What is the postal code of Gondiswil?

The postal code of Gondiswil is 4955.

What is the tax rate in Gondiswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gondiswil is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Gondiswil?

A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Gondiswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gondiswil have?

Gondiswil has 736 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gondiswil?

Gondiswil has 24 foreign residents, a share of 3.26% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Gondiswil

4955

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

371 50.4%

Men

365 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

157 21.3%

Swiss citizens

712 96.7%

Foreign residents

24 3.3%

Population density

78 pop./km²

0–19 · 157 · 21.3%20–64 · 398 · 54.1%65+ · 181 · 24.6%

Foreign residents 3.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+0.7%) · 4 births · 5 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 Gondiswil

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

14.2% YesNo 85.8%

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

46.7% YesNo 53.3%

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

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

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

66.9% YesNo 33.2%

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

76.1% YesNo 23.9%

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

21.5% YesNo 78.5%

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

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

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

11.5% YesNo 88.5%

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

50.2% YesNo 49.8%

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

46.4% YesNo 53.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP60.1% · strongest party

SVP60.1%

EDU7.8%

SP7.2%

GRÜNE5.1%

Mitte5.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier184%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

184%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 236 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'340 CHF(17.3%)

Rank 236 of 334 in the canton · 1963 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:17'340 CHF(~17.3%)

GondiswilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gondiswil	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	16.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.3%	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	21.4%	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	27.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	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 1991–20208.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'194 mm

8.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

731 m

Mean elevation

677 m

Relief

156 m

Mean slope

7.3°

Flat share

45.1%

South-facing

10.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 156 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 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'100

Per inhabitant

18'995 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Gondiswil →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

1.57 %

Second homes

15.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

382

Built before 194662.8%

Built since 20017.6%

1.57 %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

228

Workplaces

Services share

23.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 111 (48.7%) · Secondary 64 (28.1%) · Tertiary 53 (23.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.9 %

Farmland

624 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 94 min · Car 68 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 42/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number326

Websitegondiswil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gondiswil ranks

Largest municipalities736 #225 BE · #1624 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #131 BE · #978 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #204 BE · #1127 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #199 BE · #1211 CH Families & children21.3% #68 BE · #706 CH Age structure24.6% #116 BE · #438 CH Women share50.4% #144 BE · #666 CH Foreign residents3.3% #301 BE · #2067 CH Population density78/km² #237 BE · #1596 CH Tax burden17'340 #238 BE · #1965 CH Taxes184% #236 BE Warmest municipalities8.6 °C #199 BE · #1526 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #203 BE · #1268 CH Rainiest municipalities1'194 mm #141 BE · #703 CH Voter turnout49.3% #270 BE · #1833 CH SVP strongholds60.1% #32 BE · #49 CH SP strongholds7.2% #274 BE · #1764 CH Centre strongholds5% #265 BE · #1788 CH FDP strongholds4.4% #221 BE · #1892 CH GLP strongholds3.9% #271 BE · #1420 CH Green strongholds5.1% #235 BE · #1524 CH Largest by area9.4 km² #157 BE · #1006 CH Highest municipalities660 m #138 BE · #667 CH Second homes15.7% #93 BE · #524 CH Organic farming7.9% #218 BE · #1368 CH Best-connected municipalities94 min #288 BE · #1619 CH Remotest municipalities94 min #42 BE · #475 CH Highest peaks731 m #202 BE · #1120 CH Highest-lying municipalities677 m #160 BE · #814 CH Greatest vertical range156 m #225 BE · #1557 CH Steepest municipalities7.3° #193 BE · #1195 CH Solar potential14 GWh #195 BE · #1290 CH Solar potential per capita18'995 kWh #41 BE · #222 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #35 BE · #529 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #122 BE · #1392 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4955

Gondiswil

Localities

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Gondiswil4955

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gondiswil?: The postal code of Gondiswil is 4955.
What is the tax rate in Gondiswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gondiswil is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Gondiswil?: A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Gondiswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gondiswil have?: Gondiswil has 736 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gondiswil?: Gondiswil has 24 foreign residents, a share of 3.26% (2025).

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