Population
11'739↑0.2%
About Belp
Municipality · Bern
Belp is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is close to Bern's Belp Airport. The municipality of Belpberg merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Belp.
Population
11'739
Tax multiplier
140%
Belp in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.140%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'900↑0.4%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'100↓0.5%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.82%↑13.9%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture56%
- Forest26%
- Settlement16%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
17.9%↑1.2%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 21/ m²
+17% vs CH
Dwellings
5'732↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
3'883↓1.4%
94%
Housing market in Belp
The rental vacancy rate is 0.82%, 25% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 140%, 15% below the cantonal average (164 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 62'550, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Belp has 11'739 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
