What is the postal code of Ringgenberg?

Ringgenberg has 2 postal codes: 3805, 3852.

What is the tax rate in Ringgenberg?

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

How much tax do you pay in Ringgenberg?

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

How many residents does Ringgenberg have?

Ringgenberg has 2'647 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ringgenberg?

Ringgenberg has 482 foreign residents, a share of 18.21% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Ringgenberg

3805–3852

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'319 49.8%

Men

1'328 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

397 15.0%

Swiss citizens

2'165 81.8%

Foreign residents

482 18.2%

Population density

298 pop./km²

0–19 · 397 · 15.0%20–64 · 1'578 · 59.6%65+ · 672 · 25.4%

Foreign residents 18.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −8 (−0.3%) · 17 births · 25 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 Ringgenberg

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 23.2% Yes

25.4% YesNo 74.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.0% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 30.2% Yes

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 59.9% Yes

58.5% YesNo 41.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 54.6% Yes

54.4% YesNo 45.6%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.7% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 46.8% Yes

45.2% YesNo 54.8%

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 21.1% Yes

21.8% YesNo 78.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 41.5% Yes

41.4% YesNo 58.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 42.4% Yes

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.8% · strongest party

SVP37.8%

SP16.4%

GLP10.1%

Mitte8.9%

GRÜNE7.6%

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 232 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%)

RinggenbergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ringgenberg	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 1991–20208.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'373 mm

8.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'837 m

Mean elevation

1'004 m

Relief

1'273 m

Mean slope

29.2°

Flat share

5.8%

South-facing

70.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'273 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

22.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

29.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'100

Per inhabitant

8'651 kWh/yr

23 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 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 Ringgenberg →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

0.51 %

Second homes

13.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

1'755

Built before 194635.8%

Built since 200110.8%

0.51 %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

806

Workplaces

166

Services share

70.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 39 (4.8%) · Secondary 199 (24.7%) · Tertiary 568 (70.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

149 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 86 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 11 min · Car 7 min

Remoteness 65/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number590

Websiteringgenberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ringgenberg ranks

Largest municipalities2'647 #104 BE · #809 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #220 BE · #1564 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #114 BE · #544 CH Jobs per resident0.3 #215 BE · #1273 CH Families & children15% #310 BE · #1981 CH Age structure25.4% #94 BE · #357 CH Women share49.8% #211 BE · #1058 CH Foreign residents18.2% #65 BE · #1023 CH Population density298/km² #85 BE · #783 CH Tax burden17'210 #226 BE · #1937 CH Taxes180% #232 BE Warmest municipalities8.8 °C #183 BE · #1449 CH Sunniest municipalities47.7% #22 BE · #344 CH Rainiest municipalities1'373 mm #57 BE · #392 CH Voter turnout49.7% #266 BE · #1805 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #109 BE · #832 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #95 BE · #574 CH SVP strongholds37.8% #225 BE · #783 CH SP strongholds16.4% #117 BE · #796 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #128 BE · #1315 CH FDP strongholds5.1% #198 BE · #1848 CH GLP strongholds10.1% #94 BE · #304 CH Green strongholds7.6% #131 BE · #950 CH Largest by area8.9 km² #164 BE · #1053 CH Highest municipalities819 m #82 BE · #400 CH Second homes13.5% #129 BE · #718 CH Organic farming10% #185 BE · #1213 CH Best-connected municipalities86 min #273 BE · #1472 CH Remotest municipalities86 min #65 BE · #623 CH Highest peaks1'837 m #53 BE · #383 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'004 m #64 BE · #416 CH Greatest vertical range1'273 m #53 BE · #395 CH Steepest municipalities29.2° #16 BE · #110 CH Solar potential23 GWh #126 BE · #913 CH Solar potential per capita8'651 kWh #269 BE · #1331 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #8 BE · #235 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #317 BE · #1863 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

3805

Goldswil b. Interlaken

3852

Ringgenberg BE

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Goldswil b. Interlaken3805 Ringgenberg BE3852

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Matten bei Interlaken

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ringgenberg?: Ringgenberg has 2 postal codes: 3805, 3852.
What is the tax rate in Ringgenberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ringgenberg is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Ringgenberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Ringgenberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ringgenberg have?: Ringgenberg has 2'647 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ringgenberg?: Ringgenberg has 482 foreign residents, a share of 18.21% (2025).

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