What is the postal code of Oeschenbach?

The postal code of Oeschenbach is 4943.

What is the tax rate in Oeschenbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oeschenbach is 200% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Oeschenbach?

A single person without children pays about 17'860 CHF income tax in Oeschenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 321 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oeschenbach have?

Oeschenbach has 237 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oeschenbach?

Oeschenbach has 12 foreign residents, a share of 5.06% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Oeschenbach

4943

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

110 46.4%

Men

127 53.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

42 17.7%

Swiss citizens

225 94.9%

Foreign residents

12 5.1%

Population density

60 pop./km²

0–19 · 42 · 17.7%20–64 · 128 · 54.0%65+ · 67 · 28.3%

Foreign residents 5.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +3 (+1.3%) · 1 births · 2 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 Oeschenbach

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

16.3% YesNo 83.8%

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

46.8% YesNo 53.2%

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

25.0% YesNo 75.0%

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

70.6% YesNo 29.4%

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

82.2% YesNo 17.8%

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

21.8% YesNo 78.2%

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

24.1% YesNo 75.9%

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

11.0% YesNo 89.0%

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

54.3% YesNo 45.7%

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

45.0% YesNo 55.0%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP62.5% · strongest party

SVP62.5%

EDU11.7%

EVP9.5%

Mitte5.4%

GRÜNE3.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier200%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

200%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 326 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'860 CHF(17.9%)

Rank 321 of 334 in the canton · 2069 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:17'860 CHF(~17.9%)

OeschenbachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oeschenbach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	14%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	16%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	22%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	27%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28.2%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29.3%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30.3%	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 1991–20208.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'217 mm

8.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

848 m

Mean elevation

733 m

Relief

210 m

Mean slope

12.5°

Flat share

10.7%

South-facing

18.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 210 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

4.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

19'578 kWh/yr

5 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 Oeschenbach →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

0.82 %

Second homes

15.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

122

Built before 194660.7%

Built since 20012.5%

0.82 %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

Workplaces

Services share

29.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 52 (54.7%) · Secondary 15 (15.8%) · Tertiary 28 (29.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

12.5 %

Farmland

250 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 102 min · Car 50 min

AgglomerationPT 56 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 29/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number335

Websiteoeschenbach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Oeschenbach ranks

Largest municipalities237 #308 BE · #2002 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #85 BE · #645 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #250 BE · #1463 CH Jobs per resident0.4 #131 BE · #836 CH Families & children17.7% #262 BE · #1709 CH Age structure28.3% #35 BE · #161 CH Women share46.4% #325 BE · #2040 CH Foreign residents5.1% #264 BE · #2008 CH Population density60/km² #261 BE · #1715 CH Tax burden17'860 #322 BE · #2070 CH Taxes200% #326 BE Warmest municipalities8.3 °C #222 BE · #1624 CH Sunniest municipalities41% #233 BE · #1396 CH Rainiest municipalities1'217 mm #129 BE · #660 CH Voter turnout43.8% #323 BE · #2067 CH SVP strongholds62.5% #26 BE · #37 CH SP strongholds1.9% #327 BE · #2024 CH Centre strongholds5.4% #251 BE · #1747 CH FDP strongholds0.8% #323 BE · #2066 CH GLP strongholds3.1% #289 BE · #1561 CH Green strongholds3.4% #292 BE · #1824 CH Largest by area3.9 km² #265 BE · #1720 CH Highest municipalities718 m #116 BE · #564 CH Second homes15.3% #98 BE · #551 CH Organic farming12.5% #142 BE · #1024 CH Best-connected municipalities102 min #305 BE · #1726 CH Remotest municipalities102 min #29 BE · #370 CH Highest peaks848 m #172 BE · #912 CH Highest-lying municipalities733 m #143 BE · #699 CH Greatest vertical range210 m #197 BE · #1311 CH Steepest municipalities12.5° #122 BE · #725 CH Solar potential5 GWh #293 BE · #1945 CH Solar potential per capita19'578 kWh #35 BE · #201 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #36 BE · #530 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #123 BE · #1393 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4943

Oeschenbach

Localities

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Oeschenbach4943

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oeschenbach?: The postal code of Oeschenbach is 4943.
What is the tax rate in Oeschenbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oeschenbach is 200% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Oeschenbach?: A single person without children pays about 17'860 CHF income tax in Oeschenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 321 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oeschenbach have?: Oeschenbach has 237 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oeschenbach?: Oeschenbach has 12 foreign residents, a share of 5.06% (2025).

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