What is the postal code of Riggisberg?

Riggisberg has 4 postal codes: 3099, 3128, 3132, 3664.

What is the tax rate in Riggisberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Riggisberg is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Riggisberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Riggisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Riggisberg have?

Riggisberg has 3'078 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Riggisberg?

Riggisberg has 207 foreign residents, a share of 6.73% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Riggisberg

3099–3664

BE CANTON3099 3128 3132 3664

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'555 50.5%

Men

1'523 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

581 18.9%

Swiss citizens

2'871 93.3%

Foreign residents

207 6.7%

Population density

89 pop./km²

0–19 · 581 · 18.9%20–64 · 1'689 · 54.9%65+ · 808 · 26.3%

Foreign residents 6.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −106 (−3.3%) · 26 births · 32 deaths · net migration −115

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 Riggisberg

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

21.2% YesNo 78.8%

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

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

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

29.7% YesNo 70.3%

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

60.7% YesNo 39.4%

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

62.5% YesNo 37.5%

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

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

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

40.8% YesNo 59.2%

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

18.7% YesNo 81.3%

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

44.7% YesNo 55.3%

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

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP51.9% · strongest party

SVP51.9%

SP8.9%

Mitte7.6%

GLP7.2%

GRÜNE5.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier180%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

180%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 222 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'210 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 211 of 334 in the canton · 1922 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:17'210 CHF(~17.2%)

RiggisbergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Riggisberg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–20201'159 mm

8.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'619 m

Mean elevation

959 m

Relief

1'085 m

Mean slope

13.6°

Flat share

15.6%

South-facing

13.7%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'085 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

40 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

52.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

8'900

Per inhabitant

13'002 kWh/yr

40 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 range H4

25.59–34.52 Rp./kWh

30.06 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Energie Versorgung Riggisberg (EVR) AG

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Riggisberg →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

1.15 %

Second homes

14.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'655

Built before 194633.4%

Built since 200117.7%

1.15 %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

1'931

Workplaces

273

Services share

75.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 193 (10.0%) · Secondary 283 (14.7%) · Tertiary 1'455 (75.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.4 %

Farmland

1'366 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 52 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 51 min · Car 31 min

Remoteness 230/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number879

Websiteriggisberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Riggisberg ranks

Largest municipalities3'078 #86 BE · #712 CH Growing municipalities-3.3% #322 BE · #2065 CH Shrinking municipalities-3.3% #13 BE · #44 CH Jobs per resident0.63 #40 BE · #293 CH Families & children18.9% #215 BE · #1459 CH Age structure26.3% #67 BE · #282 CH Women share50.5% #140 BE · #620 CH Foreign residents6.7% #235 BE · #1944 CH Population density89/km² #225 BE · #1536 CH Tax burden17'210 #225 BE · #1936 CH Taxes180% #222 BE Warmest municipalities8.3 °C #230 BE · #1632 CH Sunniest municipalities44.9% #75 BE · #672 CH Rainiest municipalities1'159 mm #159 BE · #798 CH Voter turnout51.9% #225 BE · #1599 CH Against Switzerland23.8% #50 BE · #284 CH Aligned with Switzerland76.2% #151 BE · #1173 CH SVP strongholds51.9% #87 BE · #189 CH SP strongholds8.9% #249 BE · #1616 CH Centre strongholds7.6% #181 BE · #1493 CH FDP strongholds5.2% #196 BE · #1843 CH GLP strongholds7.2% #177 BE · #710 CH Green strongholds5.9% #196 BE · #1339 CH Largest by area34.5 km² #37 BE · #269 CH Highest municipalities762 m #101 BE · #478 CH Second homes14.4% #115 BE · #638 CH Organic farming13.4% #133 BE · #985 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #106 BE · #521 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #230 BE · #1571 CH Highest peaks1'619 m #56 BE · #424 CH Highest-lying municipalities959 m #76 BE · #450 CH Greatest vertical range1'085 m #56 BE · #431 CH Steepest municipalities13.6° #106 BE · #647 CH Solar potential40 GWh #61 BE · #464 CH Solar potential per capita13'002 kWh #149 BE · #631 CH Cheapest electricity30.06 Rp./kWh #288 BE · #1803 CH Most expensive electricity30.06 Rp./kWh #46 BE · #304 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Burgistein3664 Riggisberg3132 Rümligen3128 Rüti b. Riggisberg3099

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Riggisberg?: Riggisberg has 4 postal codes: 3099, 3128, 3132, 3664.
What is the tax rate in Riggisberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Riggisberg is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Riggisberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Riggisberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Riggisberg have?: Riggisberg has 3'078 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Riggisberg?: Riggisberg has 207 foreign residents, a share of 6.73% (2025).

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