Population
43'508↑1.3%
About Köniz
Municipality · Bern
Köniz is a statistical town and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality of Köniz as a single settlement would belong to the 15 most populous towns in Switzerland. It is also part of the larger agglomeration of Bern of about 400,000 inhabitants.
Population
43'508
Tax multiplier
158%
Köniz in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
158%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 68'554
Top quartile in canton
Vacancy
0.28%↓26.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture49%
- Forest31%
- Settlement19%
- Other0%
Foreign residents
21.5%↑1.8%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
22'857↑1.0%
Jobs (FTE)
16'658↑1.2%
89%
50%
Fibre
Housing market in Köniz
The rental vacancy rate is 0.28%, 75% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 158%, 4% below the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 68'554, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Köniz has 43'508 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
