What is the postal code of Rohrbach?

The postal code of Rohrbach is 4938.

What is the tax rate in Rohrbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rohrbach is 135% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rohrbach?

A single person without children pays about 15'749 CHF income tax in Rohrbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rohrbach have?

Rohrbach has 1'568 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rohrbach?

Rohrbach has 151 foreign residents, a share of 9.63% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Rohrbach

4938

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

782 49.9%

Men

786 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

307 19.6%

Swiss citizens

1'417 90.4%

Foreign residents

151 9.6%

Population density

384 pop./km²

0–19 · 307 · 19.6%20–64 · 897 · 57.2%65+ · 364 · 23.2%

Foreign residents 9.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −31 (−1.9%) · 12 births · 24 deaths · net migration −19

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 Rohrbach

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

18.5% YesNo 81.5%

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

34.9% YesNo 65.1%

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

25.1% YesNo 75.0%

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

56.9% YesNo 43.1%

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

65.6% YesNo 34.4%

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

30.6% YesNo 69.4%

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

39.0% YesNo 61.0%

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

16.9% YesNo 83.1%

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

45.4% YesNo 54.6%

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

46.2% YesNo 53.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.6% · strongest party

SVP43.6%

EDU12.1%

SP11.1%

Mitte7.6%

EVP6.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier135%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

135%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 14 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'749 CHF(15.7%)

Rank 14 of 334 in the canton · 1161 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:15'749 CHF(~15.7%)

RohrbachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rohrbach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	10.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	14.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	18.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	22.8%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.2%	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 1991–20201'182 mm

8.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

727 m

Mean elevation

611 m

Relief

161 m

Mean slope

8.2°

Flat share

50.8%

South-facing

9.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 161 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

21.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

25.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'700

Per inhabitant

13'457 kWh/yr

21 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 Rohrbach →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

1.45 %

Second homes

10.4 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

827

Built before 194639.7%

Built since 200118.5%

1.45 %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

663

Workplaces

109

Services share

41.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 46 (6.9%) · Secondary 343 (51.7%) · Tertiary 274 (41.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

18.8 %

Farmland

229 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 80 min · Car 60 min

AgglomerationPT 34 min · Car 22 min

Remoteness 81/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number338

Websiterohrbach-be.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rohrbach ranks

Largest municipalities1'568 #146 BE · #1141 CH Growing municipalities-1.9% #303 BE · #1982 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.9% #32 BE · #128 CH Jobs per resident0.42 #122 BE · #753 CH Families & children19.6% #161 BE · #1260 CH Age structure23.2% #171 BE · #621 CH Women share49.9% #199 BE · #990 CH Foreign residents9.6% #165 BE · #1733 CH Population density384/km² #68 BE · #634 CH Tax burden15'749 #14 BE · #1161 CH Taxes135% #14 BE Warmest municipalities8.8 °C #180 BE · #1446 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #223 BE · #1351 CH Rainiest municipalities1'182 mm #148 BE · #733 CH Voter turnout47.3% #297 BE · #1954 CH Against Switzerland27.5% #26 BE · #119 CH Aligned with Switzerland72.5% #170 BE · #1314 CH SVP strongholds43.6% #156 BE · #467 CH SP strongholds11.1% #212 BE · #1397 CH Centre strongholds7.6% #179 BE · #1491 CH FDP strongholds4.9% #205 BE · #1861 CH GLP strongholds5.7% #224 BE · #1022 CH Green strongholds5.5% #211 BE · #1435 CH Largest by area4.1 km² #261 BE · #1689 CH Highest municipalities584 m #182 BE · #875 CH Second homes10.4% #209 BE · #1133 CH Organic farming18.8% #78 BE · #697 CH Best-connected municipalities80 min #253 BE · #1342 CH Remotest municipalities80 min #81 BE · #754 CH Highest peaks727 m #209 BE · #1135 CH Highest-lying municipalities611 m #184 BE · #972 CH Greatest vertical range161 m #220 BE · #1531 CH Steepest municipalities8.2° #180 BE · #1089 CH Solar potential21 GWh #135 BE · #970 CH Solar potential per capita13'457 kWh #135 BE · #579 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #38 BE · #532 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #125 BE · #1395 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4938

Rohrbach

Localities

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Rohrbach4938

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rohrbach?: The postal code of Rohrbach is 4938.
What is the tax rate in Rohrbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rohrbach is 135% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rohrbach?: A single person without children pays about 15'749 CHF income tax in Rohrbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rohrbach have?: Rohrbach has 1'568 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rohrbach?: Rohrbach has 151 foreign residents, a share of 9.63% (2025).

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