Population
44'163↑0.1%
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
44'163
Tax multiplier
166%
Thun in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.166%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 47'900↑1.2%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'650↑1.3%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.05%↓72.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Settlement52%
- Agriculture26%
- Forest20%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
17.1%↑1.1%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 19/ m²
+8% vs CH
Dwellings
24'000↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
22'142↑0.3%
90%
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 57'000, 8% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Thun has 44'163 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
