What is the postal code of Niederhünigen?

The postal code of Niederhünigen is 3504.

What is the tax rate in Niederhünigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Niederhünigen is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Niederhünigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Niederhünigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Niederhünigen have?

Niederhünigen has 714 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Niederhünigen?

Niederhünigen has 20 foreign residents, a share of 2.8% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Niederhünigen

3504

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

363 50.8%

Men

351 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

140 19.6%

Swiss citizens

694 97.2%

Foreign residents

20 2.8%

Population density

132 pop./km²

0–19 · 140 · 19.6%20–64 · 425 · 59.5%65+ · 149 · 20.9%

Foreign residents 2.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.6%) · 7 births · 7 deaths · net migration +3

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 Niederhünigen

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

24.3% YesNo 75.8%

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

29.2% YesNo 70.8%

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

36.3% YesNo 63.7%

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

63.0% YesNo 37.0%

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

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

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

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

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

45.8% YesNo 54.2%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

21.3% YesNo 78.7%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

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

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP42.3% · strongest party

SVP42.3%

SP14.2%

EDU8.2%

GLP7.8%

GRÜNE7.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier170%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

170%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 143 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'886 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 138 of 334 in the canton · 1790 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:16'886 CHF(~16.9%)

NiederhünigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Niederhünigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.8%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.1%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	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 1991–20208.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'241 mm

8.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'150 m

Mean elevation

835 m

Relief

493 m

Mean slope

10.8°

Flat share

26.4%

South-facing

3.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 493 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

5.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

7.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'300

Per inhabitant

8'305 kWh/yr

6 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 Niederhünigen →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

0.29 %

Second homes

6.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

341

Built before 194642.2%

Built since 200124.3%

0.29 %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

121

Workplaces

Services share

34.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 44 (36.4%) · Secondary 35 (28.9%) · Tertiary 42 (34.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

7.1 %

Farmland

212 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 34 min

AgglomerationPT 38 min · Car 30 min

Remoteness 235/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number617

Websiteniederhuenigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Niederhünigen ranks

Largest municipalities714 #227 BE · #1641 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #144 BE · #1062 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #190 BE · #1039 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #312 BE · #1896 CH Families & children19.6% #168 BE · #1267 CH Age structure20.9% #258 BE · #1055 CH Women share50.8% #109 BE · #494 CH Foreign residents2.8% #312 BE · #2079 CH Population density132/km² #174 BE · #1301 CH Tax burden16'886 #148 BE · #1800 CH Taxes170% #143 BE Warmest municipalities8.1 °C #244 BE · #1678 CH Sunniest municipalities43.6% #118 BE · #905 CH Rainiest municipalities1'241 mm #111 BE · #603 CH Voter turnout54.7% #149 BE · #1260 CH SVP strongholds42.3% #174 BE · #534 CH SP strongholds14.2% #156 BE · #1028 CH Centre strongholds7% #200 BE · #1562 CH FDP strongholds4.2% #230 BE · #1905 CH GLP strongholds7.8% #160 BE · #610 CH Green strongholds7.4% #139 BE · #998 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #227 BE · #1490 CH Highest municipalities692 m #127 BE · #612 CH Second homes6.7% #315 BE · #1870 CH Organic farming7.1% #224 BE · #1412 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #98 BE · #497 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #235 BE · #1606 CH Highest peaks1'150 m #117 BE · #643 CH Highest-lying municipalities835 m #121 BE · #582 CH Greatest vertical range493 m #117 BE · #697 CH Steepest municipalities10.8° #142 BE · #861 CH Solar potential6 GWh #280 BE · #1838 CH Solar potential per capita8'305 kWh #274 BE · #1402 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #104 BE · #598 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #191 BE · #1461 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3504

Niederhünigen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Niederhünigen3504

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Niederhünigen?: The postal code of Niederhünigen is 3504.
What is the tax rate in Niederhünigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Niederhünigen is 170% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Niederhünigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'886 CHF income tax in Niederhünigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 138 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Niederhünigen have?: Niederhünigen has 714 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Niederhünigen?: Niederhünigen has 20 foreign residents, a share of 2.8% (2025).

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