What is the postal code of Schüpfen?

Schüpfen has 2 postal codes: 3053, 3054.

What is the tax rate in Schüpfen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schüpfen is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Schüpfen?

A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Schüpfen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schüpfen have?

Schüpfen has 3'778 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schüpfen?

Schüpfen has 340 foreign residents, a share of 9% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Schüpfen

3053–3054

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'911 50.6%

Men

1'867 49.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

754 20.0%

Swiss citizens

3'438 91.0%

Foreign residents

340 9.0%

Population density

190 pop./km²

0–19 · 754 · 20.0%20–64 · 2'153 · 57.0%65+ · 871 · 23.1%

Foreign residents 9.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−0.2%) · 32 births · 27 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 Schüpfen

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

25.6% YesNo 74.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

24.8% YesNo 75.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

37.3% YesNo 62.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

43.9% YesNo 56.1%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

45.9% YesNo 54.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

29.9% YesNo 70.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

33.8% YesNo 66.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP34.3% · strongest party

SVP34.3%

SP20.4%

Mitte11.5%

GLP9.8%

GRÜNE9.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier174%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

174%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 163 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'016 CHF(17%)

Rank 156 of 334 in the canton · 1838 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:17'016 CHF(~17%)

SchüpfenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schüpfen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.7%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.5%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.3%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.1%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'042 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

726 m

Mean elevation

581 m

Relief

243 m

Mean slope

6°

Flat share

55.4%

South-facing

4.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 243 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

43.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

55.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'700

Per inhabitant

11'559 kWh/yr

44 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 Schüpfen →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

0.42 %

Second homes

10.1 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'891

Built before 194630.8%

Built since 200120.3%

0.42 %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

1'300

Workplaces

269

Services share

68.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 143 (11.0%) · Secondary 270 (20.8%) · Tertiary 887 (68.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.6 %

Farmland

1'129 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 38 min · Car 21 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 300/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number311

Websiteschuepfen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schüpfen ranks

Largest municipalities3'778 #67 BE · #592 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #209 BE · #1509 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #126 BE · #594 CH Jobs per resident0.34 #170 BE · #1071 CH Families & children20% #130 BE · #1129 CH Age structure23.1% #175 BE · #641 CH Women share50.6% #123 BE · #562 CH Foreign residents9% #180 BE · #1790 CH Population density190/km² #127 BE · #1060 CH Tax burden17'016 #163 BE · #1845 CH Taxes174% #163 BE Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #74 BE · #1024 CH Sunniest municipalities42% #169 BE · #1124 CH Rainiest municipalities1'042 mm #268 BE · #1425 CH Voter turnout55.7% #122 BE · #1116 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #180 BE · #1391 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #13 BE · #42 CH SVP strongholds34.3% #259 BE · #1017 CH SP strongholds20.4% #55 BE · #434 CH Centre strongholds11.5% #49 BE · #1063 CH FDP strongholds5.2% #190 BE · #1837 CH GLP strongholds9.8% #102 BE · #339 CH Green strongholds9.2% #83 BE · #672 CH Largest by area19.8 km² #77 BE · #485 CH Highest municipalities540 m #223 BE · #1037 CH Second homes10.1% #218 BE · #1179 CH Organic farming9.6% #193 BE · #1250 CH Best-connected municipalities38 min #33 BE · #199 CH Remotest municipalities38 min #300 BE · #1907 CH Highest peaks726 m #210 BE · #1137 CH Highest-lying municipalities581 m #203 BE · #1086 CH Greatest vertical range243 m #182 BE · #1164 CH Steepest municipalities6° #216 BE · #1390 CH Solar potential44 GWh #56 BE · #415 CH Solar potential per capita11'559 kWh #191 BE · #815 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #31 BE · #525 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #118 BE · #1388 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Münchenbuchsee3053 Schüpfen3054

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Rapperswil

BE · 0.9 km

Deisswil bei Münchenbuchsee

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schüpfen?: Schüpfen has 2 postal codes: 3053, 3054.
What is the tax rate in Schüpfen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schüpfen is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Schüpfen?: A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Schüpfen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schüpfen have?: Schüpfen has 3'778 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schüpfen?: Schüpfen has 340 foreign residents, a share of 9% (2025).

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