What is the postal code of Seeberg?

Seeberg has 5 postal codes: 3365, 3474, 3475, 3476, 4943.

What is the tax rate in Seeberg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Seeberg is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Seeberg?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Seeberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Seeberg have?

Seeberg has 1'565 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Seeberg?

Seeberg has 90 foreign residents, a share of 5.75% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Seeberg

3365–4943

BE CANTON3365 3474 3475 3476+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

777 49.6%

Men

788 50.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

306 19.6%

Swiss citizens

1'475 94.3%

Foreign residents

90 5.8%

Population density

93 pop./km²

0–19 · 306 · 19.6%20–64 · 885 · 56.5%65+ · 374 · 23.9%

Foreign residents 5.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −34 (−2.1%) · 10 births · 13 deaths · net migration −31

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 Seeberg

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

19.1% YesNo 80.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

28.9% YesNo 71.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

59.1% YesNo 41.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

65.3% YesNo 34.8%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

18.3% YesNo 81.7%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

44.8% YesNo 55.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

42.4% YesNo 57.6%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.7% · strongest party

SVP44.7%

Mitte16.1%

SP11.0%

EDU6.3%

GRÜNE5.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 167 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

SeebergCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Seeberg	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	16.1%	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	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	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	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	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 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'108 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

807 m

Mean elevation

555 m

Relief

343 m

Mean slope

9.2°

Flat share

40.4%

South-facing

10.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 343 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

24 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

Per inhabitant

15'335 kWh/yr

24 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

24.09 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

24.09 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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Seeberg →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

1.7 %

Second homes

11.1 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

822

Built before 194645.3%

Built since 200115.5%

1.7 %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

481

Workplaces

139

Services share

52.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 148 (30.8%) · Secondary 82 (17.0%) · Tertiary 251 (52.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.2 %

Farmland

1'007 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 56 min · Car 40 min

AgglomerationPT 12 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 206/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number988

Websiteseeberg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Seeberg ranks

Largest municipalities1'565 #147 BE · #1143 CH Growing municipalities-2.1% #307 BE · #1996 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.1% #28 BE · #113 CH Jobs per resident0.31 #211 BE · #1223 CH Families & children19.6% #169 BE · #1268 CH Age structure23.9% #146 BE · #529 CH Women share49.6% #240 BE · #1189 CH Foreign residents5.8% #251 BE · #1978 CH Population density93/km² #217 BE · #1515 CH Tax burden17'048 #184 BE · #1880 CH Taxes175% #167 BE Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #179 BE · #1411 CH Sunniest municipalities40.6% #274 BE · #1558 CH Rainiest municipalities1'108 mm #205 BE · #1061 CH Voter turnout50.7% #248 BE · #1723 CH Against Switzerland17.8% #93 BE · #658 CH Aligned with Switzerland82.2% #109 BE · #791 CH SVP strongholds44.7% #148 BE · #421 CH SP strongholds11% #214 BE · #1411 CH Centre strongholds16.1% #7 BE · #752 CH FDP strongholds3.7% #259 BE · #1944 CH GLP strongholds5.8% #223 BE · #1007 CH Green strongholds5.9% #197 BE · #1340 CH Largest by area16.8 km² #89 BE · #570 CH Highest municipalities495 m #257 BE · #1234 CH Second homes11.1% #193 BE · #1029 CH Organic farming10.2% #182 BE · #1206 CH Best-connected municipalities56 min #129 BE · #644 CH Remotest municipalities56 min #206 BE · #1446 CH Highest peaks807 m #184 BE · #979 CH Highest-lying municipalities555 m #224 BE · #1193 CH Greatest vertical range343 m #156 BE · #916 CH Steepest municipalities9.2° #168 BE · #993 CH Solar potential24 GWh #119 BE · #874 CH Solar potential per capita15'335 kWh #85 BE · #389 CH Cheapest electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #22 BE · #249 CH Most expensive electricity24.09 Rp./kWh #331 BE · #1877 CH

Postal codes (5)

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Localities

swisstopo · 7

Grasswil3365 Hermiswil3475 Oeschenbach4943 Oschwand3476 Riedtwil3475 Rüedisbach3474 Seeberg3365

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Seeberg?: Seeberg has 5 postal codes: 3365, 3474, 3475, 3476, 4943.
What is the tax rate in Seeberg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Seeberg is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Seeberg?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Seeberg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Seeberg have?: Seeberg has 1'565 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Seeberg?: Seeberg has 90 foreign residents, a share of 5.75% (2025).

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