What is the postal code of Rüti bei Lyssach?

The postal code of Rüti bei Lyssach is 3421.

What is the tax rate in Rüti bei Lyssach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rüti bei Lyssach is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Rüti bei Lyssach?

A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Rüti bei Lyssach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rüti bei Lyssach have?

Rüti bei Lyssach has 155 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rüti bei Lyssach?

Rüti bei Lyssach has 4 foreign residents, a share of 2.58% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Rüti bei Lyssach

3421

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

81 52.3%

Men

74 47.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

28 18.1%

Swiss citizens

151 97.4%

Foreign residents

4 2.6%

Population density

120 pop./km²

0–19 · 28 · 18.1%20–64 · 93 · 60.0%65+ · 34 · 21.9%

Foreign residents 2.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −8 (−4.9%) · 1 births · 3 deaths · net migration −5

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 Rüti bei Lyssach

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

17.1% YesNo 82.9%

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

38.6% YesNo 61.4%

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

36.4% YesNo 63.6%

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

53.8% YesNo 46.3%

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

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

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

33.8% YesNo 66.2%

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

39.5% YesNo 60.5%

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

13.5% YesNo 86.5%

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

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

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

54.9% YesNo 45.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.0% · strongest party

SVP54.0%

GRÜNE12.6%

Mitte8.6%

FDP4.3%

EDU4.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier179%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

179%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 200 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'178 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 193 of 334 in the canton · 1902 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:17'178 CHF(~17.2%)

Rüti bei LyssachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rüti bei Lyssach	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	14.5%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.3%	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%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.5%	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	24.6%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.3%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'049 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

589 m

Mean elevation

540 m

Relief

70 m

Mean slope

5°

Flat share

54.2%

South-facing

6.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 70 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

2.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

2.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

500

Per inhabitant

14'774 kWh/yr

2 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 Rüti bei Lyssach →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 %

Second homes

12.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.1

Dwellings

Built before 194643.2%

Built since 20019.9%

0 %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

Workplaces

Services share

15.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 22 (68.8%) · Secondary 5 (15.6%) · Tertiary 5 (15.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

120 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 40 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 21 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 295/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number422

Websiteruetibeilyssach.jimdofree.com ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rüti bei Lyssach ranks

Largest municipalities155 #323 BE · #2060 CH Growing municipalities-4.9% #330 BE · #2092 CH Shrinking municipalities-4.9% #5 BE · #17 CH Jobs per resident0.21 #287 BE · #1715 CH Families & children18.1% #252 BE · #1644 CH Age structure21.9% #229 BE · #870 CH Women share52.3% #17 BE · #93 CH Foreign residents2.6% #317 BE · #2086 CH Population density120/km² #187 BE · #1366 CH Tax burden17'178 #207 BE · #1916 CH Taxes179% #200 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #125 BE · #1210 CH Sunniest municipalities41.6% #186 BE · #1188 CH Rainiest municipalities1'049 mm #263 BE · #1389 CH Voter turnout56.3% #106 BE · #1041 CH SVP strongholds54% #69 BE · #138 CH SP strongholds3.1% #322 BE · #2002 CH Centre strongholds8.6% #143 BE · #1360 CH FDP strongholds4.3% #225 BE · #1899 CH GLP strongholds3.6% #281 BE · #1466 CH Green strongholds12.6% #34 BE · #282 CH Largest by area1.3 km² #332 BE · #2076 CH Highest municipalities523 m #237 BE · #1105 CH Second homes12.4% #157 BE · #859 CH Organic farming0% #274 BE · #1644 CH Best-connected municipalities40 min #40 BE · #229 CH Remotest municipalities40 min #295 BE · #1874 CH Highest peaks589 m #256 BE · #1585 CH Highest-lying municipalities540 m #234 BE · #1258 CH Greatest vertical range70 m #299 BE · #1965 CH Steepest municipalities5° #238 BE · #1561 CH Solar potential2 GWh #327 BE · #2073 CH Solar potential per capita14'774 kWh #102 BE · #436 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #62 BE · #556 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #149 BE · #1419 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3421

Rüti b. Lyssach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Rüti b. Lyssach3421

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rüti bei Lyssach?: The postal code of Rüti bei Lyssach is 3421.
What is the tax rate in Rüti bei Lyssach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rüti bei Lyssach is 179% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Rüti bei Lyssach?: A single person without children pays about 17'178 CHF income tax in Rüti bei Lyssach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 193 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rüti bei Lyssach have?: Rüti bei Lyssach has 155 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rüti bei Lyssach?: Rüti bei Lyssach has 4 foreign residents, a share of 2.58% (2025).

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