What is the postal code of Ostermundigen?

Ostermundigen has 5 postal codes: 3063, 3065, 3066, 3072, 3073.

What is the tax rate in Ostermundigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ostermundigen is 169% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Ostermundigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'853 CHF income tax in Ostermundigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 126 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ostermundigen have?

Ostermundigen has 18'432 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ostermundigen?

Ostermundigen has 6'122 foreign residents, a share of 33.21% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Ostermundigen

3063–3073

BE CANTON3063 3065 3066 3072+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

9'410 51.1%

Men

9'022 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'659 19.9%

Swiss citizens

12'310 66.8%

Foreign residents

6'122 33.2%

Population density

3'093 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'659 · 19.9%20–64 · 10'851 · 58.9%65+ · 3'922 · 21.3%

Foreign residents 33.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +106 (+0.6%) · 159 births · 178 deaths · net migration +134

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 Ostermundigen

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

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

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

20.3% YesNo 79.7%

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

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

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

44.6% YesNo 55.4%

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

35.5% YesNo 64.5%

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

58.6% YesNo 41.4%

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

61.5% YesNo 38.5%

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

34.8% YesNo 65.3%

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

35.7% YesNo 64.3%

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

31.2% YesNo 68.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP25.7% · strongest party

SP25.7%

SVP22.8%

GLP12.3%

Mitte10.7%

GRÜNE10.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier169%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

169%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 132 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'853 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 126 of 334 in the canton · 1777 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:16'853 CHF(~16.9%)

OstermundigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ostermundigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.7%	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%	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	24.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.8%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'062 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

731 m

Mean elevation

581 m

Relief

200 m

Mean slope

6.3°

Flat share

58.2%

South-facing

6.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 200 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

64.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

88.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'400

Per inhabitant

3'510 kWh/yr

65 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300682 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Ostermundigen →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

1.11 %

Second homes

8.9 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

9'626

Built before 194610.9%

Built since 200119.1%

1.11 %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

8'475

Workplaces

768

Services share

78.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 19 (0.2%) · Secondary 1'810 (21.4%) · Tertiary 6'646 (78.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.3 %

Farmland

179 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 24 min · Car 18 min

AgglomerationPT 24 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 331/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number363

Websiteostermundigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ostermundigen ranks

Largest municipalities18'432 #5 BE · #67 CH Growing municipalities0.6% #141 BE · #1044 CH Shrinking municipalities0.6% #195 BE · #1057 CH Jobs per resident0.46 #102 BE · #626 CH Families & children19.9% #139 BE · #1170 CH Age structure21.3% #246 BE · #986 CH Women share51.1% #75 BE · #339 CH Foreign residents33.2% #5 BE · #191 CH Population density3'093/km² #2 BE · #28 CH Tax burden16'853 #132 BE · #1783 CH Taxes169% #132 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #94 BE · #1112 CH Sunniest municipalities43.5% #122 BE · #925 CH Rainiest municipalities1'062 mm #246 BE · #1312 CH Voter turnout49.4% #268 BE · #1825 CH Against Switzerland12.7% #129 BE · #1048 CH Aligned with Switzerland87.3% #71 BE · #378 CH SVP strongholds22.8% #316 BE · #1667 CH SP strongholds25.7% #14 BE · #143 CH Centre strongholds10.7% #75 BE · #1133 CH FDP strongholds6.9% #132 BE · #1718 CH GLP strongholds12.3% #40 BE · #131 CH Green strongholds10.3% #61 BE · #520 CH Largest by area6 km² #214 BE · #1391 CH Highest municipalities585 m #178 BE · #870 CH Second homes8.9% #259 BE · #1419 CH Organic farming14.3% #118 BE · #901 CH Best-connected municipalities24 min #6 BE · #43 CH Remotest municipalities24 min #331 BE · #2070 CH Highest peaks731 m #203 BE · #1121 CH Highest-lying municipalities581 m #202 BE · #1085 CH Greatest vertical range200 m #203 BE · #1366 CH Steepest municipalities6.3° #210 BE · #1344 CH Solar potential65 GWh #24 BE · #201 CH Solar potential per capita3'510 kWh #334 BE · #2076 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #52 BE · #546 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #139 BE · #1409 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 5

Bolligen3065 Gümligen3073 Ittigen3063 Ostermundigen3072 Stettlen3066

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ostermundigen?: Ostermundigen has 5 postal codes: 3063, 3065, 3066, 3072, 3073.
What is the tax rate in Ostermundigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ostermundigen is 169% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Ostermundigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'853 CHF income tax in Ostermundigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 126 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ostermundigen have?: Ostermundigen has 18'432 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ostermundigen?: Ostermundigen has 6'122 foreign residents, a share of 33.21% (2025).

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