Population
5'525↑0.5%
About Schalunen
City · Bern
Schalunen is a former municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Schalunen, Büren zum Hof, Etzelkofen, Grafenried, Limpach, Mülchi and Zauggenried merged into the municipality of Fraubrunnen.
Population
5'525
Tax multiplier
175%
Schalunen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.175%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 54'000↑1.5%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 60'000↑0.4%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
1.31%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture62%
- Forest29%
- Settlement8%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
8.1%↓1.1%
Below average in canton
Median rent
CHF 16/ m²
−9% vs CH
Dwellings
2'595
Jobs (FTE)
917↓0.2%
91%
Housing market in Schalunen
The rental vacancy rate is 1.31%, 19% 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 64'200, 4% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Schalunen has 5'525 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
