What is the postal code of Busswil bei Melchnau?

The postal code of Busswil bei Melchnau is 4917.

What is the tax rate in Busswil bei Melchnau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Busswil bei Melchnau is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Busswil bei Melchnau?

A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Busswil bei Melchnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Busswil bei Melchnau have?

Busswil bei Melchnau has 165 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Busswil bei Melchnau?

Busswil bei Melchnau has 7 foreign residents, a share of 4.24% (2025).

Busswil bei Melchnau (BE): Postal Codes 4917, Tax Rate & Population

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

82 49.7%

Men

83 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

17 10.3%

Swiss citizens

158 95.8%

Foreign residents

7 4.2%

Population density

58 pop./km²

0–19 · 17 · 10.3%20–64 · 99 · 60.0%65+ · 49 · 29.7%

Foreign residents 4.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −1 (−0.6%) · 0 births · 3 deaths · net migration +2

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 Busswil bei Melchnau

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

17.7% YesNo 82.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

67.3% YesNo 32.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

65.7% YesNo 34.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

21.8% YesNo 78.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

23.2% YesNo 76.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

43.2% YesNo 56.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

40.4% YesNo 59.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP47.6% · strongest party

SVP47.6%

FDP10.8%

SP10.6%

GRÜNE10.0%

Mitte8.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier160%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

160%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 81 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'561 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 76 of 334 in the canton · 1626 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:16'561 CHF(~16.6%)

Busswil bei MelchnauCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Busswil bei Melchnau	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.9%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.4%	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 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'137 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

662 m

Mean elevation

603 m

Relief

127 m

Mean slope

8.4°

Flat share

24.3%

South-facing

16.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 127 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

3.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

4.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

800

Per inhabitant

22'182 kWh/yr

4 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Busswil bei Melchnau →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

0.98 %

Second homes

12.9 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

102

Built before 194658.8%

Built since 20017.8%

0.98 %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

36

Workplaces

15

Services share

22.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 21 (58.3%) · Secondary 7 (19.4%) · Tertiary 8 (22.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

9

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

177 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 78 min · Car 64 min

AgglomerationPT 19 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 89/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number325

Websitebusswil-bm.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Busswil bei Melchnau ranks

35

Largest municipalities165 #320 BE · #2052 CH Growing municipalities-0.6% #246 BE · #1680 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.6% #87 BE · #423 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #279 BE · #1665 CH Families & children10.3% #333 BE · #2084 CH Age structure29.7% #18 BE · #108 CH Women share49.7% #215 BE · #1104 CH Foreign residents4.2% #285 BE · #2042 CH Population density58/km² #263 BE · #1730 CH Tax burden16'561 #77 BE · #1627 CH Taxes160% #81 BE Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #166 BE · #1398 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #265 BE · #1549 CH Rainiest municipalities1'137 mm #174 BE · #883 CH Voter turnout58.9% #55 BE · #711 CH SVP strongholds47.6% #113 BE · #309 CH SP strongholds10.6% #227 BE · #1456 CH Centre strongholds8.4% #150 BE · #1383 CH FDP strongholds10.8% #34 BE · #1289 CH GLP strongholds2.4% #307 BE · #1693 CH Green strongholds10% #67 BE · #574 CH Largest by area2.9 km² #297 BE · #1881 CH Highest municipalities559 m #208 BE · #972 CH Second homes12.9% #145 BE · #796 CH Organic farming0% #257 BE · #1627 CH Best-connected municipalities78 min #245 BE · #1295 CH Remotest municipalities78 min #89 BE · #795 CH Highest peaks662 m #221 BE · #1321 CH Highest-lying municipalities603 m #188 BE · #1001 CH Greatest vertical range127 m #255 BE · #1702 CH Steepest municipalities8.4° #176 BE · #1068 CH Solar potential4 GWh #309 BE · #2007 CH Solar potential per capita22'182 kWh #18 BE · #135 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #34 BE · #528 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #121 BE · #1391 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4917

Busswil b. Melchnau

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Busswil b. Melchnau4917

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Busswil bei Melchnau?: The postal code of Busswil bei Melchnau is 4917.
What is the tax rate in Busswil bei Melchnau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Busswil bei Melchnau is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Busswil bei Melchnau?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Busswil bei Melchnau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Busswil bei Melchnau have?: Busswil bei Melchnau has 165 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Busswil bei Melchnau?: Busswil bei Melchnau has 7 foreign residents, a share of 4.24% (2025).

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