What is the postal code of Safnern?

The postal code of Safnern is 2553.

What is the tax rate in Safnern?

The municipal tax multiplier of Safnern is 140% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Safnern?

A single person without children pays about 15'911 CHF income tax in Safnern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Safnern have?

Safnern has 2'049 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Safnern?

Safnern has 182 foreign residents, a share of 8.88% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Safnern

2553

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'009 49.2%

Men

1'040 50.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

422 20.6%

Swiss citizens

1'867 91.1%

Foreign residents

182 8.9%

Population density

365 pop./km²

0–19 · 422 · 20.6%20–64 · 1'126 · 55.0%65+ · 501 · 24.5%

Foreign residents 8.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −8 (−0.4%) · 14 births · 17 deaths · net migration −7

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 Safnern

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 Biel/Bienne: 35.0% Yes

22.0% YesNo 78.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 24.0% Yes

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 43.6% Yes

33.6% YesNo 66.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 44.6% Yes

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 39.2% Yes

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 52.4% Yes

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 62.3% Yes

50.2% YesNo 49.8%

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 Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 33.9% Yes

43.2% YesNo 56.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne: 36.5% Yes

36.6% YesNo 63.4%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP42.3% · strongest party

SVP42.3%

SP17.2%

Mitte8.8%

GLP8.7%

FDP7.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier140%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

140%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 22 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'911 CHF(15.9%)

Rank 20 of 334 in the canton · 1235 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:15'911 CHF(~15.9%)

SafnernCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Safnern	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.5%	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 1991–20209.8 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'084 mm

9.8 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

566 m

Mean elevation

478 m

Relief

140 m

Mean slope

5.6°

Flat share

60.4%

South-facing

20.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 140 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

18.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'200

Per inhabitant

9'175 kWh/yr

19 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

31.01 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.1 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.65 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

31.01 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Safnern, Elektroversorgung

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 Safnern →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

2.07 %

Second homes

7.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

965

Built before 194617.8%

Built since 200118.3%

2.07 %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

556

Workplaces

109

Services share

47.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 34 (6.1%) · Secondary 257 (46.2%) · Tertiary 265 (47.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

216 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 73 min · Car 45 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 114/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number746

Websitesafnern.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Safnern ranks

Largest municipalities2'049 #125 BE · #959 CH Growing municipalities-0.4% #226 BE · #1604 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.4% #109 BE · #502 CH Jobs per resident0.27 #241 BE · #1417 CH Families & children20.6% #98 BE · #940 CH Age structure24.5% #119 BE · #454 CH Women share49.2% #259 BE · #1419 CH Foreign residents8.9% #185 BE · #1803 CH Population density365/km² #73 BE · #658 CH Tax burden15'911 #22 BE · #1237 CH Taxes140% #22 BE Warmest municipalities9.8 °C #54 BE · #693 CH Sunniest municipalities40.1% #320 BE · #1800 CH Rainiest municipalities1'084 mm #226 BE · #1192 CH Voter turnout55.3% #133 BE · #1172 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #122 BE · #916 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #87 BE · #514 CH SVP strongholds42.3% #176 BE · #536 CH SP strongholds17.2% #98 BE · #714 CH Centre strongholds8.8% #141 BE · #1337 CH FDP strongholds7.8% #93 BE · #1612 CH GLP strongholds8.7% #132 BE · #476 CH Green strongholds4.9% #243 BE · #1557 CH Largest by area5.6 km² #222 BE · #1451 CH Highest municipalities463 m #288 BE · #1431 CH Second homes7.5% #298 BE · #1731 CH Organic farming11.1% #167 BE · #1132 CH Best-connected municipalities73 min #221 BE · #1176 CH Remotest municipalities73 min #114 BE · #921 CH Highest peaks566 m #274 BE · #1660 CH Highest-lying municipalities478 m #275 BE · #1539 CH Greatest vertical range140 m #246 BE · #1639 CH Steepest municipalities5.6° #227 BE · #1457 CH Solar potential19 GWh #154 BE · #1065 CH Solar potential per capita9'175 kWh #257 BE · #1222 CH Cheapest electricity31.01 Rp./kWh #296 BE · #1894 CH Most expensive electricity31.01 Rp./kWh #38 BE · #213 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2553

Safnern

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Safnern2553

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Safnern?: The postal code of Safnern is 2553.
What is the tax rate in Safnern?: The municipal tax multiplier of Safnern is 140% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Safnern?: A single person without children pays about 15'911 CHF income tax in Safnern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 20 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Safnern have?: Safnern has 2'049 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Safnern?: Safnern has 182 foreign residents, a share of 8.88% (2025).

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