What is the postal code of Toffen?

Toffen has 2 postal codes: 3123, 3125.

What is the tax rate in Toffen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Toffen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Toffen?

A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Toffen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Toffen have?

Toffen has 2'697 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Toffen?

Toffen has 331 foreign residents, a share of 12.27% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Toffen

3123–3125

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'369 50.8%

Men

1'328 49.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

511 18.9%

Swiss citizens

2'366 87.7%

Foreign residents

331 12.3%

Population density

553 pop./km²

0–19 · 511 · 18.9%20–64 · 1'532 · 56.8%65+ · 654 · 24.2%

Foreign residents 12.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +36 (+1.4%) · 20 births · 20 deaths · net migration +45

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 Toffen

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

26.6% YesNo 73.4%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

35.0% YesNo 65.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

56.3% YesNo 43.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

48.5% YesNo 51.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

50.3% YesNo 49.8%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

24.1% YesNo 75.9%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP36.5% · strongest party

SVP36.5%

SP15.6%

GLP11.5%

Mitte10.9%

GRÜNE7.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier160%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

160%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 88 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'561 CHF(16.6%)

Rank 76 of 334 in the canton · 1626 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:16'561 CHF(~16.6%)

ToffenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Toffen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.7%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.5%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.9%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.6%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.6%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.8%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.5%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.5%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.4%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'122 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

887 m

Mean elevation

590 m

Relief

365 m

Mean slope

10.8°

Flat share

40.7%

South-facing

1.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 365 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

21.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

26.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'700

Per inhabitant

7'920 kWh/yr

21 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 Toffen →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

0.38 %

Second homes

8.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'332

Built before 194614.4%

Built since 200123.7%

0.38 %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

494

Workplaces

143

Services share

83.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 36 (7.3%) · Secondary 46 (9.3%) · Tertiary 412 (83.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

23.1 %

Farmland

281 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 34 min · Car 24 min

AgglomerationPT 34 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 314/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number884

Websitetoffen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Toffen ranks

Largest municipalities2'697 #100 BE · #795 CH Growing municipalities1.4% #81 BE · #610 CH Shrinking municipalities1.4% #254 BE · #1499 CH Jobs per resident0.18 #306 BE · #1851 CH Families & children18.9% #216 BE · #1460 CH Age structure24.2% #136 BE · #493 CH Women share50.8% #113 BE · #498 CH Foreign residents12.3% #128 BE · #1518 CH Population density553/km² #51 BE · #468 CH Tax burden16'561 #89 BE · #1639 CH Taxes160% #88 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #134 BE · #1219 CH Sunniest municipalities44.1% #99 BE · #810 CH Rainiest municipalities1'122 mm #190 BE · #974 CH Voter turnout61.1% #31 BE · #488 CH Against Switzerland6.9% #176 BE · #1365 CH Aligned with Switzerland93.1% #30 BE · #91 CH SVP strongholds36.5% #238 BE · #869 CH SP strongholds15.6% #132 BE · #883 CH Centre strongholds10.9% #72 BE · #1121 CH FDP strongholds6.2% #157 BE · #1768 CH GLP strongholds11.5% #49 BE · #176 CH Green strongholds7.2% #150 BE · #1047 CH Largest by area4.9 km² #235 BE · #1555 CH Highest municipalities530 m #232 BE · #1082 CH Second homes8.3% #282 BE · #1564 CH Organic farming23.1% #54 BE · #515 CH Best-connected municipalities34 min #24 BE · #135 CH Remotest municipalities34 min #314 BE · #1963 CH Highest peaks887 m #164 BE · #848 CH Highest-lying municipalities590 m #197 BE · #1049 CH Greatest vertical range365 m #146 BE · #872 CH Steepest municipalities10.8° #143 BE · #862 CH Solar potential21 GWh #133 BE · #960 CH Solar potential per capita7'920 kWh #285 BE · #1478 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #178 BE · #672 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #265 BE · #1535 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Belp3123 Toffen3125

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Toffen?: Toffen has 2 postal codes: 3123, 3125.
What is the tax rate in Toffen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Toffen is 160% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Toffen?: A single person without children pays about 16'561 CHF income tax in Toffen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 76 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Toffen have?: Toffen has 2'697 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Toffen?: Toffen has 331 foreign residents, a share of 12.27% (2025).

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