What is the postal code of Wilderswil?

The postal code of Wilderswil is 3812.

What is the tax rate in Wilderswil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Wilderswil is 169% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Wilderswil?

A single person without children pays about 16'853 CHF income tax in Wilderswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 126 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Wilderswil have?

Wilderswil has 2'760 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wilderswil?

Wilderswil has 542 foreign residents, a share of 19.64% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wilderswil

3812

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'395 50.5%

Men

1'365 49.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

486 17.6%

Swiss citizens

2'218 80.4%

Foreign residents

542 19.6%

Population density

209 pop./km²

0–19 · 486 · 17.6%20–64 · 1'706 · 61.8%65+ · 568 · 20.6%

Foreign residents 19.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −8 (−0.3%) · 18 births · 31 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 Wilderswil

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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 23.2% Yes

24.1% YesNo 75.9%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.0% Yes

40.2% YesNo 59.8%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 30.2% Yes

31.4% YesNo 68.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 59.9% Yes

61.2% YesNo 38.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 54.6% Yes

56.6% YesNo 43.4%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 36.7% Yes

36.4% YesNo 63.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 46.8% Yes

46.1% 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 Interlaken-Oberhasli: 21.1% Yes

19.8% YesNo 80.2%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 41.5% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli: 42.4% Yes

45.6% YesNo 54.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.5% · strongest party

SVP41.5%

SP14.7%

GLP10.4%

FDP8.2%

Mitte6.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier169%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

169%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 135 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'853 CHF(16.9%)

Rank 126 of 334 in the canton · 1777 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:16'853 CHF(~16.9%)

WilderswilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wilderswil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.9%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.7%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.9%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.9%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.7%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.6%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.4%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.2%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.9%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	22.7%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.2%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	25.6%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26.9%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27.9%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	28.8%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)7.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'166 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'329 m

Mean elevation

1'038 m

Relief

1'758 m

Mean slope

29°

Flat share

15.9%

South-facing

2.4%

Above 2000 m

1.6%

Relief 1'758 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

25.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

32 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'600

Per inhabitant

9'156 kWh/yr

25 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

31.32 Rp./kWh

Energy

15 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.92 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.8 Rp./kWh

31.32 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Einwohnergemeinde Wilderswil, 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 Wilderswil →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

0.06 %

Second homes

13.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.4

Dwellings

1'623

Built before 194638.8%

Built since 200118.8%

0.06 %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

1'304

Workplaces

224

Services share

64.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 49 (3.8%) · Secondary 413 (31.7%) · Tertiary 842 (64.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

11.1 %

Farmland

253 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 74 min · Car 50 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 109/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number594

Websitewilderswil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wilderswil ranks

Largest municipalities2'760 #95 BE · #774 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #218 BE · #1560 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #116 BE · #546 CH Jobs per resident0.47 #95 BE · #601 CH Families & children17.6% #264 BE · #1721 CH Age structure20.6% #268 BE · #1115 CH Women share50.5% #136 BE · #616 CH Foreign residents19.6% #55 BE · #896 CH Population density209/km² #117 BE · #999 CH Tax burden16'853 #137 BE · #1788 CH Taxes169% #135 BE Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #111 BE · #1129 CH Sunniest municipalities47.1% #30 BE · #425 CH Rainiest municipalities1'166 mm #154 BE · #772 CH Voter turnout52.5% #210 BE · #1526 CH Against Switzerland25.5% #40 BE · #196 CH Aligned with Switzerland74.5% #163 BE · #1233 CH SVP strongholds41.5% #186 BE · #587 CH SP strongholds14.7% #147 BE · #975 CH Centre strongholds6% #235 BE · #1680 CH FDP strongholds8.2% #79 BE · #1570 CH GLP strongholds10.4% #85 BE · #275 CH Green strongholds5.4% #218 BE · #1458 CH Largest by area13.2 km² #125 BE · #738 CH Highest municipalities884 m #63 BE · #348 CH Second homes13.1% #139 BE · #760 CH Organic farming11.1% #163 BE · #1128 CH Best-connected municipalities74 min #225 BE · #1201 CH Remotest municipalities74 min #109 BE · #896 CH Highest peaks2'329 m #29 BE · #281 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'038 m #57 BE · #391 CH Greatest vertical range1'758 m #25 BE · #269 CH Steepest municipalities29° #18 BE · #120 CH Solar potential25 GWh #107 BE · #831 CH Solar potential per capita9'156 kWh #258 BE · #1225 CH Cheapest electricity31.32 Rp./kWh #303 BE · #1960 CH Most expensive electricity31.32 Rp./kWh #31 BE · #147 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3812

Wilderswil

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Wilderswil3812

Nearby municipalities

swisstopo

Matten bei Interlaken

Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wilderswil?: The postal code of Wilderswil is 3812.
What is the tax rate in Wilderswil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wilderswil is 169% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Wilderswil?: A single person without children pays about 16'853 CHF income tax in Wilderswil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 126 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wilderswil have?: Wilderswil has 2'760 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wilderswil?: Wilderswil has 542 foreign residents, a share of 19.64% (2025).

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