What is the postal code of Burgistein?

Burgistein has 2 postal codes: 3664, 3665.

What is the tax rate in Burgistein?

The municipal tax multiplier of Burgistein is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Burgistein?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Burgistein on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Burgistein have?

Burgistein has 1'077 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Burgistein?

Burgistein has 41 foreign residents, a share of 3.81% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Burgistein

3664–3665

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

540 50.1%

Men

537 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

177 16.4%

Swiss citizens

1'036 96.2%

Foreign residents

41 3.8%

Population density

143 pop./km²

0–19 · 177 · 16.4%20–64 · 634 · 58.9%65+ · 266 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 3.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +8 (+0.8%) · 6 births · 10 deaths · net migration +10

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 Burgistein

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

30.9% YesNo 69.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

35.9% YesNo 64.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

60.5% YesNo 39.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

43.1% YesNo 56.9%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

28.7% YesNo 71.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP46.0% · strongest party

SVP46.0%

SP11.8%

GRÜNE8.8%

Mitte8.4%

GLP7.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 251 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

BurgisteinCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Burgistein	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20208.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'160 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

965 m

Mean elevation

714 m

Relief

412 m

Mean slope

10.6°

Flat share

28.7%

South-facing

12.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 412 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

14.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

18.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'200

Per inhabitant

13'287 kWh/yr

14 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

25.59 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

25.59 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator BKW Energie 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 Burgistein →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

0.37 %

Second homes

11.6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

537

Built before 194647.7%

Built since 200111.5%

0.37 %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

288

Workplaces

Services share

31.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 95 (33.0%) · Secondary 101 (35.1%) · Tertiary 92 (31.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

17.6 %

Farmland

648 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 53 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 174/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number863

Websiteburgistein.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Burgistein ranks

Largest municipalities1'077 #191 BE · #1413 CH Growing municipalities0.8% #127 BE · #937 CH Shrinking municipalities0.8% #209 BE · #1169 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #242 BE · #1418 CH Families & children16.4% #296 BE · #1887 CH Age structure24.7% #115 BE · #431 CH Women share50.1% #179 BE · #849 CH Foreign residents3.8% #294 BE · #2056 CH Population density143/km² #161 BE · #1253 CH Tax burden17'373 #246 BE · #1981 CH Taxes185% #251 BE Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #247 BE · #1681 CH Sunniest municipalities45.3% #63 BE · #620 CH Rainiest municipalities1'160 mm #158 BE · #793 CH Voter turnout54.9% #142 BE · #1217 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #46 BE · #245 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #154 BE · #1182 CH SVP strongholds46% #128 BE · #355 CH SP strongholds11.8% #195 BE · #1316 CH Centre strongholds8.4% #156 BE · #1389 CH FDP strongholds3% #279 BE · #1979 CH GLP strongholds7.6% #168 BE · #640 CH Green strongholds8.8% #96 BE · #738 CH Largest by area7.5 km² #181 BE · #1195 CH Highest municipalities763 m #99 BE · #473 CH Second homes11.6% #178 BE · #967 CH Organic farming17.6% #90 BE · #743 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #166 BE · #872 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #174 BE · #1225 CH Highest peaks965 m #142 BE · #758 CH Highest-lying municipalities714 m #146 BE · #731 CH Greatest vertical range412 m #133 BE · #799 CH Steepest municipalities10.6° #148 BE · #879 CH Solar potential14 GWh #191 BE · #1274 CH Solar potential per capita13'287 kWh #139 BE · #590 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #168 BE · #662 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #255 BE · #1525 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Burgistein3664 Wattenwil3665

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Burgistein?: Burgistein has 2 postal codes: 3664, 3665.
What is the tax rate in Burgistein?: The municipal tax multiplier of Burgistein is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Burgistein?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Burgistein on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Burgistein have?: Burgistein has 1'077 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Burgistein?: Burgistein has 41 foreign residents, a share of 3.81% (2025).

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