What is the postal code of Worben?

The postal code of Worben is 3252.

What is the tax rate in Worben?

The municipal tax multiplier of Worben is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Worben?

A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Worben on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Worben have?

Worben has 2'678 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Worben?

Worben has 374 foreign residents, a share of 13.97% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Seeland

Worben

3252

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'408 52.6%

Men

1'270 47.4%

Children & youth (0–19)

533 19.9%

Swiss citizens

2'304 86.0%

Foreign residents

374 14.0%

Population density

970 pop./km²

0–19 · 533 · 19.9%20–64 · 1'459 · 54.5%65+ · 686 · 25.6%

Foreign residents 14.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +63 (+2.4%) · 20 births · 23 deaths · net migration +67

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 Worben

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 Seeland: 22.8% Yes

22.9% YesNo 77.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 28.7% Yes

31.7% YesNo 68.3%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 32.6% Yes

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 56.9% Yes

53.6% YesNo 46.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 53.4% Yes

57.5% YesNo 42.5%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.5% Yes

38.1% YesNo 61.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 51.0% Yes

55.1% YesNo 44.9%

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 Seeland: 22.9% Yes

20.2% YesNo 79.8%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 39.6% Yes

42.9% YesNo 57.1%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Seeland: 37.8% Yes

41.9% YesNo 58.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.2% · strongest party

SVP37.2%

SP19.7%

Mitte12.9%

GLP7.9%

FDP5.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier180%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

180%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 220 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'210 CHF(17.2%)

Rank 211 of 334 in the canton · 1922 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:17'210 CHF(~17.2%)

WorbenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Worben	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.1%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.4%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.6%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.4%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.2%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	18.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	19.8%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.6%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.3%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.1%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	24.7%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.1%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.3%	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 1991–202010 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'038 mm

10 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

525 m

Mean elevation

437 m

Relief

92 m

Mean slope

1.1°

Flat share

96.5%

South-facing

3.4%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 92 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

22 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

28 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'900

Per inhabitant

8'200 kWh/yr

22 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 Worben →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

1.75 %

Second homes

7.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

1'258

Built before 19469.6%

Built since 200129.3%

1.75 %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

886

Workplaces

Services share

73.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 68 (7.7%) · Secondary 168 (19.0%) · Tertiary 650 (73.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

338 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 42 min · Car 34 min

AgglomerationPT 9 min · Car 8 min

Remoteness 290/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number755

Websiteworben.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Seeland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Worben ranks

Largest municipalities2'678 #102 BE · #799 CH Growing municipalities2.4% #25 BE · #258 CH Shrinking municipalities2.4% #310 BE · #1849 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #191 BE · #1126 CH Families & children19.9% #143 BE · #1174 CH Age structure25.6% #87 BE · #337 CH Women share52.6% #12 BE · #62 CH Foreign residents14% #107 BE · #1366 CH Population density970/km² #22 BE · #234 CH Tax burden17'210 #231 BE · #1942 CH Taxes180% #220 BE Warmest municipalities10 °C #38 BE · #490 CH Sunniest municipalities40.5% #283 BE · #1597 CH Rainiest municipalities1'038 mm #278 BE · #1447 CH Voter turnout52.3% #216 BE · #1552 CH Against Switzerland10.8% #136 BE · #1159 CH Aligned with Switzerland89.2% #65 BE · #280 CH SVP strongholds37.2% #232 BE · #823 CH SP strongholds19.7% #65 BE · #485 CH Centre strongholds12.9% #27 BE · #967 CH FDP strongholds5.9% #166 BE · #1793 CH GLP strongholds7.9% #156 BE · #600 CH Green strongholds5.7% #205 BE · #1398 CH Largest by area2.8 km² #299 BE · #1899 CH Highest municipalities438 m #317 BE · #1629 CH Second homes7.3% #304 BE · #1772 CH Organic farming0% #321 BE · #1691 CH Best-connected municipalities42 min #46 BE · #270 CH Remotest municipalities42 min #290 BE · #1828 CH Highest peaks525 m #299 BE · #1799 CH Highest-lying municipalities437 m #328 BE · #1812 CH Greatest vertical range92 m #282 BE · #1866 CH Steepest municipalities1.1° #325 BE · #2070 CH Solar potential22 GWh #129 BE · #946 CH Solar potential per capita8'200 kWh #278 BE · #1420 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #152 BE · #646 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #239 BE · #1509 CH

Postal codes (1)

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3252

Worben

Localities

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Worben3252

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Worben?: The postal code of Worben is 3252.
What is the tax rate in Worben?: The municipal tax multiplier of Worben is 180% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Worben?: A single person without children pays about 17'210 CHF income tax in Worben on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 211 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Worben have?: Worben has 2'678 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Worben?: Worben has 374 foreign residents, a share of 13.97% (2025).

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