Population
2'004↓1.4%
About Ersigen
City · Bern
Ersigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2016, the former municipalities of Oberösch and Niederösch merged into Ersigen.
Population
2'004
Tax multiplier
170%
Ersigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.170%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 51'850↑3.3%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'600↑1.1%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.60%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture61%
- Forest31%
- Settlement8%
Foreign residents
4.2%↓4.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'000
Jobs (FTE)
425↓6.4%
90%
1%
Fibre
Property market in Ersigen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.60%, 45% below the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 170%, 4% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 60'800, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Ersigen has 2'004 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
