Population
18'432↑0.6%
About Ostermundigen
City · Bern
Ostermundigen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population
18'432
Tax multiplier
169%
Ostermundigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.169%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 46'800↑0.6%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'050↑0.9%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
1.11%↑29.1%
Middle in canton
- Settlement46%
- Agriculture28%
- Forest26%
Foreign residents
33.2%↑0.9%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 22/ m²
+20% vs CH
Dwellings
9'640↓0.1%
Jobs (FTE)
6'659↑0.2%
91%
10%
Fibre
Housing market in Ostermundigen
The rental vacancy rate is 1.11%, roughly the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 169%, 3% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 56'900, 8% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Ostermundigen has 18'432 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
