5% #143 BE · #1025 CH Best-connected municipalities44 min #57 BE · #314 CH Remotest municipalities44 min #277 BE · #1793 CH Highest peaks730 m #205 BE · #1125 CH Highest-lying municipalities573 m #212 BE · #1120 CH Greatest vertical range212 m #196 BE · #1305 CH Steepest municipalities8.4° #177 BE · #1069 CH Solar potential133 GWh #7 BE · #41 CH Solar potential per capita7'541 kWh #289 BE · #1561 CH Cheapest electricity31.92 Rp./kWh #310 BE · #1993 CH Most expensive electricity31.92 Rp./kWh #24 BE · #114 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Burgdorf3400 Kaltacker3413 Oberburg3414 Wynigen3472

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Burgdorf?: Burgdorf has 4 postal codes: 3400, 3413, 3414, 3472.
What is the tax rate in Burgdorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Burgdorf is 163% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Burgdorf?: A single person without children pays about 16'658 CHF income tax in Burgdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Burgdorf have?: Burgdorf has 17'577 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Burgdorf?: Burgdorf has 3'849 foreign residents, a share of 21.9% (2025).

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