What is the postal code of Schwadernau?

The postal code of Schwadernau is 2556.

What is the tax rate in Schwadernau?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schwadernau is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Schwadernau?

A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Schwadernau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schwadernau have?

Schwadernau has 697 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schwadernau?

Schwadernau has 83 foreign residents, a share of 11.91% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Schwadernau

2556

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

342 49.1%

Men

355 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

138 19.8%

Swiss citizens

614 88.1%

Foreign residents

83 11.9%

Population density

168 pop./km²

0–19 · 138 · 19.8%20–64 · 417 · 59.8%65+ · 142 · 20.4%

Foreign residents 11.9%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +7 (+1%) · 3 births · 8 deaths · net migration +16

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 Schwadernau

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

20.1% YesNo 79.9%

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

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

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

25.6% YesNo 74.4%

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

53.5% YesNo 46.5%

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

68.0% YesNo 32.0%

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

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

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

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

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 Biel/Bienne: 37.1% Yes

15.2% YesNo 84.8%

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

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

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

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.8% · strongest party

SVP44.8%

SP13.1%

GLP8.7%

EVP7.2%

Mitte7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier185%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

185%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 248 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'373 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 245 of 334 in the canton · 1980 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:17'373 CHF(~17.4%)

SchwadernauCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schwadernau	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	16.4%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.4%	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	21.5%	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	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.6%	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'088 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

442 m

Mean elevation

432 m

Relief

16 m

Mean slope

0.6°

Flat share

97.5%

South-facing

0.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 16 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

9.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

12.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'200

Per inhabitant

14'175 kWh/yr

10 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 Schwadernau →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

2.73 %

Second homes

9.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

330

Built before 194628.2%

Built since 200110.0%

2.73 %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

205

Workplaces

Services share

70.7 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (20.0%) · Secondary 19 (9.3%) · Tertiary 145 (70.7%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

265 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 54 min · Car 38 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 215/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number748

Websiteschwadernau.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Biel/Bienne

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schwadernau ranks

Largest municipalities697 #230 BE · #1654 CH Growing municipalities1% #108 BE · #786 CH Shrinking municipalities1% #227 BE · #1317 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #221 BE · #1319 CH Families & children19.8% #149 BE · #1215 CH Age structure20.4% #279 BE · #1159 CH Women share49.1% #265 BE · #1461 CH Foreign residents11.9% #130 BE · #1557 CH Population density168/km² #139 BE · #1140 CH Tax burden17'373 #259 BE · #1994 CH Taxes185% #248 BE Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #28 BE · #391 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #328 BE · #1868 CH Rainiest municipalities1'088 mm #220 BE · #1167 CH Voter turnout52.8% #201 BE · #1486 CH SVP strongholds44.8% #147 BE · #415 CH SP strongholds13.1% #172 BE · #1154 CH Centre strongholds7% #202 BE · #1564 CH FDP strongholds6% #161 BE · #1784 CH GLP strongholds8.7% #133 BE · #477 CH Green strongholds4.7% #254 BE · #1593 CH Largest by area4.2 km² #260 BE · #1675 CH Highest municipalities437 m #323 BE · #1639 CH Second homes9.4% #242 BE · #1337 CH Organic farming0% #318 BE · #1688 CH Best-connected municipalities54 min #117 BE · #584 CH Remotest municipalities54 min #215 BE · #1504 CH Highest peaks442 m #331 BE · #2031 CH Highest-lying municipalities432 m #330 BE · #1845 CH Greatest vertical range16 m #330 BE · #2096 CH Steepest municipalities0.6° #333 BE · #2102 CH Solar potential10 GWh #230 BE · #1568 CH Solar potential per capita14'175 kWh #121 BE · #509 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #147 BE · #641 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #234 BE · #1504 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

2556

Schwadernau

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Schwadernau2556

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schwadernau?: The postal code of Schwadernau is 2556.
What is the tax rate in Schwadernau?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schwadernau is 185% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Schwadernau?: A single person without children pays about 17'373 CHF income tax in Schwadernau on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 245 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schwadernau have?: Schwadernau has 697 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schwadernau?: Schwadernau has 83 foreign residents, a share of 11.91% (2025).

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