Population
4'943↑1.5%
About Merligen
City · Bern
Population
4'943
Tax multiplier
166%
Merligen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.166%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'700↑0.9%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 50'550↓0.9%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.82%↓43.8%
Middle in canton
- Forest47%
- Agriculture39%
- Other9%
- Settlement5%
Foreign residents
13.1%↑6.4%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 8'387/ m²
−1% vs CH
Dwellings
3'902↑1.7%
Jobs (FTE)
1'289↑0.2%
66%
Property market in Merligen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.82%, 25% below the cantonal average (1.10 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 166%, roughly the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 55'100, 11% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Merligen has 4'943 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
