What is the postal code of Lauperswil?

Lauperswil has 6 postal codes: 3434, 3436, 3438, 3543, 3550, 3551.

What is the tax rate in Lauperswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lauperswil is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lauperswil?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Lauperswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lauperswil have?

Lauperswil has 2'728 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lauperswil?

Lauperswil has 138 foreign residents, a share of 5.06% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Lauperswil

3434–3551

BE CANTON3434 3436 3438 3543+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'377 50.5%

Men

1'351 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

530 19.4%

Swiss citizens

2'590 94.9%

Foreign residents

138 5.1%

Population density

129 pop./km²

0–19 · 530 · 19.4%20–64 · 1'577 · 57.8%65+ · 621 · 22.8%

Foreign residents 5.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +16 (+0.6%) · 28 births · 27 deaths · net migration +14

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 Lauperswil

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

17.0% YesNo 83.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

41.1% YesNo 59.0%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

30.8% YesNo 69.2%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

57.0% YesNo 43.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

65.8% YesNo 34.2%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

25.6% YesNo 74.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

35.9% YesNo 64.2%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

16.9% YesNo 83.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

47.1% YesNo 52.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

47.4% YesNo 52.6%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP56.1% · strongest party

SVP56.1%

Mitte7.6%

SP7.3%

GRÜNE6.3%

EDU5.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 246 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

LauperswilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lauperswil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–20208.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'261 mm

8.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'100 m

Mean elevation

783 m

Relief

481 m

Mean slope

15.4°

Flat share

19.4%

South-facing

16.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 481 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

40.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

50.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'000

Per inhabitant

14'809 kWh/yr

40 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 range H4

24.09–30.82 Rp./kWh

27.45 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Elektrizitätsgenossenschaft Schüpbach

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Lauperswil →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

0.64 %

Second homes

12.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'413

Built before 194649.9%

Built since 200112.5%

0.64 %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

1'304

Workplaces

224

Services share

42.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 226 (17.3%) · Secondary 518 (39.7%) · Tertiary 560 (42.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

24.7 %

Farmland

1'095 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 50 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 28 min

Remoteness 247/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number903

Websitelauperswil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lauperswil ranks

Largest municipalities2'728 #98 BE · #781 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #139 BE · #1037 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #196 BE · #1068 CH Jobs per resident0.48 #91 BE · #572 CH Families & children19.4% #189 BE · #1341 CH Age structure22.8% #192 BE · #708 CH Women share50.5% #141 BE · #621 CH Foreign residents5.1% #265 BE · #2009 CH Population density129/km² #178 BE · #1316 CH Tax burden17'373 #254 BE · #1989 CH Taxes185% #246 BE Warmest municipalities8.6 °C #202 BE · #1529 CH Sunniest municipalities43.2% #132 BE · #980 CH Rainiest municipalities1'261 mm #97 BE · #556 CH Voter turnout45.9% #306 BE · #2006 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #30 BE · #123 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #174 BE · #1318 CH SVP strongholds56.1% #49 BE · #97 CH SP strongholds7.3% #273 BE · #1752 CH Centre strongholds7.6% #182 BE · #1494 CH FDP strongholds3.3% #269 BE · #1963 CH GLP strongholds5.2% #245 BE · #1145 CH Green strongholds6.3% #186 BE · #1251 CH Largest by area21.2 km² #70 BE · #454 CH Highest municipalities646 m #149 BE · #702 CH Second homes12.3% #159 BE · #866 CH Organic farming24.7% #52 BE · #494 CH Best-connected municipalities50 min #92 BE · #465 CH Remotest municipalities50 min #247 BE · #1633 CH Highest peaks1'100 m #123 BE · #667 CH Highest-lying municipalities783 m #131 BE · #633 CH Greatest vertical range481 m #120 BE · #708 CH Steepest municipalities15.4° #89 BE · #564 CH Solar potential40 GWh #60 BE · #456 CH Solar potential per capita14'809 kWh #101 BE · #434 CH Cheapest electricity27.45 Rp./kWh #234 BE · #1172 CH Most expensive electricity27.45 Rp./kWh #100 BE · #935 CH

Postal codes (6)

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Localities

swisstopo · 6

Emmenmatt3543 Landiswil3434 Langnau im Emmental3550 Lauperswil3438 Oberfrittenbach3551 Zollbrück3436

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lauperswil?: Lauperswil has 6 postal codes: 3434, 3436, 3438, 3543, 3550, 3551.
What is the tax rate in Lauperswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lauperswil is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lauperswil?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Lauperswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lauperswil have?: Lauperswil has 2'728 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lauperswil?: Lauperswil has 138 foreign residents, a share of 5.06% (2025).

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