Population
3'278↓0.5%
About Rüegsau
Municipality · Bern
Rüegsau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern.
Population
3'278
Tax multiplier
179%
Rüegsau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.179%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'800↓0.5%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 51'800↑0.1%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.77%↓13.5%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture66%
- Forest23%
- Settlement10%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
6.8%↑3.7%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'688↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
953↑0.3%
87%
3%
Fibre
Property market in Rüegsau
The rental vacancy rate is 0.77%, 30% below the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 179%, 9% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 53'100, 14% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Rüegsau has 3'278 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
