What is the postal code of Kehrsatz?

Kehrsatz has 2 postal codes: 3122, 3123.

What is the tax rate in Kehrsatz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kehrsatz is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kehrsatz?

A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Kehrsatz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kehrsatz have?

Kehrsatz has 4'663 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kehrsatz?

Kehrsatz has 1'323 foreign residents, a share of 28.37% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Kehrsatz

3122–3123

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'366 50.7%

Men

2'297 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'045 22.4%

Swiss citizens

3'340 71.6%

Foreign residents

1'323 28.4%

Population density

1'050 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'045 · 22.4%20–64 · 2'684 · 57.6%65+ · 934 · 20.0%

Foreign residents 28.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −7 (−0.2%) · 37 births · 30 deaths · net migration +5

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 Kehrsatz

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

25.4% YesNo 74.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

17.1% YesNo 82.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

39.0% YesNo 61.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

48.0% YesNo 52.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

32.6% YesNo 67.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

30.8% YesNo 69.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

28.0% YesNo 72.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP22.4% · strongest party

SP22.4%

SVP22.0%

GLP13.5%

FDP11.0%

GRÜNE10.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier164%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

164%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 109 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'691 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 99 of 334 in the canton · 1689 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:16'691 CHF(~16.7%)

KehrsatzCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kehrsatz	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.6%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'065 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

768 m

Mean elevation

586 m

Relief

263 m

Mean slope

9.9°

Flat share

40.9%

South-facing

8.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 263 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

22.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'900

Per inhabitant

4'748 kWh/yr

22 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 Kehrsatz →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

0.93 %

Second homes

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'140

Built before 19468.5%

Built since 200120.7%

0.93 %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

1'187

Workplaces

226

Services share

81 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 40 (3.4%) · Secondary 185 (15.6%) · Tertiary 962 (81.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

333 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 32 min · Car 17 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 319/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number870

Websitekehrsatz.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kehrsatz ranks

Largest municipalities4'663 #48 BE · #474 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #208 BE · #1505 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #127 BE · #602 CH Jobs per resident0.25 #260 BE · #1520 CH Families & children22.4% #36 BE · #437 CH Age structure20% #292 BE · #1240 CH Women share50.7% #121 BE · #532 CH Foreign residents28.4% #15 BE · #382 CH Population density1'050/km² #20 BE · #208 CH Tax burden16'691 #103 BE · #1693 CH Taxes164% #109 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #133 BE · #1218 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #98 BE · #809 CH Rainiest municipalities1'065 mm #241 BE · #1294 CH Voter turnout59.1% #53 BE · #687 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #175 BE · #1364 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #29 BE · #90 CH SVP strongholds22% #318 BE · #1698 CH SP strongholds22.4% #29 BE · #302 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #131 BE · #1318 CH FDP strongholds11% #33 BE · #1271 CH GLP strongholds13.5% #22 BE · #71 CH Green strongholds10.5% #56 BE · #493 CH Largest by area4.4 km² #252 BE · #1640 CH Highest municipalities570 m #196 BE · #925 CH Second homes8.7% #268 BE · #1479 CH Organic farming0% #323 BE · #1693 CH Best-connected municipalities32 min #17 BE · #103 CH Remotest municipalities32 min #319 BE · #1994 CH Highest peaks768 m #192 BE · #1045 CH Highest-lying municipalities586 m #198 BE · #1062 CH Greatest vertical range263 m #176 BE · #1106 CH Steepest municipalities9.9° #158 BE · #930 CH Solar potential22 GWh #127 BE · #939 CH Solar potential per capita4'748 kWh #330 BE · #2005 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #173 BE · #667 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #260 BE · #1530 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Belp3123 Kehrsatz3122

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Allmendingen bei Bern

BE · 3.9 km

Oberbalm

BE · 4.3 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kehrsatz?: Kehrsatz has 2 postal codes: 3122, 3123.
What is the tax rate in Kehrsatz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kehrsatz is 164% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kehrsatz?: A single person without children pays about 16'691 CHF income tax in Kehrsatz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 99 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kehrsatz have?: Kehrsatz has 4'663 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kehrsatz?: Kehrsatz has 1'323 foreign residents, a share of 28.37% (2025).

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