What is the postal code of Thierachern?

Thierachern has 4 postal codes: 3633, 3634, 3635, 3636.

What is the tax rate in Thierachern?

The municipal tax multiplier of Thierachern is 181% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Thierachern?

A single person without children pays about 17'243 CHF income tax in Thierachern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 234 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Thierachern have?

Thierachern has 2'574 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Thierachern?

Thierachern has 146 foreign residents, a share of 5.67% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Thierachern

3633–3636

BE CANTON3633 3634 3635 3636

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'307 50.8%

Men

1'267 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

558 21.7%

Swiss citizens

2'428 94.3%

Foreign residents

146 5.7%

Population density

342 pop./km²

0–19 · 558 · 21.7%20–64 · 1'432 · 55.6%65+ · 584 · 22.7%

Foreign residents 5.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +35 (+1.4%) · 24 births · 21 deaths · net migration +29

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 Thierachern

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

24.7% YesNo 75.3%

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

33.4% YesNo 66.6%

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

35.2% YesNo 64.8%

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

56.5% YesNo 43.5%

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

57.4% YesNo 42.6%

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

34.6% YesNo 65.4%

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

41.0% YesNo 59.0%

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

21.6% YesNo 78.4%

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

43.6% YesNo 56.5%

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

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.3% · strongest party

SVP39.3%

SP15.5%

EDU11.4%

GLP7.8%

EVP7.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier181%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

181%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 234 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'243 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 234 of 334 in the canton · 1946 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:17'243 CHF(~17.2%)

ThierachernCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Thierachern	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.5%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.2%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.4%	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 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'065 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

679 m

Mean elevation

608 m

Relief

121 m

Mean slope

4.1°

Flat share

72.0%

South-facing

2.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 121 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

18.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

24.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'100

Per inhabitant

7'249 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 Thierachern →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

1.65 %

Second homes

10.8 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'155

Built before 194621.6%

Built since 200127.1%

1.65 %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

504

Workplaces

143

Services share

71.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 71 (14.1%) · Secondary 74 (14.7%) · Tertiary 359 (71.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.8 %

Farmland

543 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 52 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 14 min

Remoteness 232/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number941

Websitethierachern.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Thierachern ranks

Largest municipalities2'574 #106 BE · #826 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #78 BE · #593 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #257 BE · #1510 CH Jobs per resident0.2 #294 BE · #1770 CH Families & children21.7% #57 BE · #605 CH Age structure22.7% #196 BE · #720 CH Women share50.8% #114 BE · #499 CH Foreign residents5.7% #254 BE · #1982 CH Population density342/km² #78 BE · #699 CH Tax burden17'243 #234 BE · #1946 CH Taxes181% #234 BE Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #177 BE · #1409 CH Sunniest municipalities45.6% #57 BE · #596 CH Rainiest municipalities1'065 mm #242 BE · #1295 CH Voter turnout58.4% #66 BE · #777 CH Against Switzerland19.6% #84 BE · #532 CH Aligned with Switzerland80.4% #123 BE · #885 CH SVP strongholds39.3% #205 BE · #697 CH SP strongholds15.5% #134 BE · #892 CH Centre strongholds5.7% #244 BE · #1715 CH FDP strongholds4.2% #233 BE · #1908 CH GLP strongholds7.8% #161 BE · #611 CH Green strongholds5.7% #206 BE · #1399 CH Largest by area7.5 km² #182 BE · #1196 CH Highest municipalities610 m #162 BE · #787 CH Second homes10.8% #203 BE · #1083 CH Organic farming4.8% #245 BE · #1534 CH Best-connected municipalities52 min #108 BE · #523 CH Remotest municipalities52 min #232 BE · #1573 CH Highest peaks679 m #216 BE · #1271 CH Highest-lying municipalities608 m #185 BE · #983 CH Greatest vertical range121 m #262 BE · #1728 CH Steepest municipalities4.1° #263 BE · #1722 CH Solar potential19 GWh #157 BE · #1073 CH Solar potential per capita7'249 kWh #296 BE · #1628 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #196 BE · #690 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #283 BE · #1553 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Amsoldingen3633 Längenbühl3636 Thierachern3634 Uebeschi3635

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Thierachern?: Thierachern has 4 postal codes: 3633, 3634, 3635, 3636.
What is the tax rate in Thierachern?: The municipal tax multiplier of Thierachern is 181% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Thierachern?: A single person without children pays about 17'243 CHF income tax in Thierachern on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 234 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Thierachern have?: Thierachern has 2'574 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Thierachern?: Thierachern has 146 foreign residents, a share of 5.67% (2025).

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