What is the postal code of Kandersteg?

The postal code of Kandersteg is 3718.

What is the tax rate in Kandersteg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kandersteg is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kandersteg?

A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Kandersteg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kandersteg have?

Kandersteg has 1'298 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kandersteg?

Kandersteg has 298 foreign residents, a share of 22.96% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Kandersteg

3718

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

665 51.2%

Men

633 48.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

171 13.2%

Swiss citizens

1'000 77.0%

Foreign residents

298 23.0%

Population density

10 pop./km²

0–19 · 171 · 13.2%20–64 · 728 · 56.1%65+ · 399 · 30.7%

Foreign residents 23.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −1 (−0.1%) · 6 births · 13 deaths · net migration +6

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 Kandersteg

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 20.3% Yes

26.1% YesNo 73.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 42.4% Yes

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 28.9% Yes

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.4% Yes

62.1% YesNo 37.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 62.1% Yes

53.2% YesNo 46.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 31.7% Yes

40.0% YesNo 60.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 38.4% Yes

50.3% YesNo 49.7%

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 Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 19.0% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 48.0% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental: 46.6% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.4% · strongest party

SVP44.4%

SP12.9%

GLP11.9%

Mitte9.8%

GRÜNE6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier180%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

180%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 217 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'210 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 211 of 334 in the canton · 1922 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:17'210 CHF(~17.2%)

KanderstegCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kandersteg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20206.7 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)0.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'228 mm

6.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'686 m

Mean elevation

2'286 m

Relief

2'573 m

Mean slope

32°

Flat share

5.7%

South-facing

21.6%

Above 2000 m

67.7%

Relief 2'573 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

16.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'700

Per inhabitant

12'951 kWh/yr

17 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

32.15 Rp./kWh

Energy

13.23 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.73 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.86 Rp./kWh

32.15 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Licht- und Wasserwerk AG Kandersteg

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 Kandersteg →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

1.13 %

Second homes

51.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.2

Dwellings

1'592

Built before 194632.9%

Built since 200118.2%

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

1.13 %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

722

Workplaces

126

Services share

85.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 30 (4.2%) · Secondary 72 (10.0%) · Tertiary 620 (85.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.3 %

Farmland

210 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 82 min · Car 62 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 37 min

Remoteness 76/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number565

Websitegemeindekandersteg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Frutigen-Niedersimmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kandersteg ranks

Largest municipalities1'298 #166 BE · #1269 CH Growing municipalities-0.1% #205 BE · #1467 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.1% #130 BE · #640 CH Jobs per resident0.56 #57 BE · #397 CH Families & children13.2% #321 BE · #2043 CH Age structure30.7% #14 BE · #84 CH Women share51.2% #70 BE · #309 CH Foreign residents23% #31 BE · #657 CH Population density10/km² #328 BE · #2038 CH Tax burden17'210 #221 BE · #1932 CH Taxes180% #217 BE Warmest municipalities6.7 °C #316 BE · #1878 CH Sunniest municipalities48.5% #11 BE · #289 CH Rainiest municipalities1'228 mm #125 BE · #633 CH Voter turnout58.2% #70 BE · #802 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #120 BE · #914 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #85 BE · #512 CH SVP strongholds44.4% #151 BE · #430 CH SP strongholds12.9% #174 BE · #1172 CH Centre strongholds9.8% #103 BE · #1221 CH FDP strongholds6.2% #154 BE · #1765 CH GLP strongholds11.9% #43 BE · #157 CH Green strongholds6.7% #165 BE · #1160 CH Largest by area134.3 km² #5 BE · #41 CH Highest municipalities2'662 m #1 BE · #3 CH Second homes51.4% #7 BE · #150 CH Organic farming8.3% #213 BE · #1335 CH Best-connected municipalities82 min #260 BE · #1380 CH Remotest municipalities82 min #76 BE · #711 CH Highest peaks3'686 m #4 BE · #32 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'286 m #2 BE · #43 CH Greatest vertical range2'573 m #8 BE · #71 CH Steepest municipalities32° #4 BE · #47 CH Solar potential17 GWh #173 BE · #1156 CH Solar potential per capita12'951 kWh #151 BE · #636 CH Cheapest electricity32.15 Rp./kWh #311 BE · #2005 CH Most expensive electricity32.15 Rp./kWh #23 BE · #102 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3718

Kandersteg

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Kandersteg3718

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kandersteg?: The postal code of Kandersteg is 3718.
What is the tax rate in Kandersteg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kandersteg is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kandersteg?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Kandersteg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kandersteg have?: Kandersteg has 1'298 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kandersteg?: Kandersteg has 298 foreign residents, a share of 22.96% (2025).

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