Population
13'332↓0.1%
About Hondrich
City · Bern
Spiez is a town and municipality on the shore of Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is part of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district. Besides the town of Spiez, the municipality also includes the settlements of Einigen, Hondrich, Faulensee, and Spiezwiler.
Population
13'332
Tax multiplier
160%
Hondrich in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.160%↓3.0%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'400↑2.0%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'350↑1.7%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.27%↓53.4%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture35%
- Settlement32%
- Forest29%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
14.8%↑0.3%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 8'137/ m²
−4% vs CH
Dwellings
7'778↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
4'302↑0.3%
88%
5%
Fibre
Property market in Hondrich
The rental vacancy rate is 0.27%, 75% 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 60'000, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Hondrich has 13'332 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
