What is the postal code of Därstetten?

Därstetten has 2 postal codes: 3763, 3764.

What is the tax rate in Därstetten?

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

How much tax do you pay in Därstetten?

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

How many residents does Därstetten have?

Därstetten has 876 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Därstetten?

Därstetten has 64 foreign residents, a share of 7.31% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Därstetten

3763–3764

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

434 49.5%

Men

442 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

180 20.5%

Swiss citizens

812 92.7%

Foreign residents

64 7.3%

Population density

27 pop./km²

0–19 · 180 · 20.5%20–64 · 475 · 54.2%65+ · 221 · 25.2%

Foreign residents 7.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +8 (+0.9%) · 8 births · 6 deaths · net migration +7

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 Därstetten

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

15.2% YesNo 84.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

58.9% YesNo 41.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

16.4% YesNo 83.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

72.0% YesNo 28.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

77.8% YesNo 22.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

15.4% YesNo 84.6%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

23.6% YesNo 76.4%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

12.5% YesNo 87.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

60.3% YesNo 39.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP65.5% · strongest party

SVP65.5%

EDU9.8%

GLP5.4%

Mitte5.3%

SP3.9%

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 87 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%)

DärstettenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Därstetten	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 1991–20208.2 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)5.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'331 mm

8.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'165 m

Mean elevation

1'343 m

Relief

1'463 m

Mean slope

28.5°

Flat share

2.2%

South-facing

40.3%

Above 2000 m

0.8%

Relief 1'463 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

18.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'200

Per inhabitant

21'450 kWh/yr

19 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 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 Därstetten →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

1.26 %

Second homes

14.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

478

Built before 194656.9%

Built since 20017.7%

1.26 %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

360

Workplaces

Services share

48.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 96 (26.7%) · Secondary 91 (25.3%) · Tertiary 173 (48.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.9 %

Farmland

750 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 72 min · Car 49 min

AgglomerationPT 35 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 122/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number761

Websitedaerstetten.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Därstetten ranks

Largest municipalities876 #211 BE · #1535 CH Growing municipalities0.9% #113 BE · #842 CH Shrinking municipalities0.9% #222 BE · #1261 CH Jobs per resident0.41 #128 BE · #795 CH Families & children20.5% #103 BE · #966 CH Age structure25.2% #95 BE · #372 CH Women share49.5% #242 BE · #1248 CH Foreign residents7.3% #223 BE · #1908 CH Population density27/km² #300 BE · #1917 CH Tax burden16'561 #78 BE · #1628 CH Taxes160% #87 BE Warmest municipalities8.2 °C #237 BE · #1659 CH Sunniest municipalities48.4% #13 BE · #292 CH Rainiest municipalities1'331 mm #72 BE · #448 CH Voter turnout57.1% #91 BE · #935 CH SVP strongholds65.5% #16 BE · #22 CH SP strongholds3.9% #316 BE · #1981 CH Centre strongholds5.3% #257 BE · #1759 CH FDP strongholds2.7% #290 BE · #1996 CH GLP strongholds5.4% #240 BE · #1103 CH Green strongholds2.9% #303 BE · #1879 CH Largest by area32.8 km² #38 BE · #283 CH Highest municipalities1'329 m #15 BE · #133 CH Second homes14.9% #109 BE · #588 CH Organic farming13.9% #128 BE · #968 CH Best-connected municipalities72 min #217 BE · #1139 CH Remotest municipalities72 min #122 BE · #948 CH Highest peaks2'165 m #40 BE · #319 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'343 m #31 BE · #250 CH Greatest vertical range1'463 m #41 BE · #345 CH Steepest municipalities28.5° #20 BE · #140 CH Solar potential19 GWh #155 BE · #1066 CH Solar potential per capita21'450 kWh #22 BE · #150 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #15 BE · #242 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #324 BE · #1870 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Därstetten3763 Weissenburg3764

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Oberwil im Simmental

BE · 2.2 km

Erlenbach im Simmental

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Därstetten?: Därstetten has 2 postal codes: 3763, 3764.
What is the tax rate in Därstetten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Därstetten is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Därstetten?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Därstetten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Därstetten have?: Därstetten has 876 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Därstetten?: Därstetten has 64 foreign residents, a share of 7.31% (2025).

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