What is the postal code of Seftigen?

The postal code of Seftigen is 3662.

What is the tax rate in Seftigen?

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

How much tax do you pay in Seftigen?

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

How many residents does Seftigen have?

Seftigen has 2'175 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Seftigen?

Seftigen has 189 foreign residents, a share of 8.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Seftigen

3662

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'127 51.8%

Men

1'048 48.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

379 17.4%

Swiss citizens

1'986 91.3%

Foreign residents

189 8.7%

Population density

559 pop./km²

0–19 · 379 · 17.4%20–64 · 1'228 · 56.5%65+ · 568 · 26.1%

Foreign residents 8.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −13 (−0.6%) · 17 births · 24 deaths · net migration −4

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 Seftigen

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 Thun: 27.2% Yes

27.5% YesNo 72.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 31.4% Yes

34.8% YesNo 65.2%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 36.3% Yes

36.0% YesNo 64.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 56.1% Yes

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 50.8% Yes

55.6% YesNo 44.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 41.4% Yes

34.5% YesNo 65.5%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 47.4% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

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 Thun: 25.2% Yes

22.4% YesNo 77.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.9% Yes

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Thun: 40.0% Yes

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.2% · strongest party

SVP43.2%

SP15.3%

GLP10.7%

GRÜNE6.5%

Mitte6.4%

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 160 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%)

SeftigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Seftigen	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'081 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

696 m

Mean elevation

594 m

Relief

142 m

Mean slope

6.1°

Flat share

46.9%

South-facing

13.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 142 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

19.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

25 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'300

Per inhabitant

8'837 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

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 Seftigen →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

0.81 %

Second homes

9.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

1'107

Built before 194621.6%

Built since 200115.3%

0.81 %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

778

Workplaces

145

Services share

55.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 116 (14.9%) · Secondary 232 (29.8%) · Tertiary 430 (55.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.3 %

Farmland

221 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 37 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 19 min

Remoteness 274/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number883

Websiteseftigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Seftigen ranks

Largest municipalities2'175 #121 BE · #920 CH Growing municipalities-0.6% #245 BE · #1676 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.6% #91 BE · #432 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #162 BE · #990 CH Families & children17.4% #276 BE · #1756 CH Age structure26.1% #74 BE · #295 CH Women share51.8% #38 BE · #167 CH Foreign residents8.7% #189 BE · #1815 CH Population density559/km² #49 BE · #459 CH Tax burden17'016 #166 BE · #1848 CH Taxes174% #160 BE Warmest municipalities9 °C #163 BE · #1350 CH Sunniest municipalities44.4% #89 BE · #752 CH Rainiest municipalities1'081 mm #232 BE · #1215 CH Voter turnout53.8% #178 BE · #1374 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #110 BE · #833 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #96 BE · #575 CH SVP strongholds43.2% #161 BE · #485 CH SP strongholds15.3% #138 BE · #913 CH Centre strongholds6.4% #228 BE · #1645 CH FDP strongholds2.7% #291 BE · #1997 CH GLP strongholds10.7% #71 BE · #238 CH Green strongholds6.5% #175 BE · #1206 CH Largest by area3.9 km² #266 BE · #1721 CH Highest municipalities591 m #175 BE · #849 CH Second homes9.1% #252 BE · #1393 CH Organic farming8.3% #217 BE · #1339 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #67 BE · #339 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #274 BE · #1762 CH Highest peaks696 m #213 BE · #1220 CH Highest-lying municipalities594 m #194 BE · #1032 CH Greatest vertical range142 m #243 BE · #1631 CH Steepest municipalities6.1° #214 BE · #1377 CH Solar potential19 GWh #152 BE · #1050 CH Solar potential per capita8'837 kWh #266 BE · #1290 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #177 BE · #671 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #264 BE · #1534 CH

Postal codes (1)

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3662

Seftigen

Localities

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Seftigen3662

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Seftigen?: The postal code of Seftigen is 3662.
What is the tax rate in Seftigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Seftigen is 174% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Seftigen?: A single person without children pays about 17'016 CHF income tax in Seftigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 156 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Seftigen have?: Seftigen has 2'175 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Seftigen?: Seftigen has 189 foreign residents, a share of 8.69% (2025).

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