What is the postal code of Thun?

Thun has 8 postal codes: 3600, 3603, 3604, 3608, 3612, 3624, 3626, 3645.

What is the tax rate in Thun?

The municipal tax multiplier of Thun is 166% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Thun?

A single person without children pays about 16'756 CHF income tax in Thun on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 122 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Thun have?

Thun has 44'163 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Thun?

Thun has 7'570 foreign residents, a share of 17.14% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Thun

3600–3645

BE CANTON3600 3603 3604 3608+4 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

23'059 52.2%

Men

21'104 47.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

7'361 16.7%

Swiss citizens

36'593 82.9%

Foreign residents

7'570 17.1%

Population density

2'047 pop./km²

0–19 · 7'361 · 16.7%20–64 · 25'345 · 57.4%65+ · 11'457 · 25.9%

Foreign residents 17.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +38 (+0.1%) · 337 births · 452 deaths · net migration +157

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 Thun

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

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

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

24.3% YesNo 75.7%

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

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

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

50.9% YesNo 49.1%

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

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

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

50.9% YesNo 49.1%

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

53.0% YesNo 47.0%

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

31.1% YesNo 68.9%

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

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

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

34.7% YesNo 65.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP26.1% · strongest party

SVP26.1%

SP21.0%

GLP12.7%

GRÜNE11.3%

Mitte7.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier166%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

166%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 123 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'756 CHF(16.8%)

Rank 122 of 334 in the canton · 1742 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:16'756 CHF(~16.8%)

ThunCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Thun	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.7%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.1%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.2%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.8%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.6%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.5%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.6%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.7%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.7%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–2020996 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'169 m

Mean elevation

633 m

Relief

622 m

Mean slope

5.9°

Flat share

67.6%

South-facing

12.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 622 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

260 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

338.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

57'800

Per inhabitant

5'886 kWh/yr

260 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

28.87 Rp./kWh

Energy

14.62 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

7.82 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

5.1 Rp./kWh

28.87 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Energie Thun 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 Thun →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

0.05 %

Second homes

10.2 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

23'792

Built before 194621.7%

Built since 200114.2%

0.05 %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

29'665

Workplaces

3'347

Services share

80.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 74 (0.2%) · Secondary 5'822 (19.6%) · Tertiary 23'769 (80.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

6.9 %

Farmland

358 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 39 min · Car 33 min

AgglomerationPT 9 min · Car 6 min

Remoteness 299/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number942

Head of governmentRaphael Lanz · Schweizerische Volkspartei

Websitethun.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Thun ranks

Largest municipalities44'163 #3 BE · #13 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #187 BE · #1359 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #147 BE · #750 CH Jobs per resident0.67 #34 BE · #243 CH Families & children16.7% #290 BE · #1849 CH Age structure25.9% #80 BE · #313 CH Women share52.2% #23 BE · #106 CH Foreign residents17.1% #73 BE · #1115 CH Population density2'047/km² #8 BE · #70 CH Tax burden16'756 #123 BE · #1743 CH Taxes166% #123 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #138 BE · #1223 CH Sunniest municipalities45.4% #61 BE · #609 CH Rainiest municipalities996 mm #312 BE · #1635 CH Voter turnout52.5% #211 BE · #1527 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #169 BE · #1331 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #40 BE · #131 CH SVP strongholds26.1% #307 BE · #1512 CH SP strongholds21% #47 BE · #393 CH Centre strongholds7% #204 BE · #1566 CH FDP strongholds6.7% #139 BE · #1733 CH GLP strongholds12.7% #33 BE · #107 CH Green strongholds11.3% #46 BE · #415 CH Largest by area21.6 km² #68 BE · #447 CH Highest municipalities560 m #207 BE · #966 CH Second homes10.2% #216 BE · #1164 CH Organic farming6.9% #226 BE · #1431 CH Best-connected municipalities39 min #38 BE · #211 CH Remotest municipalities39 min #299 BE · #1892 CH Highest peaks1'169 m #112 BE · #630 CH Highest-lying municipalities633 m #177 BE · #921 CH Greatest vertical range622 m #93 BE · #598 CH Steepest municipalities5.9° #220 BE · #1408 CH Solar potential260 GWh #2 BE · #11 CH Solar potential per capita5'886 kWh #318 BE · #1847 CH Cheapest electricity28.87 Rp./kWh #259 BE · #1598 CH Most expensive electricity28.87 Rp./kWh #75 BE · #509 CH

Postal codes (8)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Goldiwil (Thun)3624 Gwatt (Thun)3645 Hünibach3626 Steffisburg3612 3613 Thun3600 3603 3604 3608

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Oberhofen am Thunersee

BE · 3.6 km

Heiligenschwendi

BE · 3.8 km

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Thun?: Thun has 8 postal codes: 3600, 3603, 3604, 3608, 3612, 3624, 3626, 3645.
What is the tax rate in Thun?: The municipal tax multiplier of Thun is 166% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Thun?: A single person without children pays about 16'756 CHF income tax in Thun on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 122 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Thun have?: Thun has 44'163 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Thun?: Thun has 7'570 foreign residents, a share of 17.14% (2025).

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