What is the postal code of Oberthal?

Oberthal has 3 postal codes: 3506, 3508, 3531.

What is the tax rate in Oberthal?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oberthal is 187% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Oberthal?

A single person without children pays about 17'438 CHF income tax in Oberthal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 267 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oberthal have?

Oberthal has 710 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oberthal?

Oberthal has 12 foreign residents, a share of 1.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Oberthal

3506–3531

BE CANTON3506 3508 3531

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

336 47.3%

Men

374 52.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

130 18.3%

Swiss citizens

698 98.3%

Foreign residents

12 1.7%

Population density

67 pop./km²

0–19 · 130 · 18.3%20–64 · 418 · 58.9%65+ · 162 · 22.8%

Foreign residents 1.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.6%) · 6 births · 5 deaths · net migration +2

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 Oberthal

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

12.4% YesNo 87.6%

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

38.8% YesNo 61.3%

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

24.4% YesNo 75.6%

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

56.4% YesNo 43.6%

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

73.0% YesNo 27.0%

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

25.8% YesNo 74.2%

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

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

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

13.0% YesNo 87.0%

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

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

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

43.1% YesNo 56.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP58.3% · strongest party

SVP58.3%

Mitte8.9%

GLP7.0%

SP6.9%

EVP5.5%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier187%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

187%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 269 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'438 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 267 of 334 in the canton · 2008 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:17'438 CHF(~17.4%)

OberthalCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oberthal	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.8%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.3%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.4%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.7%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.7%	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 1991–20207.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'250 mm

7.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'118 m

Mean elevation

911 m

Relief

374 m

Mean slope

14.5°

Flat share

5.4%

South-facing

33.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 374 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

12.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

15.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'700

Per inhabitant

17'282 kWh/yr

12 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 Oberthal →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

0.79 %

Second homes

15.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

379

Built before 194649.3%

Built since 20014.7%

0.79 %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

322

Workplaces

Services share

51.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 131 (40.7%) · Secondary 26 (8.1%) · Tertiary 165 (51.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

30.6 %

Farmland

727 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 82 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 66 min · Car 35 min

Remoteness 77/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number620

Websiteoberthal.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Oberthal ranks

Largest municipalities710 #228 BE · #1645 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #143 BE · #1057 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #193 BE · #1051 CH Jobs per resident0.45 #107 BE · #657 CH Families & children18.3% #243 BE · #1610 CH Age structure22.8% #191 BE · #707 CH Women share47.3% #319 BE · #1972 CH Foreign residents1.7% #330 BE · #2102 CH Population density67/km² #251 BE · #1666 CH Tax burden17'438 #267 BE · #2008 CH Taxes187% #269 BE Warmest municipalities7.4 °C #293 BE · #1798 CH Sunniest municipalities43.8% #111 BE · #867 CH Rainiest municipalities1'250 mm #106 BE · #586 CH Voter turnout49.9% #263 BE · #1787 CH SVP strongholds58.3% #40 BE · #71 CH SP strongholds6.9% #280 BE · #1794 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #129 BE · #1316 CH FDP strongholds2.4% #299 BE · #2008 CH GLP strongholds7% #181 BE · #746 CH Green strongholds3.7% #284 BE · #1771 CH Largest by area10.5 km² #142 BE · #920 CH Highest municipalities822 m #79 BE · #392 CH Second homes15.2% #101 BE · #564 CH Organic farming30.6% #30 BE · #323 CH Best-connected municipalities82 min #261 BE · #1381 CH Remotest municipalities82 min #77 BE · #712 CH Highest peaks1'118 m #120 BE · #659 CH Highest-lying municipalities911 m #95 BE · #499 CH Greatest vertical range374 m #142 BE · #857 CH Steepest municipalities14.5° #96 BE · #603 CH Solar potential12 GWh #209 BE · #1400 CH Solar potential per capita17'282 kWh #62 BE · #292 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #105 BE · #599 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #192 BE · #1462 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Arni BE3508 Grosshöchstetten3506 Oberthal3531

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oberthal?: Oberthal has 3 postal codes: 3506, 3508, 3531.
What is the tax rate in Oberthal?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oberthal is 187% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Oberthal?: A single person without children pays about 17'438 CHF income tax in Oberthal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 267 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oberthal have?: Oberthal has 710 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oberthal?: Oberthal has 12 foreign residents, a share of 1.69% (2025).

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