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 · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Hilterfingen

3600–3652

BE CANTON3600 3625 3626 3652

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

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%

Population change 2025: +35 (+0.9%) · 20 births · 55 deaths · net migration +65

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 Hilterfingen

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

22.8% YesNo 77.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

57.1% YesNo 42.9%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

30.4% YesNo 69.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

33.1% YesNo 66.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

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

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 25.09.2026

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 24.09.2026

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

Per inhabitant

4'969 kWh/yr

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 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Hilterfingen →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

1.83 %

Second homes

15.5 %

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 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

928

Workplaces

226

Services share

87.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 6 (0.6%) · Secondary 106 (11.4%) · Tertiary 816 (87.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

6 ha

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

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 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number929

Websitehilterfingen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Hilterfingen ranks

Largest municipalities4'130 #58 BE · #540 CH Growing municipalities0.9% #118 BE · #872 CH Shrinking municipalities0.9% #218 BE · #1236 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #284 BE · #1670 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 turnout60.4% #40 BE · #551 CH Against Switzerland10.8% #139 BE · #1162 CH Aligned with Switzerland89.2% #68 BE · #283 CH SVP strongholds23% #314 BE · #1660 CH SP strongholds17.9% #85 BE · #634 CH Centre strongholds6.5% #222 BE · #1632 CH FDP strongholds12.5% #21 BE · #1083 CH GLP strongholds13.5% #23 BE · #72 CH Green strongholds12.8% #32 BE · #263 CH Largest by area2.8 km² #300 BE · #1900 CH Highest municipalities686 m #128 BE · #622 CH Second homes15.5% #94 BE · #537 CH Organic farming33.3% #27 BE · #256 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #102 BE · #501 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #239 BE · #1610 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 Solar potential per capita4'969 kWh #326 BE · #1974 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #18 BE · #245 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #327 BE · #1873 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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