Population
851↓1.6%
About Lauenen
Municipality · Bern
Lauenen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population
851
Tax multiplier
160%
Lauenen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.160%↓5.9%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 36'150↓0.4%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 43'575↑2.0%
60%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.41%↓25.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture38%
- Other36%
- Forest24%
- Settlement1%
Foreign residents
14.7%↑4.2%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
732↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
246↓6.1%
50%
0%
Fibre
Property market in Lauenen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.41%, 63% below the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 160%, 3% below the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 52'000, 16% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Lauenen has 851 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
