What is the postal code of Rüderswil?

Rüderswil has 7 postal codes: 3432, 3433, 3436, 3437, 3438, 3439, 3453.

What is the tax rate in Rüderswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rüderswil is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rüderswil?

A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Rüderswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rüderswil have?

Rüderswil has 2'394 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüderswil?

Rüderswil has 72 foreign residents, a share of 3.01% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Rüderswil

3432–3453

BE CANTON3432 3433 3436 3437+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'227 51.3%

Men

1'167 48.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

477 19.9%

Swiss citizens

2'322 97.0%

Foreign residents

72 3.0%

Population density

139 pop./km²

0–19 · 477 · 19.9%20–64 · 1'348 · 56.3%65+ · 569 · 23.8%

Foreign residents 3.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.2%) · 19 births · 23 deaths · net migration +8

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 Rüderswil

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

18.1% YesNo 81.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

33.7% YesNo 66.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

60.4% YesNo 39.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

67.6% YesNo 32.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

24.5% YesNo 75.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

16.8% YesNo 83.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

44.4% YesNo 55.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

45.5% YesNo 54.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP52.5% · strongest party

SVP52.5%

Mitte13.8%

EDU9.4%

SP6.6%

GLP5.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier184%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

184%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 240 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'340 CHF(17.3%)

Rank 236 of 334 in the canton · 1963 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:17'340 CHF(~17.3%)

RüderswilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüderswil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.3%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	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 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'240 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

955 m

Mean elevation

718 m

Relief

367 m

Mean slope

11.9°

Flat share

28.9%

South-facing

11.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 367 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

31.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

40 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'000

Per inhabitant

13'095 kWh/yr

31 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

25.09–33.91 Rp./kWh

29.5 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators BKW Energie AG · Elektra Schwanden i.E. Genossenschaft

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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Rüderswil →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

1.29 %

Second homes

13 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'241

Built before 194647.9%

Built since 200115.1%

1.29 %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

765

Workplaces

200

Services share

44.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 197 (25.8%) · Secondary 231 (30.2%) · Tertiary 337 (44.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10 %

Farmland

1'172 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 77 min · Car 44 min

AgglomerationPT 49 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 94/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number905

Websiteruederswil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüderswil ranks

Largest municipalities2'394 #112 BE · #873 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #180 BE · #1309 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #156 BE · #799 CH Jobs per resident0.32 #196 BE · #1172 CH Families & children19.9% #144 BE · #1175 CH Age structure23.8% #149 BE · #539 CH Women share51.3% #62 BE · #284 CH Foreign residents3% #308 BE · #2075 CH Population density139/km² #167 BE · #1269 CH Tax burden17'340 #241 BE · #1968 CH Taxes184% #240 BE Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #218 BE · #1594 CH Sunniest municipalities43.3% #128 BE · #965 CH Rainiest municipalities1'240 mm #113 BE · #605 CH Voter turnout45.9% #307 BE · #2007 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #47 BE · #246 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #155 BE · #1183 CH SVP strongholds52.5% #81 BE · #177 CH SP strongholds6.6% #286 BE · #1818 CH Centre strongholds13.8% #16 BE · #910 CH FDP strongholds2.5% #296 BE · #2003 CH GLP strongholds5.1% #248 BE · #1159 CH Green strongholds4.3% #273 BE · #1668 CH Largest by area17.2 km² #86 BE · #556 CH Highest municipalities727 m #111 BE · #547 CH Second homes13% #142 BE · #783 CH Organic farming10% #188 BE · #1216 CH Best-connected municipalities77 min #244 BE · #1275 CH Remotest municipalities77 min #94 BE · #820 CH Highest peaks955 m #147 BE · #767 CH Highest-lying municipalities718 m #145 BE · #725 CH Greatest vertical range367 m #144 BE · #869 CH Steepest municipalities11.9° #131 BE · #776 CH Solar potential31 GWh #88 BE · #640 CH Solar potential per capita13'095 kWh #145 BE · #614 CH Cheapest electricity29.5 Rp./kWh #283 BE · #1688 CH Most expensive electricity29.5 Rp./kWh #51 BE · #419 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

3432

Lützelflüh-Goldbach

3433

Schwanden im Emmental

Localities

swisstopo · 7

Heimisbach3453 Lauperswil3438 Lützelflüh-Goldbach3432 Ranflüh3439 Rüderswil3437 Schwanden im Emmental3433 Zollbrück3436

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüderswil?: Rüderswil has 7 postal codes: 3432, 3433, 3436, 3437, 3438, 3439, 3453.
What is the tax rate in Rüderswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüderswil is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüderswil?: A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Rüderswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüderswil have?: Rüderswil has 2'394 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüderswil?: Rüderswil has 72 foreign residents, a share of 3.01% (2025).

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