What is the postal code of Lyssach?

Lyssach has 3 postal codes: 3324, 3421, 3422.

What is the tax rate in Lyssach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Lyssach is 139% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Lyssach?

A single person without children pays about 15'879 CHF income tax in Lyssach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Lyssach have?

Lyssach has 1'491 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Lyssach?

Lyssach has 160 foreign residents, a share of 10.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Lyssach

3324–3422

BE CANTON3324 3421 3422

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

751 50.4%

Men

740 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

294 19.7%

Swiss citizens

1'331 89.3%

Foreign residents

160 10.7%

Population density

246 pop./km²

0–19 · 294 · 19.7%20–64 · 858 · 57.5%65+ · 339 · 22.7%

Foreign residents 10.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +7 (+0.5%) · 16 births · 14 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 Lyssach

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

22.5% YesNo 77.5%

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

26.7% YesNo 73.3%

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

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

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

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

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

56.5% YesNo 43.5%

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

41.2% YesNo 58.8%

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

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

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

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

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

37.8% YesNo 62.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.3% · strongest party

SVP44.3%

SP14.7%

Mitte10.5%

GLP10.2%

GRÜNE7.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier139%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

139%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 19 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'879 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 17 of 334 in the canton · 1210 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:15'879 CHF(~15.9%)

LyssachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Lyssach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	14.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.5%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.4%	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 1991–20201'040 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

574 m

Mean elevation

520 m

Relief

70 m

Mean slope

1.8°

Flat share

92.8%

South-facing

2.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 70 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

27.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

6'000

Per inhabitant

18'196 kWh/yr

27 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

28.98 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.6 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.32 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.2 Rp./kWh

28.98 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Genossenschaft Elektra, Jegenstorf

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 Lyssach →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

2.88 %

Second homes

7.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

730

Built before 194635.2%

Built since 200112.5%

2.88 %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

1'833

Workplaces

181

Services share

87.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 33 (1.8%) · Secondary 195 (10.6%) · Tertiary 1'605 (87.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

278 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 34 min · Car 28 min

AgglomerationPT 15 min · Car 9 min

Remoteness 312/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number415

Websitelyssach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Lyssach ranks

Largest municipalities1'491 #151 BE · #1170 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #152 BE · #1119 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #183 BE · #990 CH Jobs per resident1.23 #7 BE · #56 CH Families & children19.7% #154 BE · #1237 CH Age structure22.7% #194 BE · #718 CH Women share50.4% #147 BE · #669 CH Foreign residents10.7% #143 BE · #1649 CH Population density246/km² #100 BE · #897 CH Tax burden15'879 #19 BE · #1212 CH Taxes139% #19 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #123 BE · #1208 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #191 BE · #1210 CH Rainiest municipalities1'040 mm #274 BE · #1437 CH Voter turnout53.5% #187 BE · #1418 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #125 BE · #981 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #75 BE · #437 CH SVP strongholds44.3% #152 BE · #436 CH SP strongholds14.7% #146 BE · #974 CH Centre strongholds10.5% #80 BE · #1148 CH FDP strongholds4.1% #236 BE · #1912 CH GLP strongholds10.2% #90 BE · #293 CH Green strongholds7.2% #147 BE · #1044 CH Largest by area6.1 km² #213 BE · #1380 CH Highest municipalities516 m #241 BE · #1135 CH Second homes7.1% #309 BE · #1801 CH Organic farming16.7% #98 BE · #768 CH Best-connected municipalities34 min #22 BE · #133 CH Remotest municipalities34 min #312 BE · #1961 CH Highest peaks574 m #269 BE · #1633 CH Highest-lying municipalities520 m #244 BE · #1341 CH Greatest vertical range70 m #298 BE · #1964 CH Steepest municipalities1.8° #319 BE · #2017 CH Solar potential27 GWh #100 BE · #761 CH Solar potential per capita18'196 kWh #50 BE · #251 CH Cheapest electricity28.98 Rp./kWh #267 BE · #1624 CH Most expensive electricity28.98 Rp./kWh #62 BE · #477 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 3

Alchenflüh3422 Hindelbank3324 Lyssach3421

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Lyssach?: Lyssach has 3 postal codes: 3324, 3421, 3422.
What is the tax rate in Lyssach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Lyssach is 139% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Lyssach?: A single person without children pays about 15'879 CHF income tax in Lyssach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 17 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Lyssach have?: Lyssach has 1'491 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Lyssach?: Lyssach has 160 foreign residents, a share of 10.73% (2025).

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