Population
9'367↑0.6%
About Colombier NE
City · Neuchâtel
Colombier is a former municipality in the Boudry District in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. The municipalities of Auvernier, Bôle and Colombier merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Milvignes.
Population
9'367
Tax multiplier
63%
Colombier NE in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.63%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'900↑0.8%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'350↑0.8%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
124%
0.35%↓45.3%
Below average in canton
- Settlement41%
- Agriculture35%
- Forest22%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
19.4%↓0.7%
Middle in canton
Median rent
CHF 19/ m²
+7% vs CH
Dwellings
4'857↑0.3%
Jobs (FTE)
2'339↑4.3%
88%
3%
Fibre
Housing market in Colombier NE
The rental vacancy rate is 0.35%, 81% below the cantonal average (1.85 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 63%, 8% below the cantonal average (69 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 62'700, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Colombier NE has 9'367 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
