What is the postal code of Erlach?

Erlach has 3 postal codes: 3232, 3233, 3235.

What is the tax rate in Erlach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Erlach is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Erlach?

A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Erlach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Erlach have?

Erlach has 1'393 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Erlach?

Erlach has 235 foreign residents, a share of 16.87% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Erlach

3232–3235

BE CANTON3232 3233 3235

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

713 51.2%

Men

680 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

259 18.6%

Swiss citizens

1'158 83.1%

Foreign residents

235 16.9%

Population density

389 pop./km²

0–19 · 259 · 18.6%20–64 · 789 · 56.6%65+ · 345 · 24.8%

Foreign residents 16.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −1 (−0.1%) · 4 births · 15 deaths · net migration +6

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 Erlach

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

29.5% YesNo 70.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

39.8% YesNo 60.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.2%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

63.0% YesNo 37.0%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

31.1% YesNo 68.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

36.1% YesNo 63.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

35.1% YesNo 64.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.3% · strongest party

SVP29.3%

SP22.0%

GRÜNE12.8%

FDP11.2%

GLP10.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier150%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

150%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 38 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'236 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 36 of 334 in the canton · 1407 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:16'236 CHF(~16.2%)

ErlachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Erlach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 1991–202010.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'012 mm

10.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

603 m

Mean elevation

469 m

Relief

173 m

Mean slope

4.9°

Flat share

71.9%

South-facing

6.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 173 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

12 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

15.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'700

Per inhabitant

8'579 kWh/yr

12 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 Erlach →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

1.11 %

Second homes

18.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

808

Built before 194636.4%

Built since 200121.8%

1.11 %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

385

Workplaces

Services share

73 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 32 (8.3%) · Secondary 72 (18.7%) · Tertiary 281 (73.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

178 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 54 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 213/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number492

Websiteerlach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Erlach ranks

Largest municipalities1'393 #158 BE · #1229 CH Growing municipalities-0.1% #203 BE · #1464 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.1% #132 BE · #645 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #227 BE · #1366 CH Families & children18.6% #229 BE · #1545 CH Age structure24.8% #109 BE · #418 CH Women share51.2% #65 BE · #304 CH Foreign residents16.9% #77 BE · #1145 CH Population density389/km² #66 BE · #628 CH Tax burden16'236 #36 BE · #1407 CH Taxes150% #38 BE Warmest municipalities10.5 °C #4 BE · #209 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #227 BE · #1355 CH Rainiest municipalities1'012 mm #305 BE · #1570 CH Voter turnout56.7% #99 BE · #989 CH Against Switzerland11.8% #132 BE · #1105 CH Aligned with Switzerland88.2% #69 BE · #329 CH SVP strongholds29.3% #286 BE · #1311 CH SP strongholds22% #30 BE · #318 CH Centre strongholds7.8% #173 BE · #1467 CH FDP strongholds11.2% #31 BE · #1244 CH GLP strongholds10.1% #92 BE · #302 CH Green strongholds12.8% #30 BE · #261 CH Largest by area3.6 km² #278 BE · #1777 CH Highest municipalities454 m #297 BE · #1503 CH Second homes18.3% #62 BE · #389 CH Organic farming0% #280 BE · #1650 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #115 BE · #582 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #213 BE · #1502 CH Highest peaks603 m #240 BE · #1527 CH Highest-lying municipalities469 m #287 BE · #1595 CH Greatest vertical range173 m #211 BE · #1470 CH Steepest municipalities4.9° #241 BE · #1590 CH Solar potential12 GWh #210 BE · #1420 CH Solar potential per capita8'579 kWh #270 BE · #1344 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #71 BE · #565 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #158 BE · #1428 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Erlach3235 Ins3232 Tschugg3233

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Erlach?: Erlach has 3 postal codes: 3232, 3233, 3235.
What is the tax rate in Erlach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Erlach is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Erlach?: A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Erlach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Erlach have?: Erlach has 1'393 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Erlach?: Erlach has 235 foreign residents, a share of 16.87% (2025).

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