What is the postal code of Niederönz?

Niederönz has 2 postal codes: 3362, 4556.

What is the tax rate in Niederönz?

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

How much tax do you pay in Niederönz?

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

How many residents does Niederönz have?

Niederönz has 1'784 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Niederönz?

Niederönz has 173 foreign residents, a share of 9.7% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Niederönz

3362–4556

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

917 51.4%

Men

867 48.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

324 18.2%

Swiss citizens

1'611 90.3%

Foreign residents

173 9.7%

Population density

639 pop./km²

0–19 · 324 · 18.2%20–64 · 1'010 · 56.6%65+ · 450 · 25.2%

Foreign residents 9.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −19 (−1.1%) · 11 births · 19 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 Niederönz

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

19.9% YesNo 80.2%

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

29.3% YesNo 70.7%

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

33.0% YesNo 67.0%

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

54.2% YesNo 45.8%

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

52.5% YesNo 47.5%

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

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

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

45.9% YesNo 54.1%

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

23.2% YesNo 76.8%

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

35.8% YesNo 64.2%

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

37.5% YesNo 62.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.9% · strongest party

SVP35.9%

SP15.7%

GLP12.7%

GRÜNE8.7%

Mitte8.5%

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 121 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%)

NiederönzCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Niederönz	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'094 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

507 m

Mean elevation

469 m

Relief

58 m

Mean slope

2.4°

Flat share

87.4%

South-facing

2.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 58 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

16.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

21.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'700

Per inhabitant

9'451 kWh/yr

17 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Niederönz →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

1.66 %

Second homes

6.9 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

906

Built before 194615.9%

Built since 200132.3%

1.66 %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

850

Workplaces

Services share

23.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 20 (2.4%) · Secondary 627 (73.8%) · Tertiary 203 (23.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

161 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 47 min · Car 43 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 6 min

Remoteness 265/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number982

Websiteniederoenz.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Niederönz ranks

Largest municipalities1'784 #135 BE · #1036 CH Growing municipalities-1.1% #274 BE · #1823 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.1% #61 BE · #285 CH Jobs per resident0.48 #93 BE · #574 CH Families & children18.2% #250 BE · #1630 CH Age structure25.2% #97 BE · #374 CH Women share51.4% #57 BE · #252 CH Foreign residents9.7% #162 BE · #1725 CH Population density639/km² #41 BE · #404 CH Tax burden16'723 #115 BE · #1726 CH Taxes165% #121 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #87 BE · #1037 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #285 BE · #1599 CH Rainiest municipalities1'094 mm #217 BE · #1138 CH Voter turnout56.4% #105 BE · #1031 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #177 BE · #1366 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #31 BE · #92 CH SVP strongholds35.9% #244 BE · #902 CH SP strongholds15.7% #130 BE · #870 CH Centre strongholds8.5% #148 BE · #1371 CH FDP strongholds7.4% #118 BE · #1665 CH GLP strongholds12.7% #34 BE · #108 CH Green strongholds8.7% #102 BE · #761 CH Largest by area2.8 km² #301 BE · #1901 CH Highest municipalities465 m #286 BE · #1416 CH Second homes6.9% #313 BE · #1851 CH Organic farming14.3% #125 BE · #908 CH Best-connected municipalities47 min #76 BE · #386 CH Remotest municipalities47 min #265 BE · #1721 CH Highest peaks507 m #306 BE · #1850 CH Highest-lying municipalities469 m #288 BE · #1603 CH Greatest vertical range58 m #313 BE · #2012 CH Steepest municipalities2.4° #313 BE · #1966 CH Solar potential17 GWh #172 BE · #1154 CH Solar potential per capita9'451 kWh #247 BE · #1168 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #211 BE · #705 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #298 BE · #1568 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Burgäschi4556 Niederönz3362

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Niederönz?: Niederönz has 2 postal codes: 3362, 4556.
What is the tax rate in Niederönz?: The municipal tax multiplier of Niederönz is 165% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Niederönz?: A single person without children pays about 16'723 CHF income tax in Niederönz on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 110 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Niederönz have?: Niederönz has 1'784 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Niederönz?: Niederönz has 173 foreign residents, a share of 9.7% (2025).

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