What is the postal code of Schwarzenburg?

Schwarzenburg has 6 postal codes: 3148, 3150, 3152, 3154, 3157, 3183.

What is the tax rate in Schwarzenburg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Schwarzenburg is 186% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Schwarzenburg?

A single person without children pays about 17'405 CHF income tax in Schwarzenburg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 263 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Schwarzenburg have?

Schwarzenburg has 6'797 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Schwarzenburg?

Schwarzenburg has 479 foreign residents, a share of 7.05% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Schwarzenburg

3148–3183

BE CANTON3148 3150 3152 3154+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'466 51.0%

Men

3'331 49.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'198 17.6%

Swiss citizens

6'318 93.0%

Foreign residents

479 7.1%

Population density

152 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'198 · 17.6%20–64 · 3'702 · 54.5%65+ · 1'897 · 27.9%

Foreign residents 7.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +2 (+0%) · 50 births · 70 deaths · net migration +15

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 Schwarzenburg

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

25.9% YesNo 74.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

30.2% YesNo 69.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

36.7% YesNo 63.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

53.4% YesNo 46.6%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

42.1% YesNo 57.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

48.0% YesNo 52.1%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

26.0% YesNo 74.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

36.8% YesNo 63.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.8% · strongest party

SVP39.8%

SP17.5%

Mitte9.8%

GRÜNE8.8%

GLP8.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier186%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

186%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 265 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'405 CHF(17.4%)

Rank 263 of 334 in the canton · 1999 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:17'405 CHF(~17.4%)

SchwarzenburgCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Schwarzenburg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	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	18.3%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.2%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.8%	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	26.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.7%	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 1991–20208.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'193 mm

8.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'001 m

Mean elevation

784 m

Relief

424 m

Mean slope

11°

Flat share

28.8%

South-facing

11.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 424 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

89.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

120.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

19'900

Per inhabitant

13'173 kWh/yr

90 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 Schwarzenburg →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

0.62 %

Second homes

10.8 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

3'561

Built before 194636.1%

Built since 200114.1%

0.62 %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

3'175

Workplaces

589

Services share

54.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 500 (15.7%) · Secondary 941 (29.6%) · Tertiary 1'734 (54.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

165

Organic share

10.3 %

Farmland

2'994 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 51 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 42 min · Car 35 min

Remoteness 237/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number855

Websiteschwarzenburg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Schwarzenburg ranks

Largest municipalities6'797 #25 BE · #296 CH Growing municipalities0% #193 BE · #1391 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #143 BE · #718 CH Jobs per resident0.47 #98 BE · #604 CH Families & children17.6% #266 BE · #1723 CH Age structure27.9% #39 BE · #175 CH Women share51% #85 BE · #383 CH Foreign residents7.1% #228 BE · #1921 CH Population density152/km² #154 BE · #1212 CH Tax burden17'405 #265 BE · #2001 CH Taxes186% #265 BE Warmest municipalities8.3 °C #229 BE · #1631 CH Sunniest municipalities43.9% #105 BE · #853 CH Rainiest municipalities1'193 mm #144 BE · #709 CH Voter turnout53% #194 BE · #1469 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #174 BE · #1363 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #28 BE · #89 CH SVP strongholds39.8% #200 BE · #670 CH SP strongholds17.5% #93 BE · #681 CH Centre strongholds9.8% #104 BE · #1222 CH FDP strongholds5.4% #180 BE · #1822 CH GLP strongholds8.2% #144 BE · #545 CH Green strongholds8.8% #95 BE · #737 CH Largest by area44.8 km² #29 BE · #201 CH Highest municipalities792 m #92 BE · #439 CH Second homes10.8% #202 BE · #1082 CH Organic farming10.3% #179 BE · #1199 CH Best-connected municipalities51 min #100 BE · #499 CH Remotest municipalities51 min #237 BE · #1608 CH Highest peaks1'001 m #136 BE · #728 CH Highest-lying municipalities784 m #129 BE · #630 CH Greatest vertical range424 m #129 BE · #785 CH Steepest municipalities11° #139 BE · #848 CH Solar potential90 GWh #12 BE · #114 CH Solar potential per capita13'173 kWh #142 BE · #605 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #167 BE · #661 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #254 BE · #1524 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Albligen3183 Lanzenhäusern3148 Mamishaus3152 Milken3157 Rüschegg Heubach3154 Schwarzenburg3150

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Schwarzenburg?: Schwarzenburg has 6 postal codes: 3148, 3150, 3152, 3154, 3157, 3183.
What is the tax rate in Schwarzenburg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Schwarzenburg is 186% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Schwarzenburg?: A single person without children pays about 17'405 CHF income tax in Schwarzenburg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 263 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Schwarzenburg have?: Schwarzenburg has 6'797 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Schwarzenburg?: Schwarzenburg has 479 foreign residents, a share of 7.05% (2025).

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