What is the postal code of Steffisburg?

Steffisburg has 5 postal codes: 3612, 3613, 3617, 3624, 3627.

What is the tax rate in Steffisburg?

The municipal tax multiplier of Steffisburg is 162% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Steffisburg?

A single person without children pays about 16'626 CHF income tax in Steffisburg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 91 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Steffisburg have?

Steffisburg has 16'599 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Steffisburg?

Steffisburg has 2'096 foreign residents, a share of 12.63% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Steffisburg

3612–3627

BE CANTON3612 3613 3617 3624+1 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

8'666 52.2%

Men

7'933 47.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

3'008 18.1%

Swiss citizens

14'503 87.4%

Foreign residents

2'096 12.6%

Population density

1'121 pop./km²

0–19 · 3'008 · 18.1%20–64 · 9'295 · 56.0%65+ · 4'296 · 25.9%

Foreign residents 12.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +18 (+0.1%) · 144 births · 162 deaths · net migration +28

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 Steffisburg

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

26.8% YesNo 73.2%

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

28.0% YesNo 72.0%

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

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

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

54.5% YesNo 45.5%

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

46.9% YesNo 53.1%

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

41.7% YesNo 58.3%

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

49.0% YesNo 51.0%

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

25.5% YesNo 74.5%

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

39.5% YesNo 60.5%

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

38.5% YesNo 61.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.2% · strongest party

SVP30.2%

SP16.5%

GLP11.1%

EVP9.0%

GRÜNE7.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier162%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

162%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 92 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'626 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 91 of 334 in the canton · 1660 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:16'626 CHF(~16.6%)

SteffisburgCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Steffisburg	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	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 1991–20201'104 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'014 m

Mean elevation

676 m

Relief

467 m

Mean slope

10.4°

Flat share

35.7%

South-facing

24.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 467 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

100 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

129.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

22'200

Per inhabitant

6'023 kWh/yr

100 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

31.19 Rp./kWh

Energy

13 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.53 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

31.19 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 27.95 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator NetZulg 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 Steffisburg →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

0.47 %

Second homes

7.5 %

Avg. rooms

3.6

Dwellings

8'529

Built before 194622.6%

Built since 200119.9%

0.47 %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

6'372

Workplaces

829

Services share

71.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 127 (2.0%) · Secondary 1'669 (26.2%) · Tertiary 4'576 (71.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

13.6 %

Farmland

563 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 53 min · Car 32 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 13 min

Remoteness 225/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number939

Websitesteffisburg.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Steffisburg ranks

Largest municipalities16'599 #8 BE · #82 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #184 BE · #1349 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #150 BE · #761 CH Jobs per resident0.38 #150 BE · #915 CH Families & children18.1% #254 BE · #1646 CH Age structure25.9% #79 BE · #312 CH Women share52.2% #22 BE · #105 CH Foreign residents12.6% #124 BE · #1482 CH Population density1'121/km² #18 BE · #187 CH Tax burden16'626 #93 BE · #1662 CH Taxes162% #92 BE Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #176 BE · #1408 CH Sunniest municipalities45% #74 BE · #661 CH Rainiest municipalities1'104 mm #209 BE · #1074 CH Voter turnout55.5% #130 BE · #1143 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #148 BE · #1215 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #61 BE · #226 CH SVP strongholds30.2% #283 BE · #1256 CH SP strongholds16.5% #114 BE · #785 CH Centre strongholds6.8% #208 BE · #1593 CH FDP strongholds7.5% #114 BE · #1655 CH GLP strongholds11.1% #60 BE · #211 CH Green strongholds7.9% #121 BE · #891 CH Largest by area14.8 km² #109 BE · #657 CH Highest municipalities607 m #165 BE · #797 CH Second homes7.5% #299 BE · #1732 CH Organic farming13.6% #131 BE · #976 CH Best-connected municipalities53 min #113 BE · #557 CH Remotest municipalities53 min #225 BE · #1540 CH Highest peaks1'014 m #132 BE · #719 CH Highest-lying municipalities676 m #162 BE · #819 CH Greatest vertical range467 m #122 BE · #726 CH Steepest municipalities10.4° #151 BE · #890 CH Solar potential100 GWh #9 BE · #82 CH Solar potential per capita6'023 kWh #317 BE · #1832 CH Cheapest electricity31.19 Rp./kWh #301 BE · #1904 CH Most expensive electricity31.19 Rp./kWh #33 BE · #203 CH

Postal codes (5)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Fahrni b. Thun3617 Heimberg3627 Schwendibach3624 Steffisburg3612 3613

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Steffisburg?: Steffisburg has 5 postal codes: 3612, 3613, 3617, 3624, 3627.
What is the tax rate in Steffisburg?: The municipal tax multiplier of Steffisburg is 162% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Steffisburg?: A single person without children pays about 16'626 CHF income tax in Steffisburg on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 91 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Steffisburg have?: Steffisburg has 16'599 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Steffisburg?: Steffisburg has 2'096 foreign residents, a share of 12.63% (2025).

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