Population
2'307↑0.1%
About Oey
City · Bern
Oey is a Chinese Indonesian surname of Hokkien origin and Dutch-based, West Java romanization. Literally "yellow", or "golden yellow", its Central Java romanization is Oei, while its pinyin version is Huang.
Population
2'307
Tax multiplier
180%
Oey in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.180%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'900↑4.6%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 48'468↑2.9%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.47%↓30.9%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture47%
- Forest32%
- Other19%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
4.9%↓1.8%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'915↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
1'016↓1.6%
69%
0%
Fibre
Property market in Oey
The rental vacancy rate is 0.47%, 57% below the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 180%, 10% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 49'800, 20% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Oey has 2'307 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
