What is the postal code of Zielebach?

The postal code of Zielebach is 4564.

What is the tax rate in Zielebach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Zielebach is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Zielebach?

A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Zielebach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Zielebach have?

Zielebach has 332 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zielebach?

Zielebach has 31 foreign residents, a share of 9.34% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Emmental

Zielebach

4564

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

176 53.0%

Men

156 47.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

56 16.9%

Swiss citizens

301 90.7%

Foreign residents

31 9.3%

Population density

174 pop./km²

0–19 · 56 · 16.9%20–64 · 183 · 55.1%65+ · 93 · 28.0%

Foreign residents 9.3%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +9 (+2.8%) · 0 births · 3 deaths · net migration +12

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 Zielebach

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 Emmental: 21.9% Yes

10.3% YesNo 89.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 31.8% Yes

50.0% YesNo 50.0%

27.09.2026Volksinitiative «Berner Bildungsinitiative»Cantonal BE● Rejected · 40.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 35.2% Yes

24.7% YesNo 75.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 56.4% Yes

66.7% YesNo 33.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 55.4% Yes

71.7% YesNo 28.3%

14.06.2026Projektierungskredit für das Kunstmuseum Bern (Sanierung und Ersatzneubau)Cantonal BE● Rejected · 48.2% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 37.8% Yes

27.3% YesNo 72.7%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 44.7% Yes

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

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 Emmental: 23.2% Yes

9.4% YesNo 90.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 40.4% Yes

52.3% YesNo 47.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Verwaltungskreis Emmental: 39.1% Yes

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP61.2% · strongest party

SVP61.2%

Mitte11.1%

SP10.8%

FDP7.7%

EDU3.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier150%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

150%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 44 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

16'236 CHF(16.2%)

Rank 36 of 334 in the canton · 1407 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:16'236 CHF(~16.2%)

ZielebachCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zielebach	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.5%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	11.3%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.6%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.7%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14.5%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	15.3%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	16.2%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	17.1%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.9%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.7%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	19.5%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	20.2%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.9%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	23.4%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.8%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	26%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	27%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.9%	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 1991–20209.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'066 mm

9.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

467 m

Mean elevation

460 m

Relief

17 m

Mean slope

0.6°

Flat share

99.7%

South-facing

0.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 17 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

4.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

5.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

900

Per inhabitant

12'410 kWh/yr

4 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

25.19 Rp./kWh

Energy

7.97 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.91 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.4 Rp./kWh

25.19 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 Zielebach →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

0.63 %

Second homes

7.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

158

Built before 194631.0%

Built since 20015.1%

0.63 %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

Workplaces

Services share

45.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 14 (26.4%) · Secondary 15 (28.3%) · Tertiary 24 (45.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

92 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 67 min · Car 36 min

AgglomerationPT 28 min · Car 16 min

Remoteness 145/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number556

Websitezielebach.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Emmental

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Zielebach ranks

Largest municipalities332 #297 BE · #1939 CH Growing municipalities2.8% #20 BE · #182 CH Shrinking municipalities2.8% #315 BE · #1925 CH Jobs per resident0.16 #321 BE · #1932 CH Families & children16.9% #289 BE · #1826 CH Age structure28% #37 BE · #171 CH Women share53% #6 BE · #38 CH Foreign residents9.3% #172 BE · #1762 CH Population density174/km² #134 BE · #1109 CH Tax burden16'236 #45 BE · #1416 CH Taxes150% #44 BE Warmest municipalities9.5 °C #71 BE · #953 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #307 BE · #1713 CH Rainiest municipalities1'066 mm #239 BE · #1288 CH Voter turnout44.9% #317 BE · #2039 CH SVP strongholds61.2% #28 BE · #41 CH SP strongholds10.8% #220 BE · #1428 CH Centre strongholds11.1% #67 BE · #1107 CH FDP strongholds7.7% #98 BE · #1623 CH GLP strongholds2.8% #298 BE · #1622 CH Green strongholds0.2% #329 BE · #2033 CH Largest by area1.9 km² #322 BE · #2020 CH Highest municipalities460 m #292 BE · #1453 CH Second homes7.5% #295 BE · #1717 CH Organic farming0% #290 BE · #1660 CH Best-connected municipalities67 min #188 BE · #981 CH Remotest municipalities67 min #145 BE · #1108 CH Highest peaks467 m #327 BE · #1986 CH Highest-lying municipalities460 m #301 BE · #1665 CH Greatest vertical range17 m #329 BE · #2095 CH Steepest municipalities0.6° #332 BE · #2101 CH Solar potential4 GWh #302 BE · #1980 CH Solar potential per capita12'410 kWh #165 BE · #705 CH Cheapest electricity25.19 Rp./kWh #27 BE · #461 CH Most expensive electricity25.19 Rp./kWh #307 BE · #1629 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

4564

Zielebach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Zielebach4564

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zielebach?: The postal code of Zielebach is 4564.
What is the tax rate in Zielebach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zielebach is 150% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Zielebach?: A single person without children pays about 16'236 CHF income tax in Zielebach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 36 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zielebach have?: Zielebach has 332 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zielebach?: Zielebach has 31 foreign residents, a share of 9.34% (2025).

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