Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
245 49.6%
Men
249 50.4%
Children & youth (0–19)
86 17.4%
Swiss citizens
477 96.6%
Foreign residents
17 3.4%
Population density
23 pop./km²
0–19 · 86 · 17.4%20–64 · 275 · 55.7%65+ · 133 · 26.9%
Foreign residents 3.4%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +14 (+2.9%) · 2 births · 3 deaths · net migration +15
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
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
15.3% YesNo 84.7%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes
64.7% YesNo 35.3%
27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes
21.9% YesNo 78.1%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes
67.7% YesNo 32.3%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes
78.3% YesNo 21.7%
14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes
13.4% YesNo 86.6%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes
27.7% YesNo 72.3%
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 Thun: 25.2% Yes
10.0% YesNo 90.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes
61.8% YesNo 38.2%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes
63.8% YesNo 36.2%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP72.2% · strongest party
SVP72.2%
SP7.6%
Übrige5.5%
Mitte4.1%
EDU3.6%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier178%
Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%
178%BE range 89%220%
Tax rank 192 of 334 in canton BernTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
17'146 CHF(17.1%)
Rank 190 of 334 in the canton · 1897 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
100'000 CHF:17'146 CHF(~17.1%)
ErizCanton range BernSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Eriz | Bern | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 10.1% | 8.3–10.9% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 12% | 9.8–13% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 13.4% | 11–14.5% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 14.5% | 12–15.7% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 15.3% | 12.6–16.5% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 16.2% | 13.4–17.5% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 17.1% | 14.3–18.5% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 18% | 15–19.4% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 18.9% | 15.8–20.3% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 19.7% | 16.5–21.2% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 20.5% | 17.2–22% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 21.2% | 17.9–22.8% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 23% | 19.5–24.7% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 24.6% | 20.9–26.3% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 26% | 22.2–27.8% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 27.3% | 23.3–29.1% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 28.3% | 24.3–30.2% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 29.2% | 25.1–31.2% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–20206.8 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'609 mm
6.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
2'053 m
Mean elevation
1'265 m
Relief
1'300 m
Mean slope
21.7°
Flat share
3.8%
South-facing
38.4%
Above 2000 m
0.1%
Relief 1'300 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
Roof potential
7.5 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
10.2 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
1'700
Per inhabitant
15'223 kWh/yr
8 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 · 2027Tariff 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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
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 · AREVacancy rate
0.91 %
Second homes
32.3 %
Avg. rooms
3.8
Dwellings
328
Built before 194641.8%
Built since 20013.4%
Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).
0.91 %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 · 2024Jobs
160
Workplaces
55
Services share
40.6 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 82 (51.2%) · Secondary 13 (8.1%) · Tertiary 65 (40.6%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
29
Organic share
17.2 %
Farmland
493 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities494 #271 BE · #1811 CHGrowing municipalities2.9% #17 BE · #167 CHShrinking municipalities2.9% #318 BE · #1942 CHJobs per resident0.32 #197 BE · #1173 CHFamilies & children17.4% #277 BE · #1757 CHAge structure26.9% #57 BE · #237 CHWomen share49.6% #237 BE · #1186 CHForeign residents3.4% #299 BE · #2065 CHPopulation density23/km² #310 BE · #1948 CHTax burden17'146 #190 BE · #1897 CHTaxes178% #192 BEWarmest municipalities6.8 °C #313 BE · #1865 CHSunniest municipalities45.7% #55 BE · #585 CHRainiest municipalities1'609 mm #9 BE · #168 CHVoter turnout53.6% #183 BE · #1401 CHSVP strongholds72.2% #5 BE · #7 CHSP strongholds7.6% #269 BE · #1738 CHCentre strongholds4.1% #286 BE · #1895 CHFDP strongholds1.6% #311 BE · #2043 CHGLP strongholds2.5% #304 BE · #1676 CHGreen strongholds2% #318 BE · #1955 CHLargest by area21.8 km² #66 BE · #443 CHHighest municipalities1'015 m #37 BE · #252 CHSecond homes32.3% #27 BE · #247 CHOrganic farming17.2% #93 BE · #754 CHBest-connected municipalities84 min #265 BE · #1426 CHRemotest municipalities84 min #70 BE · #668 CHHighest peaks2'053 m #49 BE · #346 CHHighest-lying municipalities1'265 m #36 BE · #281 CHGreatest vertical range1'300 m #50 BE · #388 CHSteepest municipalities21.7° #52 BE · #353 CHSolar potential8 GWh #253 BE · #1722 CHSolar potential per capita15'223 kWh #90 BE · #402 CHCheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #188 BE · #682 CHMost expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #275 BE · #1545 CH
Postal codes (3)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 3Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Eriz?
- Eriz has 3 postal codes: 3616, 3619, 6197.
- What is the tax rate in Eriz?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Eriz is 178% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
- How much tax do you pay in Eriz?
- A single person without children pays about 17'146 CHF income tax in Eriz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 190 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Eriz have?
- Eriz has 494 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Eriz?
- Eriz has 17 foreign residents, a share of 3.44% (2025).
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