What is the postal code of Guggisberg?

Guggisberg has 6 postal codes: 1738, 3150, 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159.

What is the tax rate in Guggisberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Guggisberg is 189% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Guggisberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'503 CHF income tax in Guggisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 275 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Guggisberg have?

Guggisberg has 1'487 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Guggisberg?

Guggisberg has 58 foreign residents, a share of 3.9% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Guggisberg

1738–3159

BE CANTON1738 3150 3156 3157+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

743 50.0%

Men

744 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

289 19.4%

Swiss citizens

1'429 96.1%

Foreign residents

58 3.9%

Population density

27 pop./km²

0–19 · 289 · 19.4%20–64 · 830 · 55.8%65+ · 368 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 3.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−0.4%) · 15 births · 12 deaths · net migration −9

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 Guggisberg

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

19.1% YesNo 80.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

58.0% YesNo 42.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

69.7% YesNo 30.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

33.2% YesNo 66.8%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

18.1% YesNo 81.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

51.4% YesNo 48.6%

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%

Mitte7.7%

SP7.6%

GRÜNE5.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier189%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

189%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 277 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'503 CHF(17.5%)

Rank 275 of 334 in the canton · 2017 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:17'503 CHF(~17.5%)

GuggisbergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Guggisberg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.7%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.8%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	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 1991–20206.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'373 mm

6.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'135 m

Mean elevation

1'161 m

Relief

1'432 m

Mean slope

18.3°

Flat share

4.2%

South-facing

23.5%

Above 2000 m

0.3%

Relief 1'432 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

32.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

44.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'300

Per inhabitant

22'078 kWh/yr

33 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 Guggisberg →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

0.54 %

Second homes

24.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

933

Built before 194653.9%

Built since 20014.1%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.54 %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

555

Workplaces

185

Services share

38.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 261 (47.0%) · Secondary 81 (14.6%) · Tertiary 213 (38.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.1 %

Farmland

2'025 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 68 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 60 min · Car 39 min

Remoteness 142/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number852

Websiteguggisberg-be.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Guggisberg ranks

Largest municipalities1'487 #152 BE · #1172 CH Growing municipalities-0.4% #227 BE · #1609 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.4% #108 BE · #498 CH Jobs per resident0.37 #155 BE · #949 CH Families & children19.4% #187 BE · #1339 CH Age structure24.7% #114 BE · #430 CH Women share50% #198 BE · #921 CH Foreign residents3.9% #291 BE · #2052 CH Population density27/km² #302 BE · #1919 CH Tax burden17'503 #276 BE · #2018 CH Taxes189% #277 BE Warmest municipalities6.9 °C #311 BE · #1857 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #95 BE · #806 CH Rainiest municipalities1'373 mm #58 BE · #393 CH Voter turnout49.1% #273 BE · #1844 CH Against Switzerland32.4% #12 BE · #29 CH Aligned with Switzerland67.6% #191 BE · #1424 CH SVP strongholds60.1% #33 BE · #50 CH SP strongholds7.6% #268 BE · #1737 CH Centre strongholds7.7% #178 BE · #1478 CH FDP strongholds1.2% #319 BE · #2057 CH GLP strongholds2% #315 BE · #1758 CH Green strongholds5.3% #227 BE · #1489 CH Largest by area54.9 km² #22 BE · #154 CH Highest municipalities1'320 m #16 BE · #134 CH Second homes24.3% #38 BE · #298 CH Organic farming15.1% #115 BE · #873 CH Best-connected municipalities68 min #196 BE · #1014 CH Remotest municipalities68 min #142 BE · #1078 CH Highest peaks2'135 m #42 BE · #329 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'161 m #42 BE · #317 CH Greatest vertical range1'432 m #45 BE · #357 CH Steepest municipalities18.3° #70 BE · #443 CH Solar potential33 GWh #84 BE · #611 CH Solar potential per capita22'078 kWh #19 BE · #139 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #165 BE · #659 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #252 BE · #1522 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Guggisberg3158 Milken3157 Riedstätt3159 Riffenmatt3156 Sangernboden1738 Schwarzenburg3150

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Guggisberg?: Guggisberg has 6 postal codes: 1738, 3150, 3156, 3157, 3158, 3159.
What is the tax rate in Guggisberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Guggisberg is 189% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Guggisberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'503 CHF income tax in Guggisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 275 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Guggisberg have?: Guggisberg has 1'487 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Guggisberg?: Guggisberg has 58 foreign residents, a share of 3.9% (2025).

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