What is the postal code of Zäziwil?

Zäziwil has 4 postal codes: 3506, 3531, 3532, 3533.

What is the tax rate in Zäziwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Zäziwil is 189% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Zäziwil?

A single person without children pays about 17'503 CHF income tax in Zäziwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 275 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Zäziwil have?

Zäziwil has 1'665 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zäziwil?

Zäziwil has 117 foreign residents, a share of 7.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Zäziwil

3506–3533

BE CANTON3506 3531 3532 3533

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

833 50.0%

Men

832 50.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

328 19.7%

Swiss citizens

1'548 93.0%

Foreign residents

117 7.0%

Population density

308 pop./km²

0–19 · 328 · 19.7%20–64 · 963 · 57.8%65+ · 374 · 22.5%

Foreign residents 7.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −3 (−0.2%) · 17 births · 16 deaths · net migration −11

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 Zäziwil

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 Bern-Mittelland: 32.7% Yes

20.9% YesNo 79.1%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 19.3% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 47.0% Yes

33.9% YesNo 66.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 42.9% Yes

59.9% YesNo 40.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 33.6% Yes

63.7% YesNo 36.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 59.6% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 61.8% Yes

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

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 Bern-Mittelland: 39.7% Yes

19.5% YesNo 80.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 28.0% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland: 27.6% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.4%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.5% · strongest party

SVP43.5%

Mitte13.4%

SP12.2%

EDU6.7%

EVP6.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier189%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

189%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 278 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

17'503 CHF(17.5%)

Rank 275 of 334 in the canton · 2017 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:17'503 CHF(~17.5%)

ZäziwilCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zäziwil	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	10.3%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	12.2%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	13.7%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	14.8%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	15.6%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	16.5%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	17.5%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	18.4%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	19.3%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	20.1%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	20.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	21.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	23.5%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	25.1%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	26.5%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	27.8%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	28.8%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	29.8%	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 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'247 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

932 m

Mean elevation

770 m

Relief

266 m

Mean slope

11.7°

Flat share

21.0%

South-facing

21.8%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 266 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

15.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

20.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

3'500

Per inhabitant

9'405 kWh/yr

16 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 Zäziwil →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

0.47 %

Second homes

8.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

854

Built before 194634.7%

Built since 200115.6%

0.47 %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

488

Workplaces

100

Services share

40.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 81 (16.6%) · Secondary 209 (42.8%) · Tertiary 198 (40.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

350 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 45 min · Car 35 min

AgglomerationPT 45 min · Car 34 min

Remoteness 272/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number628

Websitezaeziwil.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Zäziwil ranks

Largest municipalities1'665 #142 BE · #1085 CH Growing municipalities-0.2% #210 BE · #1520 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.2% #125 BE · #586 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #220 BE · #1318 CH Families & children19.7% #157 BE · #1240 CH Age structure22.5% #206 BE · #763 CH Women share50% #194 BE · #917 CH Foreign residents7% #229 BE · #1922 CH Population density308/km² #82 BE · #764 CH Tax burden17'503 #279 BE · #2021 CH Taxes189% #278 BE Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #216 BE · #1592 CH Sunniest municipalities43.9% #104 BE · #852 CH Rainiest municipalities1'247 mm #107 BE · #591 CH Voter turnout51.8% #226 BE · #1610 CH Against Switzerland20.6% #74 BE · #457 CH Aligned with Switzerland79.4% #128 BE · #947 CH SVP strongholds43.5% #157 BE · #471 CH SP strongholds12.2% #190 BE · #1266 CH Centre strongholds13.4% #20 BE · #925 CH FDP strongholds2.8% #286 BE · #1991 CH GLP strongholds5.7% #226 BE · #1024 CH Green strongholds5.6% #208 BE · #1419 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #228 BE · #1491 CH Highest municipalities714 m #118 BE · #574 CH Second homes8.7% #265 BE · #1458 CH Organic farming0% #299 BE · #1669 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #65 BE · #337 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #272 BE · #1760 CH Highest peaks932 m #152 BE · #788 CH Highest-lying municipalities770 m #133 BE · #645 CH Greatest vertical range266 m #175 BE · #1097 CH Steepest municipalities11.7° #135 BE · #796 CH Solar potential16 GWh #180 BE · #1211 CH Solar potential per capita9'405 kWh #248 BE · #1180 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #109 BE · #603 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #196 BE · #1466 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 4

Bowil3533 Grosshöchstetten3506 Oberthal3531 Zäziwil3532

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zäziwil?: Zäziwil has 4 postal codes: 3506, 3531, 3532, 3533.
What is the tax rate in Zäziwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zäziwil is 189% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Zäziwil?: A single person without children pays about 17'503 CHF income tax in Zäziwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 275 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zäziwil have?: Zäziwil has 1'665 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zäziwil?: Zäziwil has 117 foreign residents, a share of 7.03% (2025).

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