What is the postal code of Roggwil?

The postal code of Roggwil is 4914.

What is the tax rate in Roggwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Roggwil is 171% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Roggwil?

A single person without children pays about 16'918 CHF income tax in Roggwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 153 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Roggwil have?

Roggwil has 4'514 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Roggwil?

Roggwil has 904 foreign residents, a share of 20.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Roggwil

4914

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'250 49.8%

Men

2'264 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

952 21.1%

Swiss citizens

3'610 80.0%

Foreign residents

904 20.0%

Population density

576 pop./km²

0–19 · 952 · 21.1%20–64 · 2'571 · 57.0%65+ · 991 · 22.0%

Foreign residents 20.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +82 (+1.9%) · 29 births · 37 deaths · net migration +94

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 Roggwil

BFS

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine sichere Ernährung – durch Stärkung einer nachhaltigen inländischen Produktion, mehr pflanzliche Lebensmittel und sauberes Trinkwasser (Ernährungsinitiative)»Federal

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Wahrung der schweizerischen Neutralität (Neutralitätsinitiative)»Federal

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

58.4% YesNo 41.6%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

57.5% YesNo 42.6%

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

36.9% YesNo 63.1%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

45.9% YesNo 54.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

44.5% YesNo 55.6%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 71.7% Yes

69.2% YesNo 30.8%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 21.09.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.9% · strongest party

SVP37.9%

SP18.6%

Mitte9.8%

FDP8.6%

GRÜNE7.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier171%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

171%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 153 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'918 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 153 of 334 in the canton · 1814 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:16'918 CHF(~16.9%)

RoggwilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Roggwil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.8%	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	15.1%	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	17.8%	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	21%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.8%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.9%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'123 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

531 m

Mean elevation

463 m

Relief

112 m

Mean slope

4°

Flat share

69.0%

South-facing

5.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 112 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

44.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

55.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'800

Per inhabitant

9'763 kWh/yr

44 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

26.48 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.4 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.38 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.1 Rp./kWh

26.48 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Roggwil, Elektrizitätswerk

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 Roggwil →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

1.59 %

Second homes

10 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

2'202

Built before 194632.0%

Built since 200125.9%

1.59 %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

1'722

Workplaces

221

Services share

61.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 42 (2.4%) · Secondary 621 (36.1%) · Tertiary 1'059 (61.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.1 %

Farmland

292 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 64 min · Car 52 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 12 min

Remoteness 164/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number337

Websiteroggwil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Roggwil ranks

Largest municipalities4'514 #50 BE · #493 CH Growing municipalities1.9% #46 BE · #398 CH Shrinking municipalities1.9% #290 BE · #1710 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #144 BE · #909 CH Families & children21.1% #78 BE · #771 CH Age structure22% #224 BE · #854 CH Women share49.8% #207 BE · #1054 CH Foreign residents20% #51 BE · #861 CH Population density576/km² #46 BE · #450 CH Tax burden16'918 #153 BE · #1814 CH Taxes171% #153 BE Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #66 BE · #948 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #296 BE · #1667 CH Rainiest municipalities1'123 mm #187 BE · #965 CH Voter turnout51.1% #211 BE · #1577 CH Against Switzerland13% #128 BE · #1047 CH Aligned with Switzerland87% #70 BE · #377 CH SVP strongholds37.9% #222 BE · #773 CH SP strongholds18.6% #72 BE · #570 CH Centre strongholds9.8% #101 BE · #1219 CH FDP strongholds8.6% #71 BE · #1537 CH GLP strongholds6.8% #189 BE · #786 CH Green strongholds7.1% #151 BE · #1070 CH Largest by area7.8 km² #177 BE · #1158 CH Highest municipalities421 m #334 BE · #1768 CH Second homes10% #221 BE · #1201 CH Organic farming9.1% #199 BE · #1273 CH Best-connected municipalities64 min #168 BE · #897 CH Remotest municipalities64 min #164 BE · #1190 CH Highest peaks531 m #294 BE · #1776 CH Highest-lying municipalities463 m #295 BE · #1640 CH Greatest vertical range112 m #268 BE · #1773 CH Steepest municipalities4° #266 BE · #1737 CH Solar potential44 GWh #53 BE · #406 CH Solar potential per capita9'763 kWh #235 BE · #1106 CH Cheapest electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #226 BE · #1027 CH Most expensive electricity26.48 Rp./kWh #108 BE · #1080 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4914

Roggwil BE

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Roggwil BE4914

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Roggwil?: The postal code of Roggwil is 4914.
What is the tax rate in Roggwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Roggwil is 171% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Roggwil?: A single person without children pays about 16'918 CHF income tax in Roggwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 153 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Roggwil have?: Roggwil has 4'514 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Roggwil?: Roggwil has 904 foreign residents, a share of 20.03% (2025).

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