What is the postal code of Hilterfingen?

Hilterfingen has 4 postal codes: 3600, 3625, 3626, 3652.

What is the tax rate in Hilterfingen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Hilterfingen?

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

How many residents does Hilterfingen have?

Hilterfingen has 4'130 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Hilterfingen?

Hilterfingen has 464 foreign residents, a share of 11.23% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Hilterfingen

3600–3652

BE CANTON3600 3625 3626 3652

Residents

4'130

Area

2.8 km²

Population density

1'470 pop./km²

Elevation

686 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

1'009 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

155%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'240 54.2%

Men

1'890 45.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

710 17.2%

Swiss citizens

3'666 88.8%

Foreign residents

464 11.2%

Population density

1'470 pop./km²

0–19 · 710 · 17.2%20–64 · 2'225 · 53.9%65+ · 1'195 · 28.9%

Foreign residents 11.2%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Hilterfingen

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

30.4% YesNo 69.7%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

33.1% YesNo 66.9%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

76.0% YesNo 24.0%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

22.2% YesNo 77.8%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP23.0% · strongest party

SVP23.0%

SP17.9%

GLP13.5%

GRÜNE12.8%

FDP12.5%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier155%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

155%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 62 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%)

HilterfingenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Hilterfingen	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 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'228 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'009 m

Mean elevation

684 m

Relief

452 m

Mean slope

16.4°

Flat share

15.0%

South-facing

32.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 452 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

20.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'600

21 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

26.2 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

26.2 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

1.83 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

2'347

Built before 194631.9%

Built since 200114.6%

1.83 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 39 min

AgglomerationPT 13 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 239/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitehilterfingen.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities4'130 #58 BE · #540 CH Families & children17.2% #282 BE · #1792 CH Age structure28.9% #28 BE · #139 CH Women share54.2% #2 BE · #10 CH Foreign residents11.2% #137 BE · #1611 CH Population density1'470/km² #12 BE · #124 CH Tax burden16'398 #60 BE · #1507 CH Taxes155% #62 BE Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #220 BE · #1596 CH Sunniest municipalities45% #73 BE · #660 CH Rainiest municipalities1'228 mm #126 BE · #634 CH Voter turnout59.4% #37 BE · #535 CH Against Switzerland11% #139 BE · #1163 CH Aligned with Switzerland89% #68 BE · #283 CH SVP strongholds23% #314 BE · #1657 CH SP strongholds17.9% #85 BE · #630 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #222 BE · #1628 CH FDP strongholds12.5% #21 BE · #1081 CH GLP strongholds13.5% #23 BE · #72 CH Green strongholds12.8% #32 BE · #262 CH Largest by area2.8 km² #300 BE · #1900 CH Highest municipalities686 m #128 BE · #621 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #239 BE · #1610 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #102 BE · #501 CH Highest peaks1'009 m #133 BE · #724 CH Highest-lying municipalities684 m #158 BE · #803 CH Greatest vertical range452 m #124 BE · #746 CH Steepest municipalities16.4° #81 BE · #518 CH Solar potential21 GWh #142 BE · #999 CH Cheapest electricity26.2 Rp./kWh #19 BE · #500 CH Most expensive electricity26.2 Rp./kWh #327 BE · #1618 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Heiligenschwendi3625 Hilterfingen3652 Hünibach3626 Thun3600 3603 3604 3608

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Thun

BE · 1.3 km

Oberhofen am Thunersee

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Hilterfingen?: Hilterfingen has 4 postal codes: 3600, 3625, 3626, 3652.
What is the tax rate in Hilterfingen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Hilterfingen is 155% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Hilterfingen?: A single person without children pays about 16'398 CHF income tax in Hilterfingen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Hilterfingen have?: Hilterfingen has 4'130 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Hilterfingen?: Hilterfingen has 464 foreign residents, a share of 11.23% (2025).

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