Population
2'684↓0.5%
About Signau
Municipality · Bern
Signau is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population
2'684
Tax multiplier
194%
Signau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.194%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 41'000↓0.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 46'300↓0.2%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
0.63%↓47.5%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture55%
- Forest36%
- Settlement8%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
5.7%↓3.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'429↑0.8%
Jobs (FTE)
705↓0.1%
87%
Housing market in Signau
The rental vacancy rate is 0.63%, 43% below the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 194%, 18% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 47'900, 23% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Signau has 2'684 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).