What is the postal code of Heimenhausen?

Heimenhausen has 2 postal codes: 3372, 3373.

What is the tax rate in Heimenhausen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Heimenhausen is 155% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Heimenhausen?

A single person without children pays about 16'398 CHF income tax in Heimenhausen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Heimenhausen have?

Heimenhausen has 1'199 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Heimenhausen?

Heimenhausen has 90 foreign residents, a share of 7.51% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Heimenhausen

3372–3373

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

589 49.1%

Men

610 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

240 20.0%

Swiss citizens

1'109 92.5%

Foreign residents

90 7.5%

Population density

205 pop./km²

0–19 · 240 · 20.0%20–64 · 688 · 57.4%65+ · 271 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 7.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −20 (−1.6%) · 8 births · 4 deaths · net migration −24

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 Heimenhausen

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

15.6% YesNo 84.4%

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

27.1% YesNo 72.9%

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

26.1% YesNo 73.9%

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

62.5% YesNo 37.5%

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

60.7% YesNo 39.3%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

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

16.9% YesNo 83.1%

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

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

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

39.1% YesNo 60.9%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP46.5% · strongest party

SVP46.5%

SP12.8%

Mitte9.9%

FDP8.1%

GLP8.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier155%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

155%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 59 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'398 CHF(16.4%)

Rank 56 of 334 in the canton · 1502 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:16'398 CHF(~16.4%)

HeimenhausenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Heimenhausen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.6%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.4%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.9%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.3%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.3%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.2%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'103 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

493 m

Mean elevation

459 m

Relief

62 m

Mean slope

2.5°

Flat share

86.1%

South-facing

1.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 62 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

13.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'000

Per inhabitant

11'218 kWh/yr

13 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 Heimenhausen →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

0 %

Second homes

8.4 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

584

Built before 194631.5%

Built since 200121.7%

0 %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

198

Workplaces

Services share

48.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (20.7%) · Secondary 61 (30.8%) · Tertiary 96 (48.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

309 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 50 min · Car 48 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 250/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number977

Websiteheimenhausen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Heimenhausen ranks

Largest municipalities1'199 #180 BE · #1325 CH Growing municipalities-1.6% #294 BE · #1942 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.6% #41 BE · #166 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #317 BE · #1901 CH Families & children20% #137 BE · #1136 CH Age structure22.6% #203 BE · #745 CH Women share49.1% #269 BE · #1465 CH Foreign residents7.5% #218 BE · #1897 CH Population density205/km² #118 BE · #1009 CH Tax burden16'398 #59 BE · #1506 CH Taxes155% #59 BE Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #72 BE · #954 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #314 BE · #1720 CH Rainiest municipalities1'103 mm #210 BE · #1083 CH Voter turnout54.7% #151 BE · #1262 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #103 BE · #757 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #100 BE · #648 CH SVP strongholds46.5% #124 BE · #337 CH SP strongholds12.8% #178 BE · #1185 CH Centre strongholds9.9% #100 BE · #1207 CH FDP strongholds8.1% #85 BE · #1586 CH GLP strongholds8.1% #151 BE · #563 CH Green strongholds6.8% #161 BE · #1142 CH Largest by area5.8 km² #219 BE · #1416 CH Highest municipalities472 m #278 BE · #1371 CH Second homes8.4% #274 BE · #1533 CH Organic farming12.5% #151 BE · #1033 CH Best-connected municipalities50 min #95 BE · #468 CH Remotest municipalities50 min #250 BE · #1636 CH Highest peaks493 m #317 BE · #1905 CH Highest-lying municipalities459 m #302 BE · #1669 CH Greatest vertical range62 m #310 BE · #1998 CH Steepest municipalities2.5° #307 BE · #1952 CH Solar potential13 GWh #200 BE · #1323 CH Solar potential per capita11'218 kWh #203 BE · #876 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #21 BE · #248 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #330 BE · #1876 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

3372

Wanzwil

3373

Röthenbach Herzogenbuchsee

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Heimenhausen3373 Röthenbach Herzogenbuchsee3373 Wanzwil3372

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Heimenhausen?: Heimenhausen has 2 postal codes: 3372, 3373.
What is the tax rate in Heimenhausen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Heimenhausen is 155% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Heimenhausen?: A single person without children pays about 16'398 CHF income tax in Heimenhausen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Heimenhausen have?: Heimenhausen has 1'199 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Heimenhausen?: Heimenhausen has 90 foreign residents, a share of 7.51% (2025).

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