What is the postal code of Niederbipp?

The postal code of Niederbipp is 4704.

What is the tax rate in Niederbipp?

The municipal tax multiplier of Niederbipp is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Niederbipp?

A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Niederbipp on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Niederbipp have?

Niederbipp has 5'689 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Niederbipp?

Niederbipp has 1'687 foreign residents, a share of 29.65% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Niederbipp

4704

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'819 49.6%

Men

2'870 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'159 20.4%

Swiss citizens

4'002 70.4%

Foreign residents

1'687 29.7%

Population density

288 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'159 · 20.4%20–64 · 3'455 · 60.7%65+ · 1'075 · 18.9%

Foreign residents 29.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +132 (+2.4%) · 52 births · 44 deaths · net migration +138

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 Niederbipp

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

24.4% YesNo 75.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

31.1% YesNo 68.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

60.9% YesNo 39.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

64.6% YesNo 35.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

29.6% YesNo 70.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

51.0% YesNo 49.1%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

15.1% YesNo 84.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

48.8% YesNo 51.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

45.1% YesNo 54.9%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP48.4% · strongest party

SVP48.4%

SP14.6%

FDP12.2%

Mitte6.9%

GLP6.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier165%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

165%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 112 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'723 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 110 of 334 in the canton · 1721 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:16'723 CHF(~16.7%)

NiederbippCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Niederbipp	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	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	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	24.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	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 1991–20201'154 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'230 m

Mean elevation

573 m

Relief

799 m

Mean slope

8.5°

Flat share

54.7%

South-facing

25.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 799 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

90.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

106.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

20'200

Per inhabitant

15'961 kWh/yr

91 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

23.15–24.09 Rp./kWh

23.62 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators Einwohnergemeinde Niederbipp, Elektrizitätsversorgung · BKW Energie AG

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 Niederbipp →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

1.83 %

Second homes

15.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

2'788

Built before 194625.8%

Built since 200130.8%

1.83 %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

3'533

Workplaces

349

Services share

73.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 282 (8.0%) · Secondary 648 (18.3%) · Tertiary 2'603 (73.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

1'180 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 71 min · Car 46 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 7 min

Remoteness 130/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number981

Head of governmentSibylle Schönmann

Websiteniederbipp.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Niederbipp ranks

Largest municipalities5'689 #36 BE · #367 CH Growing municipalities2.4% #26 BE · #262 CH Shrinking municipalities2.4% #309 BE · #1844 CH Jobs per resident0.62 #44 BE · #310 CH Families & children20.4% #113 BE · #998 CH Age structure18.9% #312 BE · #1456 CH Women share49.6% #239 BE · #1188 CH Foreign residents29.7% #12 BE · #325 CH Population density288/km² #88 BE · #800 CH Tax burden16'723 #114 BE · #1725 CH Taxes165% #112 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #139 BE · #1224 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #316 BE · #1722 CH Rainiest municipalities1'154 mm #164 BE · #826 CH Voter turnout45.5% #312 BE · #2021 CH Against Switzerland19.8% #77 BE · #516 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.2% #124 BE · #934 CH SVP strongholds48.4% #109 BE · #281 CH SP strongholds14.6% #151 BE · #986 CH Centre strongholds6.9% #206 BE · #1580 CH FDP strongholds12.2% #24 BE · #1124 CH GLP strongholds6% #219 BE · #967 CH Green strongholds4.7% #256 BE · #1595 CH Largest by area19.8 km² #78 BE · #486 CH Highest municipalities468 m #281 BE · #1399 CH Second homes15.1% #106 BE · #573 CH Organic farming25% #51 BE · #436 CH Best-connected municipalities71 min #211 BE · #1104 CH Remotest municipalities71 min #130 BE · #991 CH Highest peaks1'230 m #98 BE · #592 CH Highest-lying municipalities573 m #211 BE · #1117 CH Greatest vertical range799 m #65 BE · #509 CH Steepest municipalities8.5° #174 BE · #1063 CH Solar potential91 GWh #11 BE · #109 CH Solar potential per capita15'961 kWh #77 BE · #364 CH Cheapest electricity23.62 Rp./kWh #1 BE · #77 CH Most expensive electricity23.62 Rp./kWh #333 BE · #2030 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4704

Niederbipp

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Niederbipp4704 Wolfisberg4704

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Walliswil bei Niederbipp

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Niederbipp?: The postal code of Niederbipp is 4704.
What is the tax rate in Niederbipp?: The municipal tax multiplier of Niederbipp is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Niederbipp?: A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Niederbipp on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Niederbipp have?: Niederbipp has 5'689 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Niederbipp?: Niederbipp has 1'687 foreign residents, a share of 29.65% (2025).

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