What is the postal code of Oberbalm?

Oberbalm has 4 postal codes: 3086, 3096, 3145, 3147.

What is the tax rate in Oberbalm?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oberbalm is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Oberbalm?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Oberbalm on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oberbalm have?

Oberbalm has 856 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oberbalm?

Oberbalm has 29 foreign residents, a share of 3.39% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE

Oberbalm

3086–3147

BE CANTON3086 3096 3145 3147

Residents

856

Area

12.4 km²

Population density

69 pop./km²

Elevation

821 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

175%

Postal codes

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

429 50.1%

Men

427 49.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

159 18.6%

Swiss citizens

827 96.6%

Foreign residents

29 3.4%

Population density

69 pop./km²

0–19 · 159 · 18.6%20–64 · 489 · 57.1%65+ · 208 · 24.3%

Foreign residents 3.4%0%64.0%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Oberbalm

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

64.6% YesNo 35.4%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

68.3% YesNo 31.7%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

39.5% YesNo 60.5%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

17.1% YesNo 82.9%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

46.3% YesNo 53.7%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

44.0% YesNo 56.0%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

73.4% YesNo 26.6%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

52.1% YesNo 47.9%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

15.0% YesNo 85.0%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.5% · strongest party

SVP54.5%

SP10.7%

GRÜNE7.2%

Mitte7.2%

GLP5.4%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 169 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

OberbalmCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oberbalm	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	25.1–31.2%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 31.08.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20208.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'229 mm

8.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

985 m

Mean elevation

795 m

Relief

384 m

Mean slope

14.8°

Flat share

7.0%

South-facing

23.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 384 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

15.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

20.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'400

15 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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

27.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

27.7 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.87 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

462

Built before 194656.5%

Built since 20014.8%

0.87 %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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 40 min · Car 26 min

AgglomerationPT 40 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 294/334 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websiteoberbalm.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities856 #215 BE · #1549 CH Families & children18.6% #227 BE · #1543 CH Age structure24.3% #126 BE · #476 CH Women share50.1% #172 BE · #842 CH Foreign residents3.4% #300 BE · #2066 CH Population density69/km² #246 BE · #1650 CH Tax burden17'048 #180 BE · #1876 CH Taxes175% #169 BE Warmest municipalities8.3 °C #223 BE · #1625 CH Sunniest municipalities43.7% #114 BE · #887 CH Rainiest municipalities1'229 mm #123 BE · #631 CH Voter turnout55.5% #96 BE · #1002 CH SVP strongholds54.5% #60 BE · #124 CH SP strongholds10.7% #223 BE · #1437 CH Centre strongholds7.2% #196 BE · #1541 CH FDP strongholds2.2% #301 BE · #2008 CH GLP strongholds5.4% #236 BE · #1097 CH Green strongholds7.2% #146 BE · #1040 CH Largest by area12.4 km² #130 BE · #779 CH Highest municipalities821 m #81 BE · #396 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #294 BE · #1873 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #39 BE · #228 CH Highest peaks985 m #138 BE · #742 CH Highest-lying municipalities795 m #126 BE · #620 CH Greatest vertical range384 m #139 BE · #840 CH Steepest municipalities14.8° #94 BE · #587 CH Solar potential15 GWh #185 BE · #1229 CH Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #46 BE · #806 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #133 BE · #1138 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Mittelhäusern3147 Niederscherli3145 Oberbalm3096 Zimmerwald3086

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oberbalm?: Oberbalm has 4 postal codes: 3086, 3096, 3145, 3147.
What is the tax rate in Oberbalm?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oberbalm is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Oberbalm?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Oberbalm on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oberbalm have?: Oberbalm has 856 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oberbalm?: Oberbalm has 29 foreign residents, a share of 3.39% (2025).

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