What is the postal code of Uttigen?

The postal code of Uttigen is 3628.

What is the tax rate in Uttigen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Uttigen is 163% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Uttigen?

A single person without children pays about 16'658 CHF income tax in Uttigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Uttigen have?

Uttigen has 2'170 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Uttigen?

Uttigen has 156 foreign residents, a share of 7.19% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Uttigen

3628

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'067 49.2%

Men

1'103 50.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

455 21.0%

Swiss citizens

2'014 92.8%

Foreign residents

156 7.2%

Population density

570 pop./km²

0–19 · 455 · 21.0%20–64 · 1'224 · 56.4%65+ · 491 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 7.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−0.3%) · 21 births · 17 deaths · net migration −7

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 Uttigen

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

23.7% YesNo 76.3%

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

31.8% YesNo 68.2%

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

32.9% YesNo 67.1%

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

56.9% YesNo 43.1%

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

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

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

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

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

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

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

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

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

42.5% YesNo 57.5%

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

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.2% · strongest party

SVP33.2%

SP15.3%

GLP11.5%

Mitte8.9%

EVP8.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier163%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

163%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 98 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'658 CHF(16.7%)

Rank 94 of 334 in the canton · 1678 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:16'658 CHF(~16.7%)

UttigenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Uttigen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.8%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.6%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.1%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.9%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.7%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.4%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.4%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.6%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.5%	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 1991–20201'009 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

605 m

Mean elevation

558 m

Relief

70 m

Mean slope

3.8°

Flat share

71.4%

South-facing

3.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 70 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

17.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

22.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'900

Per inhabitant

8'161 kWh/yr

18 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 Uttigen →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

0.5 %

Second homes

6 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

1'006

Built before 194622.6%

Built since 200129.7%

0.5 %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

363

Workplaces

115

Services share

59.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 45 (12.4%) · Secondary 102 (28.1%) · Tertiary 216 (59.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

15.4 %

Farmland

187 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 43 min · Car 31 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 288/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number885

Websiteuttigen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Uttigen ranks

Largest municipalities2'170 #122 BE · #922 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #216 BE · #1556 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #118 BE · #550 CH Jobs per resident0.17 #316 BE · #1900 CH Families & children21% #85 BE · #806 CH Age structure22.6% #201 BE · #743 CH Women share49.2% #260 BE · #1420 CH Foreign residents7.2% #224 BE · #1912 CH Population density570/km² #47 BE · #456 CH Tax burden16'658 #97 BE · #1681 CH Taxes163% #98 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #135 BE · #1220 CH Sunniest municipalities44.6% #85 BE · #722 CH Rainiest municipalities1'009 mm #308 BE · #1585 CH Voter turnout61.2% #30 BE · #480 CH Against Switzerland14.7% #123 BE · #917 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.3% #88 BE · #515 CH SVP strongholds33.2% #272 BE · #1093 CH SP strongholds15.3% #139 BE · #914 CH Centre strongholds8.9% #132 BE · #1319 CH FDP strongholds6.4% #149 BE · #1753 CH GLP strongholds11.5% #50 BE · #177 CH Green strongholds6% #195 BE · #1325 CH Largest by area3.8 km² #274 BE · #1749 CH Highest municipalities544 m #220 BE · #1026 CH Second homes6% #323 BE · #1966 CH Organic farming15.4% #113 BE · #856 CH Best-connected municipalities43 min #55 BE · #296 CH Remotest municipalities43 min #288 BE · #1816 CH Highest peaks605 m #238 BE · #1520 CH Highest-lying municipalities558 m #220 BE · #1179 CH Greatest vertical range70 m #301 BE · #1967 CH Steepest municipalities3.8° #274 BE · #1776 CH Solar potential18 GWh #164 BE · #1113 CH Solar potential per capita8'161 kWh #279 BE · #1433 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #179 BE · #673 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #266 BE · #1536 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3628

Uttigen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Uttigen3628

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Uttigen?: The postal code of Uttigen is 3628.
What is the tax rate in Uttigen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Uttigen is 163% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Uttigen?: A single person without children pays about 16'658 CHF income tax in Uttigen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 94 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Uttigen have?: Uttigen has 2'170 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Uttigen?: Uttigen has 156 foreign residents, a share of 7.19% (2025).

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