What is the postal code of Ursenbach?

Ursenbach has 4 postal codes: 4936, 4937, 4942, 4943.

What is the tax rate in Ursenbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Ursenbach is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Ursenbach?

A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Ursenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Ursenbach have?

Ursenbach has 907 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Ursenbach?

Ursenbach has 54 foreign residents, a share of 5.95% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Ursenbach

4936–4943

BE CANTON4936 4937 4942 4943

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

441 48.6%

Men

466 51.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

182 20.1%

Swiss citizens

853 94.1%

Foreign residents

54 6.0%

Population density

99 pop./km²

0–19 · 182 · 20.1%20–64 · 539 · 59.4%65+ · 186 · 20.5%

Foreign residents 6.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +4 (+0.4%) · 5 births · 5 deaths · net migration +2

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 Ursenbach

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 Oberaargau: 22.2% Yes

14.0% YesNo 86.0%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.3% Yes

41.6% YesNo 58.4%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 32.1% Yes

24.9% YesNo 75.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 58.5% Yes

68.0% YesNo 32.0%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 57.9% Yes

74.0% YesNo 26.0%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 34.8% Yes

22.2% YesNo 77.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 46.2% Yes

28.7% YesNo 71.4%

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 Oberaargau: 20.9% Yes

12.2% YesNo 87.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 42.2% Yes

49.3% YesNo 50.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Oberaargau: 39.8% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP54.1% · strongest party

SVP54.1%

EDU8.6%

Mitte8.4%

GRÜNE7.6%

SP6.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier175%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

175%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 182 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'048 CHF(17%)

Rank 167 of 334 in the canton · 1863 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:17'048 CHF(~17%)

UrsenbachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Ursenbach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.3%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.4%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.2%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.1%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.9%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.8%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.6%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.4%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.1%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.5%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.9%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.1%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.2%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.1%	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 1991–20208.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'165 mm

8.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

788 m

Mean elevation

659 m

Relief

235 m

Mean slope

12.3°

Flat share

15.1%

South-facing

13.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 235 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

13.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

17.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'000

Per inhabitant

14'928 kWh/yr

14 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

28.01 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.1 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.58 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

28.01 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Ursenbach, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 3

Standard model, deductible 300571 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Ursenbach →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 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

1.91 %

Second homes

8.8 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

471

Built before 194657.5%

Built since 20017.2%

1.91 %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

508

Workplaces

Services share

32.9 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 105 (20.7%) · Secondary 236 (46.5%) · Tertiary 167 (32.9%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.8 %

Farmland

574 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 91 min · Car 54 min

AgglomerationPT 44 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 48/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number344

Websiteursenbach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Oberaargau

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Ursenbach ranks

Largest municipalities907 #208 BE · #1518 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #156 BE · #1137 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #177 BE · #967 CH Jobs per resident0.56 #55 BE · #395 CH Families & children20.1% #126 BE · #1103 CH Age structure20.5% #271 BE · #1137 CH Women share48.6% #291 BE · #1665 CH Foreign residents6% #247 BE · #1971 CH Population density99/km² #204 BE · #1476 CH Tax burden17'048 #186 BE · #1882 CH Taxes175% #182 BE Warmest municipalities8.7 °C #189 BE · #1482 CH Sunniest municipalities41% #235 BE · #1398 CH Rainiest municipalities1'165 mm #155 BE · #775 CH Voter turnout50.4% #251 BE · #1741 CH SVP strongholds54.1% #67 BE · #136 CH SP strongholds6.4% #288 BE · #1837 CH Centre strongholds8.4% #152 BE · #1385 CH FDP strongholds3% #278 BE · #1978 CH GLP strongholds3.1% #290 BE · #1562 CH Green strongholds7.6% #128 BE · #947 CH Largest by area9.2 km² #159 BE · #1025 CH Highest municipalities699 m #124 BE · #597 CH Second homes8.8% #264 BE · #1444 CH Organic farming15.8% #107 BE · #833 CH Best-connected municipalities91 min #283 BE · #1572 CH Remotest municipalities91 min #48 BE · #522 CH Highest peaks788 m #187 BE · #1006 CH Highest-lying municipalities659 m #168 BE · #857 CH Greatest vertical range235 m #186 BE · #1200 CH Steepest municipalities12.3° #126 BE · #745 CH Solar potential14 GWh #199 BE · #1319 CH Solar potential per capita14'928 kWh #99 BE · #429 CH Cheapest electricity28.01 Rp./kWh #244 BE · #1337 CH Most expensive electricity28.01 Rp./kWh #90 BE · #770 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Kleindietwil4936 Oeschenbach4943 Ursenbach4937 Walterswil BE4942

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Ursenbach?: Ursenbach has 4 postal codes: 4936, 4937, 4942, 4943.
What is the tax rate in Ursenbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Ursenbach is 175% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Ursenbach?: A single person without children pays about 17'048 CHF income tax in Ursenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 167 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Ursenbach have?: Ursenbach has 907 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Ursenbach?: Ursenbach has 54 foreign residents, a share of 5.95% (2025).

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