What is the postal code of Wattenwil?

Wattenwil has 2 postal codes: 3664, 3665.

What is the tax rate in Wattenwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wattenwil is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Wattenwil?

A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Wattenwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wattenwil have?

Wattenwil has 3'219 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wattenwil?

Wattenwil has 182 foreign residents, a share of 5.65% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Thun

Wattenwil

3664–3665

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'640 50.9%

Men

1'579 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

689 21.4%

Swiss citizens

3'037 94.4%

Foreign residents

182 5.7%

Population density

221 pop./km²

0–19 · 689 · 21.4%20–64 · 1'726 · 53.6%65+ · 804 · 25.0%

Foreign residents 5.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −11 (−0.3%) · 18 births · 21 deaths · net migration −8

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 Wattenwil

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

23.8% YesNo 76.2%

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

37.8% YesNo 62.2%

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

31.3% YesNo 68.7%

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

58.8% YesNo 41.2%

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

62.1% YesNo 38.0%

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

31.1% YesNo 68.9%

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

42.0% YesNo 58.0%

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

20.3% YesNo 79.7%

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

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

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

45.7% YesNo 54.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP40.8% · strongest party

SVP40.8%

SP11.6%

EDU11.0%

EVP8.5%

GRÜNE6.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier194%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

194%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 295 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'665 CHF(17.7%)

Rank 294 of 334 in the canton · 2038 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:17'665 CHF(~17.7%)

WattenwilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wattenwil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.4%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.8%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	15%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.8%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.7%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.3%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	21.1%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.8%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.3%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.7%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	28%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	29%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	30%	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 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'114 mm

9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'310 m

Mean elevation

853 m

Relief

738 m

Mean slope

12.2°

Flat share

23.7%

South-facing

9.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 738 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

23.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'300

Per inhabitant

7'415 kWh/yr

24 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 Wattenwil →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

0.62 %

Second homes

11 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

1'612

Built before 194633.3%

Built since 200121.0%

0.62 %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

1'042

Workplaces

207

Services share

73.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 98 (9.4%) · Secondary 182 (17.5%) · Tertiary 762 (73.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

16.7 %

Farmland

530 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 60 min · Car 41 min

AgglomerationPT 32 min · Car 24 min

Remoteness 193/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number886

Websitewattenwil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Thun

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wattenwil ranks

Largest municipalities3'219 #83 BE · #683 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #223 BE · #1583 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #112 BE · #522 CH Jobs per resident0.32 #195 BE · #1171 CH Families & children21.4% #67 BE · #676 CH Age structure25% #104 BE · #399 CH Women share50.9% #98 BE · #433 CH Foreign residents5.7% #255 BE · #1985 CH Population density221/km² #112 BE · #972 CH Tax burden17'665 #310 BE · #2054 CH Taxes194% #295 BE Warmest municipalities9 °C #164 BE · #1351 CH Sunniest municipalities45% #71 BE · #658 CH Rainiest municipalities1'114 mm #198 BE · #1022 CH Voter turnout54.1% #171 BE · #1344 CH Against Switzerland28.4% #24 BE · #98 CH Aligned with Switzerland71.6% #177 BE · #1349 CH SVP strongholds40.8% #191 BE · #624 CH SP strongholds11.6% #200 BE · #1345 CH Centre strongholds6.2% #231 BE · #1663 CH FDP strongholds3.6% #263 BE · #1952 CH GLP strongholds6.5% #202 BE · #855 CH Green strongholds6.6% #171 BE · #1185 CH Largest by area14.5 km² #113 BE · #669 CH Highest municipalities850 m #67 BE · #366 CH Second homes11% #197 BE · #1053 CH Organic farming16.7% #102 BE · #772 CH Best-connected municipalities60 min #146 BE · #770 CH Remotest municipalities60 min #193 BE · #1330 CH Highest peaks1'310 m #79 BE · #543 CH Highest-lying municipalities853 m #112 BE · #549 CH Greatest vertical range738 m #73 BE · #531 CH Steepest municipalities12.2° #128 BE · #752 CH Solar potential24 GWh #121 BE · #880 CH Solar potential per capita7'415 kWh #292 BE · #1594 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #180 BE · #674 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #267 BE · #1537 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Burgistein3664 Wattenwil3665

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wattenwil?: Wattenwil has 2 postal codes: 3664, 3665.
What is the tax rate in Wattenwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wattenwil is 194% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Wattenwil?: A single person without children pays about 17'665 CHF income tax in Wattenwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 294 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wattenwil have?: Wattenwil has 3'219 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wattenwil?: Wattenwil has 182 foreign residents, a share of 5.65% (2025).

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