Population
1'258↓1.1%
About Boltigen
City · Bern
Boltigen is a municipality in the Obersimmental-Saanen administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Population
1'258
Tax multiplier
190%
Boltigen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.190%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 37'000↑3.1%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 42'725↑0.6%
66%
Cantonal tax multiplier
298%
2.19%↓9.9%
Top quartile in canton
- Agriculture53%
- Forest37%
- Other8%
- Settlement3%
Foreign residents
7.6%↑2.1%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
868↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
286↓2.4%
66%
Housing market in Boltigen
The rental vacancy rate is 2.19%, 99% above the cantonal average (1.10 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 190%, 16% above the cantonal average (164 %). Median taxable income is CHF 46'100, 26% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Boltigen has 1'258 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
