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Demographics

BFS · 2025
Women
1'598 52.1%
Men
1'472 47.9%
Children & youth (0–19)
529 17.2%
Swiss citizens
2'774 90.4%
Foreign residents
296 9.6%
Population density
698 pop./km²
0–19 · 529 · 17.2%20–64 · 1'564 · 50.9%65+ · 977 · 31.8%
Foreign residents 9.6%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: −14 (−0.5%) · 19 births · 32 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
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes
24.9% YesNo 75.1%
27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes
31.6% YesNo 68.5%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes
57.6% YesNo 42.4%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes
49.9% YesNo 50.1%
14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes
40.5% YesNo 59.5%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes
54.0% YesNo 46.0%
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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes
25.0% YesNo 75.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes
37.3% YesNo 62.7%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes
36.6% YesNo 63.4%
All federal votes →
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023
SVP33.5% · strongest party
SVP33.5%
SP18.4%
FDP11.7%
GLP10.4%
Mitte9.7%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Municipal tax multiplier159%
Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%
159%BE range 89%220%
Tax rank 68 of 334 in canton Bern
Tax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
16'528 CHF(16.5%)
Rank 68 of 334 in the canton · 1587 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
0%9%18%26%35%40k50k100k150k200k250k300k
100'000 CHF:16'528 CHF(~16.5%)
TäuffelenCanton range BernSwitzerland median
Show data table
Gross incomeTäuffelenBernSwitzerland median
40'0009.7%8.3–10.9%5.4%
50'00011.5%9.8–13%7.8%
60'00012.9%11–14.5%10.5%
70'00014%12–15.7%11.9%
80'00014.7%12.6–16.5%13.1%
90'00015.6%13.4–17.5%14.1%
100'00016.5%14.3–18.5%15.3%
110'00017.4%15–19.4%16.3%
120'00018.2%15.8–20.3%17.2%
130'00019%16.5–21.2%18.1%
140'00019.8%17.2–22%19%
150'00020.5%17.9–22.8%19.7%
175'00022.3%19.5–24.7%21.6%
200'00023.8%20.9–26.3%23.2%
225'00025.2%22.2–27.8%24.6%
250'00026.4%23.3–29.1%25.8%
275'00027.5%24.3–30.2%26.8%
300'00028.4%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 1991–202010.2 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'035 mm
10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m
Highest point
531 m
Mean elevation
461 m
Relief
102 m
Mean slope
4°
Flat share
76.1%
South-facing
6.1%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 102 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
Roof potential
23.9 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
31.6 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
5'300
Per inhabitant
7'775 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
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
Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300612 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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
2.12 %
Second homes
10.8 %
Avg. rooms
3.9
Dwellings
1'607
Built before 194616.2%
Built since 200128.4%
2.12 %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
1'095
Workplaces
177
Services share
51.5 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 78 (7.1%) · Secondary 453 (41.4%) · Tertiary 564 (51.5%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025
Farms
11
Organic share
9.1 %
Farmland
256 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM
Major centrePT 70 min · Car 39 min
AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 19 min
Remoteness 133/334 in canton
National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0
BFS municipality number751
Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities3'070 #87 BE · #714 CHGrowing municipalities-0.5% #232 BE · #1627 CHShrinking municipalities-0.5% #103 BE · #480 CHJobs per resident0.36 #161 BE · #989 CHFamilies & children17.2% #281 BE · #1791 CHAge structure31.8% #9 BE · #60 CHWomen share52.1% #25 BE · #123 CHForeign residents9.6% #164 BE · #1731 CHPopulation density698/km² #38 BE · #359 CHTax burden16'528 #73 BE · #1592 CHTaxes159% #68 BEWarmest municipalities10.2 °C #19 BE · #312 CHSunniest municipalities40.5% #282 BE · #1596 CHRainiest municipalities1'035 mm #289 BE · #1461 CHVoter turnout57.8% #77 BE · #842 CHAgainst Switzerland5.9% #189 BE · #1400 CHAligned with Switzerland94.1% #22 BE · #51 CHSVP strongholds33.5% #268 BE · #1062 CHSP strongholds18.4% #76 BE · #586 CHCentre strongholds9.7% #107 BE · #1229 CHFDP strongholds11.7% #25 BE · #1182 CHGLP strongholds10.4% #87 BE · #277 CHGreen strongholds8.7% #101 BE · #760 CHLargest by area4.4 km² #251 BE · #1639 CHHighest municipalities492 m #259 BE · #1249 CHSecond homes10.8% #200 BE · #1079 CHOrganic farming9.1% #205 BE · #1279 CHBest-connected municipalities70 min #204 BE · #1074 CHRemotest municipalities70 min #133 BE · #1023 CHHighest peaks531 m #295 BE · #1777 CHHighest-lying municipalities461 m #299 BE · #1656 CHGreatest vertical range102 m #279 BE · #1823 CHSteepest municipalities4° #269 BE · #1740 CHSolar potential24 GWh #120 BE · #879 CHSolar potential per capita7'775 kWh #287 BE · #1520 CHCheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #150 BE · #644 CHMost expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #237 BE · #1507 CH

Localities

swisstopo · 3
What is the postal code of Täuffelen?
The postal code of Täuffelen is 2575.
What is the tax rate in Täuffelen?
The municipal tax multiplier of Täuffelen is 159% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Täuffelen?
A single person without children pays about 16'528 CHF income tax in Täuffelen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 68 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Täuffelen have?
Täuffelen has 3'070 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Täuffelen?
Täuffelen has 296 foreign residents, a share of 9.64% (2025).

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