Population
16'599↑0.1%
About 3613 Steffisburg
Postal code · Bern
Steffisburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2020 the former municipality of Schwendibach merged into the municipality of Steffisburg.
Population
16'599
Tax multiplier
162%
3613 Steffisburg in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.162%
Median taxable income
CHF 49'800↑2.3%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'700↑1.9%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.47%↓11.3%
−56% vs CH
- Agriculture44%
- Forest29%
- Settlement26%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
12.6%↑0.2%
Median rent
CHF 21/ m²
+17% vs CH
Dwellings
8'511↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
4'833↓2.8%
93%
15%
Fibre
Housing market in 3613 Steffisburg
The rental vacancy rate is 0.47%, 57% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 162%, roughly the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 57'600, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). 3613 Steffisburg has 16'599 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
