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

Zäziwil

3506–3533

BE CANTON3506 3531 3532 3533

Residents

1'665

Area

5.4 km²

Population density

308 pop./km²

Elevation

714 m a.s.l.

Terrain up to

932 m a.s.l.

Tax multiplier

189%

Postal codes

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

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%

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.08.2026

Vote results for Zäziwil

BFS

14.06.2026Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über den zivilen Ersatzdienst (Zivildienstgesetz, ZDG)Federal● Accepted · 52.5% Yes

59.9% YesNo 40.1%

14.06.2026Volksinitiative «Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz! (Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative)»Federal● Rejected · 45.2% Yes

63.7% YesNo 36.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% Yes

29.0% YesNo 71.0%

08.03.2026Bundesgesetz über die IndividualbesteuerungFederal● Accepted · 54.3% Yes

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Für eine gerechte Energie- und Klimapolitik: Investieren für Wohlstand, Arbeit und Umwelt (Klimafonds-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 29.3% Yes

19.5% YesNo 80.5%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «200 Franken sind genug! (SRG-Initiative)»Federal● Rejected · 38.1% Yes

40.7% YesNo 59.3%

08.03.2026Bargeldinitiative und Gegenvorschlag: StichfrageFederal● Rejected · 37.4% Yes

37.6% YesNo 62.4%

08.03.2026Bundesbeschluss über die schweizerische Währung und die Bargeldversorgung (Gegenvorschlag zur Bargeldinitiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% Yes

78.1% YesNo 21.9%

08.03.2026Volksinitiative «Ja zu einer unabhängigen, freien Schweizer Währung mit Münzen oder Banknoten (Bargeld ist Freiheit)»Federal● Rejected · 45.6% Yes

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

30.11.2025Volksinitiative «Für eine soziale Klimapolitik – steuerlich gerecht finanziert (Initiative für eine Zukunft)»Federal● Rejected · 21.7% Yes

16.9% YesNo 83.2%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 31.08.2026

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 31.08.2026

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

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 31.08.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2026

Tariff H4

27.7 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.89 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.25 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.8 Rp./kWh

27.7 Rp./kWh9.6443.61

Canton median 29.35 Rp./kWhSwiss median 27.7 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.

2026 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 28.08.2026

Housing

BFS

Vacancy rate

0.47 %

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 31.08.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 31.08.2026

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 28.08.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

Websitezaeziwil.ch ↗

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 31.08.2026

Rankings

Largest municipalities1'665 #142 BE · #1085 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 turnout49.9% #235 BE · #1704 CH Against Switzerland19% #90 BE · #600 CH Aligned with Switzerland81% #115 BE · #813 CH SVP strongholds43.5% #157 BE · #471 CH SP strongholds12.2% #190 BE · #1261 CH Centre strongholds13.4% #20 BE · #920 CH FDP strongholds2.8% #286 BE · #1986 CH GLP strongholds5.7% #226 BE · #1022 CH Green strongholds5.6% #208 BE · #1414 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #228 BE · #1491 CH Highest municipalities714 m #118 BE · #573 CH Remotest municipalities45 min #272 BE · #1760 CH Best-connected municipalities45 min #65 BE · #337 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 Cheapest electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #109 BE · #869 CH Most expensive electricity27.7 Rp./kWh #196 BE · #1201 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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