Population
2'170↓0.3%
About Uttigen
Municipality · Bern
Uttigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipality of Kienersrüti merged into the municipality of Uttigen.
Population
2'170
Tax multiplier
163%
Uttigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.163%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 53'000↑2.3%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 59'200↑1.2%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.50%↑66.7%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture53%
- Forest29%
- Settlement16%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
7.2%↑1.6%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
1'000
Jobs (FTE)
243↑2.5%
94%
4%
Fibre
Housing market in Uttigen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.50%, 55% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 163%, roughly the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 62'400, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Uttigen has 2'170 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
