Population
13'342↑1.2%
About Spiez
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
13'342
Tax multiplier
165%
Vacancy
0.27%
Spiez in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
165%
Median taxable income
CHF 65'686
+19% vs CH
Vacancy
0.27%↓53.4%
- Agriculture35%
- Settlement32%
- Forest29%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
14.7%↑7.6%
Dwellings
7'778↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
4'288↓1.8%
88%
5%
Fibre
Housing market in Spiez
The rental vacancy rate is 0.27%, 75% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 165%, roughly the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 65'686, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Spiez has 13'342 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
