What is the postal code of Ipsach?

The postal code of Ipsach is 2563.

What is the tax rate in Ipsach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ipsach is 159% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Ipsach?

A single person without children pays about 16'528 CHF income tax in Ipsach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 68 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ipsach have?

Ipsach has 3'873 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ipsach?

Ipsach has 576 foreign residents, a share of 14.87% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Ipsach

2563

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'010 51.9%

Men

1'863 48.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

719 18.6%

Swiss citizens

3'297 85.1%

Foreign residents

576 14.9%

Population density

2'038 pop./km²

0–19 · 719 · 18.6%20–64 · 2'104 · 54.3%65+ · 1'050 · 27.1%

Foreign residents 14.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.1%) · 25 births · 36 deaths · net migration +13

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 Ipsach

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 Biel/Bienne: 35.0% Yes

28.8% YesNo 71.2%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 24.0% Yes

23.3% YesNo 76.7%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 43.6% Yes

39.2% YesNo 60.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 44.6% Yes

52.6% YesNo 47.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 39.2% Yes

44.7% YesNo 55.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 52.4% Yes

47.7% YesNo 52.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 62.3% Yes

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

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 Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

27.0% YesNo 73.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 33.9% Yes

33.3% YesNo 66.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 36.5% Yes

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP27.2% · strongest party

SVP27.2%

SP20.3%

FDP13.9%

GLP13.1%

GRÜNE10.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier159%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

159%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 73 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'528 CHF(16.5%)

Rank 68 of 334 in the canton · 1587 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:16'528 CHF(~16.5%)

IpsachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ipsach	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	14.7%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.2%	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	23.8%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.4%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'120 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

501 m

Mean elevation

444 m

Relief

72 m

Mean slope

2.9°

Flat share

77.7%

South-facing

0.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 72 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

19.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

25.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'300

Per inhabitant

4'975 kWh/yr

19 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 Ipsach →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

1.18 %

Second homes

7.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'942

Built before 19463.8%

Built since 200118.4%

1.18 %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

762

Workplaces

160

Services share

75.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 4 (0.5%) · Secondary 185 (24.3%) · Tertiary 573 (75.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

33.3 %

Farmland

51 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 63 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 172/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number739

Websiteipsach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ipsach ranks

Largest municipalities3'873 #62 BE · #580 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #186 BE · #1353 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #149 BE · #753 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #292 BE · #1768 CH Families & children18.6% #231 BE · #1547 CH Age structure27.1% #53 BE · #224 CH Women share51.9% #32 BE · #152 CH Foreign residents14.9% #94 BE · #1293 CH Population density2'038/km² #9 BE · #72 CH Tax burden16'528 #69 BE · #1588 CH Taxes159% #73 BE Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #15 BE · #308 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #310 BE · #1716 CH Rainiest municipalities1'120 mm #191 BE · #982 CH Voter turnout56.1% #114 BE · #1074 CH Against Switzerland8.8% #159 BE · #1275 CH Aligned with Switzerland91.2% #50 BE · #174 CH SVP strongholds27.2% #302 BE · #1444 CH SP strongholds20.3% #59 BE · #444 CH Centre strongholds7.9% #169 BE · #1453 CH FDP strongholds13.9% #12 BE · #932 CH GLP strongholds13.1% #29 BE · #90 CH Green strongholds10% #69 BE · #576 CH Largest by area1.9 km² #324 BE · #2022 CH Highest municipalities442 m #312 BE · #1598 CH Second homes7.7% #294 BE · #1684 CH Organic farming33.3% #26 BE · #255 CH Best-connected municipalities63 min #164 BE · #870 CH Remotest municipalities63 min #172 BE · #1223 CH Highest peaks501 m #310 BE · #1873 CH Highest-lying municipalities444 m #322 BE · #1762 CH Greatest vertical range72 m #296 BE · #1953 CH Steepest municipalities2.9° #299 BE · #1910 CH Solar potential19 GWh #151 BE · #1049 CH Solar potential per capita4'975 kWh #325 BE · #1972 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #143 BE · #637 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #230 BE · #1500 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2563

Ipsach

Localities

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Ipsach2563

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ipsach?: The postal code of Ipsach is 2563.
What is the tax rate in Ipsach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ipsach is 159% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Ipsach?: A single person without children pays about 16'528 CHF income tax in Ipsach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 68 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ipsach have?: Ipsach has 3'873 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ipsach?: Ipsach has 576 foreign residents, a share of 14.87% (2025).

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