What is the postal code of Lüscherz?

Lüscherz has 2 postal codes: 2575, 2576.

What is the tax rate in Lüscherz?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lüscherz is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lüscherz?

A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Lüscherz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lüscherz have?

Lüscherz has 576 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lüscherz?

Lüscherz has 56 foreign residents, a share of 9.72% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Lüscherz

2575–2576

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

292 50.7%

Men

284 49.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

70 12.2%

Swiss citizens

520 90.3%

Foreign residents

56 9.7%

Population density

106 pop./km²

0–19 · 70 · 12.2%20–64 · 330 · 57.3%65+ · 176 · 30.6%

Foreign residents 9.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.7%) · 5 births · 2 deaths · net migration +2

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 Lüscherz

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

23.3% YesNo 76.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

24.7% YesNo 75.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

64.2% YesNo 35.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

32.3% YesNo 67.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

18.7% YesNo 81.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

42.4% YesNo 57.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

38.5% YesNo 61.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP46.3% · strongest party

SVP46.3%

SP14.4%

GLP10.4%

FDP9.9%

Mitte8.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier150%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

150%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 41 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'236 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 36 of 334 in the canton · 1407 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:16'236 CHF(~16.2%)

LüscherzCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lüscherz	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	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	16.2%	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	21.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 1991–202010.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'022 mm

10.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

579 m

Mean elevation

473 m

Relief

150 m

Mean slope

6.1°

Flat share

51.4%

South-facing

3.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 150 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

6.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

8.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'500

Per inhabitant

11'458 kWh/yr

7 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 Lüscherz →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

2.82 %

Second homes

28.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

425

Built before 194628.5%

Built since 200118.1%

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

2.82 %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

128

Workplaces

Services share

42.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 34 (26.6%) · Secondary 40 (31.3%) · Tertiary 54 (42.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

278 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 76 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 48 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 97/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number497

Websiteluescherz.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lüscherz ranks

Largest municipalities576 #251 BE · #1737 CH Growing municipalities0.7% #130 BE · #967 CH Shrinking municipalities0.7% #205 BE · #1141 CH Jobs per resident0.22 #280 BE · #1666 CH Families & children12.2% #328 BE · #2066 CH Age structure30.6% #15 BE · #86 CH Women share50.7% #117 BE · #528 CH Foreign residents9.7% #160 BE · #1723 CH Population density106/km² #195 BE · #1432 CH Tax burden16'236 #39 BE · #1410 CH Taxes150% #41 BE Warmest municipalities10.4 °C #9 BE · #238 CH Sunniest municipalities40.7% #260 BE · #1518 CH Rainiest municipalities1'022 mm #302 BE · #1529 CH Voter turnout49.6% #267 BE · #1808 CH SVP strongholds46.3% #126 BE · #344 CH SP strongholds14.4% #152 BE · #1005 CH Centre strongholds8.1% #164 BE · #1427 CH FDP strongholds9.9% #45 BE · #1404 CH GLP strongholds10.4% #82 BE · #272 CH Green strongholds5.4% #217 BE · #1457 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #226 BE · #1489 CH Highest municipalities443 m #310 BE · #1590 CH Second homes28.9% #30 BE · #267 CH Organic farming0% #282 BE · #1652 CH Best-connected municipalities76 min #236 BE · #1247 CH Remotest municipalities76 min #97 BE · #844 CH Highest peaks579 m #265 BE · #1619 CH Highest-lying municipalities473 m #282 BE · #1572 CH Greatest vertical range150 m #233 BE · #1591 CH Steepest municipalities6.1° #212 BE · #1375 CH Solar potential7 GWh #272 BE · #1786 CH Solar potential per capita11'458 kWh #197 BE · #833 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #75 BE · #569 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #162 BE · #1432 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Hagneck2575 Lüscherz2576

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lüscherz?: Lüscherz has 2 postal codes: 2575, 2576.
What is the tax rate in Lüscherz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lüscherz is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lüscherz?: A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Lüscherz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lüscherz have?: Lüscherz has 576 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lüscherz?: Lüscherz has 56 foreign residents, a share of 9.72% (2025).

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