Population
11'718↑0.3%
About Belp
Municipality · Bern
Belp is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is close to Bern's Belp Airport. The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.
Population
11'718
Tax multiplier
140%
Belp in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
140%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 68'411
Top quartile in canton
Vacancy
0.82%↑13.9%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture56%
- Forest26%
- Settlement16%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
17.6%↑5.0%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
5'732↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
3'940↓1.0%
94%
9%
Fibre
Housing market in Belp
The rental vacancy rate is 0.82%, 25% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 140%, 15% below the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 68'411, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Belp has 11'718 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
