What is the postal code of Rubigen?

Rubigen has 2 postal codes: 3112, 3113.

What is the tax rate in Rubigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rubigen is 144% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rubigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'041 CHF income tax in Rubigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rubigen have?

Rubigen has 2'876 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rubigen?

Rubigen has 282 foreign residents, a share of 9.81% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Rubigen

3112–3113

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'438 50.0%

Men

1'438 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

507 17.6%

Swiss citizens

2'594 90.2%

Foreign residents

282 9.8%

Population density

416 pop./km²

0–19 · 507 · 17.6%20–64 · 1'660 · 57.7%65+ · 709 · 24.7%

Foreign residents 9.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −18 (−0.6%) · 18 births · 18 deaths · net migration −15

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 Rubigen

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

27.0% YesNo 73.0%

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

19.6% YesNo 80.4%

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

43.2% YesNo 56.8%

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

48.4% YesNo 51.6%

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

37.1% YesNo 63.0%

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

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

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

60.3% YesNo 39.7%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

30.5% YesNo 69.5%

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

30.8% YesNo 69.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP24.5% · strongest party

SVP24.5%

SP22.5%

GLP14.1%

Mitte11.9%

GRÜNE8.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier144%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

144%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 26 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'041 CHF(16%)

Rank 25 of 334 in the canton · 1297 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:16'041 CHF(~16%)

RubigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rubigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.5%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.3%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.7%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'124 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

600 m

Mean elevation

552 m

Relief

88 m

Mean slope

3°

Flat share

83.3%

South-facing

6.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 88 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

24.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'500

Per inhabitant

8'540 kWh/yr

25 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 2

Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Rubigen →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

0.69 %

Second homes

8.1 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'439

Built before 194613.3%

Built since 200121.3%

0.69 %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

1'424

Workplaces

148

Services share

59.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 54 (3.8%) · Secondary 529 (37.1%) · Tertiary 841 (59.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

25 %

Farmland

385 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 34 min · Car 20 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 313/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number623

Websiterubigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rubigen ranks

Largest municipalities2'876 #91 BE · #751 CH Growing municipalities-0.6% #250 BE · #1692 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.6% #85 BE · #413 CH Jobs per resident0.5 #84 BE · #526 CH Families & children17.6% #265 BE · #1722 CH Age structure24.7% #112 BE · #428 CH Women share50% #193 BE · #916 CH Foreign residents9.8% #158 BE · #1712 CH Population density416/km² #61 BE · #589 CH Tax burden16'041 #26 BE · #1298 CH Taxes144% #26 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #131 BE · #1216 CH Sunniest municipalities44.4% #87 BE · #750 CH Rainiest municipalities1'124 mm #184 BE · #957 CH Voter turnout57.7% #78 BE · #852 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #173 BE · #1362 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #27 BE · #88 CH SVP strongholds24.5% #310 BE · #1580 CH SP strongholds22.5% #27 BE · #296 CH Centre strongholds11.9% #41 BE · #1042 CH FDP strongholds7% #130 BE · #1709 CH GLP strongholds14.1% #11 BE · #49 CH Green strongholds8.9% #92 BE · #716 CH Largest by area6.9 km² #196 BE · #1275 CH Highest municipalities549 m #215 BE · #1008 CH Second homes8.1% #285 BE · #1600 CH Organic farming25% #46 BE · #431 CH Best-connected municipalities34 min #23 BE · #134 CH Remotest municipalities34 min #313 BE · #1962 CH Highest peaks600 m #245 BE · #1543 CH Highest-lying municipalities552 m #228 BE · #1206 CH Greatest vertical range88 m #287 BE · #1894 CH Steepest municipalities3° #298 BE · #1899 CH Solar potential25 GWh #112 BE · #853 CH Solar potential per capita8'540 kWh #272 BE · #1353 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #107 BE · #601 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #194 BE · #1464 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Allmendingen b. Bern3112 Rubigen3113

Nearby municipalities

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Allmendingen bei Bern

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rubigen?: Rubigen has 2 postal codes: 3112, 3113.
What is the tax rate in Rubigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rubigen is 144% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rubigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'041 CHF income tax in Rubigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rubigen have?: Rubigen has 2'876 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rubigen?: Rubigen has 282 foreign residents, a share of 9.81% (2025).

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