What is the postal code of Wachseldorn?

The postal code of Wachseldorn is 3618.

What is the tax rate in Wachseldorn?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wachseldorn is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Wachseldorn?

A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Wachseldorn on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wachseldorn have?

Wachseldorn has 232 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wachseldorn?

Wachseldorn has 7 foreign residents, a share of 3.02% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Wachseldorn

3618

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

114 49.1%

Men

118 50.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

52 22.4%

Swiss citizens

225 97.0%

Foreign residents

7 3.0%

Population density

66 pop./km²

0–19 · 52 · 22.4%20–64 · 118 · 50.9%65+ · 62 · 26.7%

Foreign residents 3.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −6 (−2.5%) · 2 births · 2 deaths · net migration −5

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 Wachseldorn

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

4.7% YesNo 95.3%

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

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

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

17.1% YesNo 82.9%

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

84.1% YesNo 15.9%

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

82.7% YesNo 17.3%

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

11.6% YesNo 88.4%

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

11.5% YesNo 88.5%

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

7.0% YesNo 93.0%

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

66.7% YesNo 33.3%

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

76.4% YesNo 23.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP69.2% · strongest party

SVP69.2%

EDU10.8%

SP6.2%

EVP3.5%

SD2.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier184%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

184%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 244 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'340 CHF(17.3%)

Rank 236 of 334 in the canton · 1963 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:17'340 CHF(~17.3%)

WachseldornCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wachseldorn	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.1%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.3%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.2%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.1%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.9%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.7%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.4%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.9%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.3%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.5%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.6%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.5%	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 1991–20207.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'271 mm

7.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'033 m

Mean elevation

965 m

Relief

152 m

Mean slope

7.5°

Flat share

38.2%

South-facing

25.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 152 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

4.5 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

1'000

Per inhabitant

19'224 kWh/yr

4 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 Wachseldorn →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 %

Second homes

12.9 %

Avg. rooms

Dwellings

120

Built before 194667.5%

Built since 20015.0%

0 %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

Workplaces

Jobs by sector: Primary 58 (69.0%) · Secondary 0 (0.0%) · Tertiary 0 (0.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

363 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 79 min · Car 47 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 26 min

Remoteness 87/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number946

Websitewachseldorn.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wachseldorn ranks

Largest municipalities232 #312 BE · #2008 CH Growing municipalities-2.5% #315 BE · #2029 CH Shrinking municipalities-2.5% #20 BE · #79 CH Jobs per resident0.36 #164 BE · #992 CH Families & children22.4% #37 BE · #438 CH Age structure26.7% #62 BE · #254 CH Women share49.1% #267 BE · #1463 CH Foreign residents3% #307 BE · #2074 CH Population density66/km² #252 BE · #1670 CH Tax burden17'340 #244 BE · #1971 CH Taxes184% #244 BE Warmest municipalities7.4 °C #299 BE · #1804 CH Sunniest municipalities44.8% #79 BE · #689 CH Rainiest municipalities1'271 mm #92 BE · #540 CH Voter turnout63.6% #15 BE · #281 CH SVP strongholds69.2% #10 BE · #13 CH SP strongholds6.2% #295 BE · #1859 CH Centre strongholds2.4% #310 BE · #2030 CH FDP strongholds0.4% #328 BE · #2074 CH GLP strongholds1.7% #317 BE · #1803 CH Green strongholds2.2% #315 BE · #1941 CH Largest by area3.5 km² #285 BE · #1793 CH Highest municipalities990 m #43 BE · #271 CH Second homes12.9% #143 BE · #789 CH Organic farming11.1% #169 BE · #1134 CH Best-connected municipalities79 min #251 BE · #1323 CH Remotest municipalities79 min #87 BE · #776 CH Highest peaks1'033 m #130 BE · #710 CH Highest-lying municipalities965 m #73 BE · #445 CH Greatest vertical range152 m #231 BE · #1581 CH Steepest municipalities7.5° #190 BE · #1158 CH Solar potential4 GWh #294 BE · #1956 CH Solar potential per capita19'224 kWh #38 BE · #215 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #199 BE · #693 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #286 BE · #1556 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3618

Süderen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Süderen3618

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wachseldorn?: The postal code of Wachseldorn is 3618.
What is the tax rate in Wachseldorn?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wachseldorn is 184% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Wachseldorn?: A single person without children pays about 17'340 CHF income tax in Wachseldorn on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 236 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wachseldorn have?: Wachseldorn has 232 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wachseldorn?: Wachseldorn has 7 foreign residents, a share of 3.02% (2025).

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