Population
7'136↑0.5%
About Frutigen
City · Bern
Frutigen is a municipality in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is the capital of the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district.
Population
7'136
Tax multiplier
185%
Frutigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.185%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'600↑1.7%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 48'800↑2.3%
71%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.47%↑56.7%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture53%
- Forest27%
- Other15%
- Settlement5%
Foreign residents
10.1%↑0.5%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
4'043↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
3'248↓0.5%
81%
Housing market in Frutigen
The rental vacancy rate is 0.47%, 57% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 185%, 13% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 50'100, 19% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Frutigen has 7'136 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
