What is the postal code of Kirchdorf?

Kirchdorf has 5 postal codes: 3115, 3116, 3125, 3126, 3629.

What is the tax rate in Kirchdorf?

The municipal tax multiplier of Kirchdorf is 151% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Kirchdorf?

A single person without children pays about 16'269 CHF income tax in Kirchdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 46 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Kirchdorf have?

Kirchdorf has 1'859 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Kirchdorf?

Kirchdorf has 124 foreign residents, a share of 6.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Kirchdorf

3115–3629

BE CANTON3115 3116 3125 3126+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

906 48.7%

Men

953 51.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

338 18.2%

Swiss citizens

1'735 93.3%

Foreign residents

124 6.7%

Population density

127 pop./km²

0–19 · 338 · 18.2%20–64 · 1'143 · 61.5%65+ · 378 · 20.3%

Foreign residents 6.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +6 (+0.3%) · 18 births · 15 deaths · net migration +4

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 Kirchdorf

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

22.2% YesNo 77.9%

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

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

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

29.8% YesNo 70.2%

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

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

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

60.6% YesNo 39.4%

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

33.4% YesNo 66.6%

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

43.7% YesNo 56.3%

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

22.8% YesNo 77.2%

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

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

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

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP48.7% · strongest party

SVP48.7%

SP9.3%

GLP8.8%

Mitte8.3%

GRÜNE7.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier151%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

151%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 46 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'269 CHF(16.3%)

Rank 46 of 334 in the canton · 1441 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:16'269 CHF(~16.3%)

KirchdorfCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Kirchdorf	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.7%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.3%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.1%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'088 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

822 m

Mean elevation

595 m

Relief

292 m

Mean slope

7.3°

Flat share

54.7%

South-facing

8.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 292 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

24.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'500

Per inhabitant

13'400 kWh/yr

25 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 Kirchdorf →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

1.85 %

Second homes

9.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

921

Built before 194643.8%

Built since 200122.4%

1.85 %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

626

Workplaces

159

Services share

44.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 240 (38.3%) · Secondary 107 (17.1%) · Tertiary 279 (44.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

19 %

Farmland

1'092 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 54 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 50 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 218/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number872

Websitekirchdorf-be.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Kirchdorf ranks

Largest municipalities1'859 #131 BE · #1013 CH Growing municipalities0.3% #166 BE · #1222 CH Shrinking municipalities0.3% #169 BE · #883 CH Jobs per resident0.34 #182 BE · #1083 CH Families & children18.2% #249 BE · #1629 CH Age structure20.3% #283 BE · #1175 CH Women share48.7% #290 BE · #1632 CH Foreign residents6.7% #236 BE · #1946 CH Population density127/km² #179 BE · #1327 CH Tax burden16'269 #46 BE · #1441 CH Taxes151% #46 BE Warmest municipalities9 °C #162 BE · #1349 CH Sunniest municipalities44.3% #90 BE · #769 CH Rainiest municipalities1'088 mm #221 BE · #1168 CH Voter turnout56.1% #115 BE · #1075 CH Against Switzerland20.8% #70 BE · #446 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.2% #132 BE · #1007 CH SVP strongholds48.7% #107 BE · #272 CH SP strongholds9.3% #245 BE · #1588 CH Centre strongholds8.3% #161 BE · #1404 CH FDP strongholds5.4% #181 BE · #1823 CH GLP strongholds8.8% #129 BE · #462 CH Green strongholds7.5% #136 BE · #973 CH Largest by area14.6 km² #112 BE · #665 CH Highest municipalities611 m #161 BE · #784 CH Second homes9.6% #236 BE · #1284 CH Organic farming19% #76 BE · #691 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #120 BE · #587 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #218 BE · #1507 CH Highest peaks822 m #177 BE · #948 CH Highest-lying municipalities595 m #193 BE · #1028 CH Greatest vertical range292 m #168 BE · #1014 CH Steepest municipalities7.3° #195 BE · #1197 CH Solar potential25 GWh #109 BE · #843 CH Solar potential per capita13'400 kWh #136 BE · #583 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #174 BE · #668 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #261 BE · #1531 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 7

Gelterfingen3126 Gerzensee3115 Kiesen3629 Kirchdorf BE3116 Mühledorf BE3116 Noflen BE3116 Toffen3125

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Kirchdorf?: Kirchdorf has 5 postal codes: 3115, 3116, 3125, 3126, 3629.
What is the tax rate in Kirchdorf?: The municipal tax multiplier of Kirchdorf is 151% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Kirchdorf?: A single person without children pays about 16'269 CHF income tax in Kirchdorf on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 46 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Kirchdorf have?: Kirchdorf has 1'859 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Kirchdorf?: Kirchdorf has 124 foreign residents, a share of 6.67% (2025).

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