What is the postal code of Innertkirchen?

Innertkirchen has 2 postal codes: 3862, 3863.

What is the tax rate in Innertkirchen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Innertkirchen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Innertkirchen?

A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Innertkirchen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Innertkirchen have?

Innertkirchen has 1'079 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Innertkirchen?

Innertkirchen has 109 foreign residents, a share of 10.1% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Innertkirchen

3862–3863

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

536 49.7%

Men

543 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

189 17.5%

Swiss citizens

970 89.9%

Foreign residents

109 10.1%

Population density

5 pop./km²

0–19 · 189 · 17.5%20–64 · 581 · 53.8%65+ · 309 · 28.6%

Foreign residents 10.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 9 births · 7 deaths · net migration +0

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 Innertkirchen

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 23.2% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.0% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 30.2% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 59.9% Yes

67.6% YesNo 32.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 54.6% Yes

67.5% YesNo 32.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.7% Yes

29.1% YesNo 70.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 46.8% Yes

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 21.1% Yes

13.8% YesNo 86.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 41.5% Yes

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 42.4% Yes

42.3% YesNo 57.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP59.0% · strongest party

SVP59.0%

Mitte8.4%

SP7.7%

FDP6.5%

GLP6.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier160%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

160%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 78 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'561 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 76 of 334 in the canton · 1626 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:16'561 CHF(~16.6%)

InnertkirchenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Innertkirchen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.9%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.4%	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

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)1.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'613 mm

6.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'684 m

Mean elevation

2'131 m

Relief

3'074 m

Mean slope

30.9°

Flat share

3.7%

South-facing

21.0%

Above 2000 m

60.1%

Relief 3'074 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

19.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

26.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'400

Per inhabitant

18'397 kWh/yr

20 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 Innertkirchen →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

1.39 %

Second homes

23.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

935

Built before 194654.5%

Built since 20019.0%

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

1.39 %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

603

Workplaces

123

Services share

24.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 106 (17.6%) · Secondary 351 (58.2%) · Tertiary 146 (24.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.8 %

Farmland

678 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 124 min · Car 79 min

AgglomerationPT 65 min · Car 35 min

Remoteness 8/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number784

Websiteinnertkirchen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Innertkirchen ranks

Largest municipalities1'079 #190 BE · #1412 CH Growing municipalities0% #200 BE · #1403 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #140 BE · #677 CH Jobs per resident0.56 #59 BE · #399 CH Families & children17.5% #271 BE · #1742 CH Age structure28.6% #29 BE · #144 CH Women share49.7% #219 BE · #1108 CH Foreign residents10.1% #152 BE · #1688 CH Population density5/km² #333 BE · #2074 CH Tax burden16'561 #81 BE · #1631 CH Taxes160% #78 BE Warmest municipalities6.9 °C #310 BE · #1856 CH Sunniest municipalities45.9% #51 BE · #571 CH Rainiest municipalities1'613 mm #8 BE · #167 CH Voter turnout51.1% #239 BE · #1683 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #28 BE · #121 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #172 BE · #1316 CH SVP strongholds59% #37 BE · #61 CH SP strongholds7.7% #265 BE · #1725 CH Centre strongholds8.4% #155 BE · #1388 CH FDP strongholds6.5% #145 BE · #1746 CH GLP strongholds6.3% #210 BE · #899 CH Green strongholds5.1% #239 BE · #1528 CH Largest by area236.6 km² #1 BE · #10 CH Highest municipalities625 m #156 BE · #754 CH Second homes23.1% #41 BE · #306 CH Organic farming12.8% #138 BE · #1010 CH Best-connected municipalities124 min #327 BE · #1950 CH Remotest municipalities124 min #8 BE · #149 CH Highest peaks3'684 m #5 BE · #33 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'131 m #5 BE · #67 CH Greatest vertical range3'074 m #4 BE · #20 CH Steepest municipalities30.9° #10 BE · #71 CH Solar potential20 GWh #145 BE · #1018 CH Solar potential per capita18'397 kWh #45 BE · #240 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #159 BE · #653 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #246 BE · #1516 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Gadmen3863 Innertkirchen3862

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Innertkirchen?: Innertkirchen has 2 postal codes: 3862, 3863.
What is the tax rate in Innertkirchen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Innertkirchen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Innertkirchen?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Innertkirchen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Innertkirchen have?: Innertkirchen has 1'079 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Innertkirchen?: Innertkirchen has 109 foreign residents, a share of 10.1% (2025).

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