What is the postal code of Zollikofen?

The postal code of Zollikofen is 3052.

What is the tax rate in Zollikofen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Zollikofen is 135% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.

How much tax do you pay in Zollikofen?

A single person without children pays about 15'749 CHF income tax in Zollikofen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Zollikofen have?

Zollikofen has 11'842 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Zollikofen?

Zollikofen has 2'976 foreign residents, a share of 25.13% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton BE · Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Zollikofen

3052

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'030 50.9%

Men

5'812 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'284 19.3%

Swiss citizens

8'866 74.9%

Foreign residents

2'976 25.1%

Population density

2'197 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'284 · 19.3%20–64 · 7'061 · 59.6%65+ · 2'497 · 21.1%

Foreign residents 25.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +251 (+2.2%) · 108 births · 98 deaths · net migration +251

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 Zollikofen

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

28.1% YesNo 71.9%

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

19.3% YesNo 80.7%

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

43.0% YesNo 57.0%

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

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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

35.4% YesNo 64.6%

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

57.3% YesNo 42.7%

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

60.8% YesNo 39.2%

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

32.7% YesNo 67.3%

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

30.4% YesNo 69.6%

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

27.9% YesNo 72.1%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SP22.8% · strongest party

SP22.8%

SVP22.3%

GLP13.4%

GRÜNE11.2%

FDP10.0%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier135%

Cantonal tax multiplier297.5%

135%BE range 89%220%

Tax rank 15 of 334 in canton Bern

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

15'749 CHF(15.7%)

Rank 14 of 334 in the canton · 1161 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:15'749 CHF(~15.7%)

ZollikofenCanton range BernSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Zollikofen	Bern	Switzerland median
40'000	9.2%	8.3–10.9%	5.4%
50'000	10.9%	9.8–13%	7.8%
60'000	12.2%	11–14.5%	10.5%
70'000	13.3%	12–15.7%	11.9%
80'000	14%	12.6–16.5%	13.1%
90'000	14.8%	13.4–17.5%	14.1%
100'000	15.7%	14.3–18.5%	15.3%
110'000	16.5%	15–19.4%	16.3%
120'000	17.4%	15.8–20.3%	17.2%
130'000	18.2%	16.5–21.2%	18.1%
140'000	18.9%	17.2–22%	19%
150'000	19.6%	17.9–22.8%	19.7%
175'000	21.3%	19.5–24.7%	21.6%
200'000	22.8%	20.9–26.3%	23.2%
225'000	24.2%	22.2–27.8%	24.6%
250'000	25.4%	23.3–29.1%	25.8%
275'000	26.4%	24.3–30.2%	26.8%
300'000	27.2%	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 1991–20209.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'037 mm

9.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

594 m

Mean elevation

555 m

Relief

110 m

Mean slope

4.8°

Flat share

68.0%

South-facing

10.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 110 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

56.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

80.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'600

Per inhabitant

4'780 kWh/yr

57 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300682 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Bern432 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Zollikofen →Canton Bern →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

0.9 %

Second homes

9.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.5

Dwellings

5'796

Built before 194610.6%

Built since 200121.5%

0.9 %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

10'648

Workplaces

549

Services share

84.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 428 (4.0%) · Secondary 1'268 (11.9%) · Tertiary 8'952 (84.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

0 %

Farmland

301 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 25 min · Car 15 min

AgglomerationPT 25 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 327/334 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number361

Websitezollikofen.ch ↗

DistrictVerwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Zollikofen ranks

Largest municipalities11'842 #13 BE · #137 CH Growing municipalities2.2% #31 BE · #305 CH Shrinking municipalities2.2% #304 BE · #1803 CH Jobs per resident0.9 #13 BE · #112 CH Families & children19.3% #192 BE · #1356 CH Age structure21.1% #250 BE · #1018 CH Women share50.9% #92 BE · #427 CH Foreign residents25.1% #26 BE · #548 CH Population density2'197/km² #7 BE · #55 CH Tax burden15'749 #15 BE · #1162 CH Taxes135% #15 BE Warmest municipalities9.2 °C #120 BE · #1205 CH Sunniest municipalities42.8% #141 BE · #1020 CH Rainiest municipalities1'037 mm #279 BE · #1450 CH Voter turnout56.8% #95 BE · #970 CH Against Switzerland5.9% #182 BE · #1393 CH Aligned with Switzerland94.1% #15 BE · #44 CH SVP strongholds22.3% #317 BE · #1685 CH SP strongholds22.8% #24 BE · #279 CH Centre strongholds9.5% #113 BE · #1252 CH FDP strongholds10% #40 BE · #1388 CH GLP strongholds13.4% #25 BE · #75 CH Green strongholds11.2% #47 BE · #423 CH Largest by area5.4 km² #225 BE · #1488 CH Highest municipalities562 m #204 BE · #959 CH Second homes9.7% #229 BE · #1266 CH Organic farming0% #263 BE · #1633 CH Best-connected municipalities25 min #7 BE · #44 CH Remotest municipalities25 min #327 BE · #2062 CH Highest peaks594 m #253 BE · #1567 CH Highest-lying municipalities555 m #225 BE · #1195 CH Greatest vertical range110 m #272 BE · #1784 CH Steepest municipalities4.8° #244 BE · #1606 CH Solar potential57 GWh #31 BE · #262 CH Solar potential per capita4'780 kWh #329 BE · #2001 CH Cheapest electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #50 BE · #544 CH Most expensive electricity25.59 Rp./kWh #137 BE · #1407 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

3052

Zollikofen

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Zollikofen3052

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Zollikofen?: The postal code of Zollikofen is 3052.
What is the tax rate in Zollikofen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Zollikofen is 135% (2026); canton BE levies 297.5%.
How much tax do you pay in Zollikofen?: A single person without children pays about 15'749 CHF income tax in Zollikofen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 14 of 334 in canton BE. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Zollikofen have?: Zollikofen has 11'842 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Zollikofen?: Zollikofen has 2'976 foreign residents, a share of 25.13% (2025).

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