Population
5'255↑0.7%
About Pieterlen
Municipality · Bern
Pieterlen is a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population
5'255
Tax multiplier
175%
Pieterlen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.175%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 47'000↑2.0%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'800↑1.5%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
2.28%↓54.5%
Top quartile in canton
- Forest47%
- Agriculture30%
- Settlement22%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
32.9%↓1.4%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 17/ m²
−4% vs CH
Dwellings
2'500↑1.8%
Jobs (FTE)
1'034↓0.8%
90%
10%
Fibre
Housing market in Pieterlen
The rental vacancy rate is 2.28%, 107% above the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 175%, 7% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 55'600, 10% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Pieterlen has 5'255 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
