Population
44'125↑0.5%
About Thun
City · Bern
Thun is a town and a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located where the Aare flows out of Lake Thun (Thunersee), 30 kilometres southeast of Bern.
Population
44'125
Tax multiplier
166%
Thun in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
166%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 62'504
Middle in canton
Vacancy
0.05%↓72.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Settlement52%
- Agriculture26%
- Forest20%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
17.0%↑3.4%
Top quartile in canton
Dwellings
24'000↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
22'067↑1.9%
90%
43%
Fibre
Housing market in Thun
The rental vacancy rate is 0.05%, 95% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 166%, roughly the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 62'504, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Thun has 44'125 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
