Population
3'056↓0.5%
About Grossaffoltern
Municipality · Bern
Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is known for its stork colony.
Population
3'056
Tax multiplier
169%
Grossaffoltern in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.169%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'300↑1.3%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 57'900↑0.6%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.20%↓76.7%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture61%
- Forest26%
- Settlement12%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
6.4%↑1.4%
Below average in canton
Median rent
CHF 15/ m²
−15% vs CH
Dwellings
1'500↓0.8%
Jobs (FTE)
503↓1.0%
90%
51%
Fibre
Housing market in Grossaffoltern
The rental vacancy rate is 0.20%, 82% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 169%, 3% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 61'450, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Grossaffoltern has 3'056 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
