Municipality profile
Taxes & Cost of Living in Ligerz
Ligerz · Canton of BE
Here is how expensive life in Ligerz is compared to all ~2,100 municipalities in Switzerland — income tax, health insurance premium and electricity in one honest annual figure, calculated with the same engine as our address-precise location reports.
Total-cost rank 1,610 of 2,124 in Switzerland for a couple without children — about CHF 28,537 per year for tax, health insurance and electricity.
Tax rate Ligerz
1.68 (municipal tax rate, factor of the simple cantonal tax)
Municipal tax rate 2026 as published by the canton. Tax rates are not comparable across cantons — the label states what the figure refers to. The amount in francs is in the table below.
Total annual cost by profile
Tax + health insurance + electricity per year for four standard households, with the rank among all Swiss municipalities and within the canton.
| Household | Total cost/year | Rank CH | Rank canton |
|---|---|---|---|
Single · CHF 80,000 Tax CHF 12,000 · health insurance 7,344 · electricity 1,179 | CHF 20,523 | 1,532 / 2,124 | 142 / 335 |
Couple, no children · CHF 100,000 Tax CHF 12,670 · health insurance 14,688 · electricity 1,179 | CHF 28,537 | 1,610 / 2,124 | 167 / 335 |
Family, 1 income · CHF 100,000 Tax CHF 8,220 · health insurance 17,520 · electricity 1,179 | CHF 26,919 | 1,745 / 2,124 | 164 / 335 |
Retired couple · CHF 80,000 Tax CHF 10,552 · health insurance 14,688 · electricity 1,179 | CHF 26,419 | 1,581 / 2,124 | 163 / 335 |
Tax split: municipality versus canton
How income tax is split across the levels of government — the municipal share is the lever that moving home shifts.
- Federal
- CHF 1,701
- Canton
- CHF 9,663
- Municipality
- CHF 5,457
- Church
- CHF 0
- Poll tax
- CHF 0
FTA reference profile: single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income, in CHF per year.
Tax-burden trend 2018 → 2026
15.9 % → 16.8 % of income
Up 0.91 percentage points
Reference profile of the FTA index: single, CHF 100,000 gross income. Shows where this municipality’s tax burden has moved — across Switzerland 1,605 municipalities became more expensive and 419 cheaper. Your own burden depends on income and household; the location report computes it.
Health insurance premium
CHF 612 per month
Premium region 2
Adults, standard model with deductible 300, median across all insurers (2026).
Electricity price
26.20 cent./kWh — CHF 1,179 per year
Standard household H4 (4,500 kWh), median of local grid operators, ElCom 2026.
Vacancy rate
1.15% vacant dwellings
FSO vacant-dwelling count, reference date 1 June 2025.
Population & demographics
508 residents
-7.1% over ten years (2015 → 2025)
9% children · 35% aged 65+
Source: FSO (2025).
Climate and environment in the municipality
How many hot, cold, wet and foggy days per year — and how high the radon probability is. Measured at the municipal centroid.
Hot days (30 °C+)
5
Frost days (below 0 °C)
68
Rain days (1 mm+)
173
Snow days
38
Fog days (Oct–Feb)
49
Storm days (70 km/h+)
14
Heating degree days
2,525
Summer sun (kWh/m² per day)
5.4
Source: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis), annual mean 2023-2025. Measured at the municipal centroid on a roughly 9 km grid — meaningful for the municipality, too coarse for a single address. The location report computes the exact value.
What applies in canton BE
These three figures apply canton-wide, not just to this municipality — the data only exists at cantonal level.
Property transfer tax on purchase
1.80 % of the purchase price
Owner-occupied residential property (primary residence): the first CHF 800'000 of the consideration are exempt upon request, owner occupancy for at least 2 years without interruption (payment deferred until then).
Replacing a fossil heating system
Minimum renewable share required
Buildings older than 20 years: efficiency requirements apply when replacing with a fossil heating system (GEAK class D exempt); electric heaters must be replaced by the end of 2031.
As of 07/2026 · checked against the cantonal primary source
Property tax
Levied
0–1.5 ‰ depending on the municipality
Optional municipal tax of at most 1,5‰ of the official value (Art. 261 Abs. 2 StG). Municipalities may also choose 0‰.
As of 01.01.2025
Wealth tax structure
Progressive
The amount depends on your municipality’s tax multiplier — the location report computes it. This only shows how the canton structures the tariff.
As of 01.01.2024
Offences (canton)
65.8 per 1,000 inhabitants
FSO police crime statistics 2025, offences under the Criminal Code by canton.
Cost map of the Canton of BE
Each municipality is coloured by its total annual cost; Ligerz is highlighted.
Click any municipality to open it. Blue outline: cheaper than here.
To the interactive cost-of-living map →Cheaper neighbouring municipalities
Nearest municipalities with lower total cost for a couple without children (CHF 100,000):
Nearby municipalities
The municipalities closest to Ligerz — with the same cost data.
Where Ligerz stands nationally
The same figures, compared with every municipality.
Frequently asked questions about Ligerz
- How high are the taxes in Ligerz?
- A single earner with CHF 100,000 gross income pays an income tax of about CHF 16,821 per year in Ligerz (federal, cantonal, municipal and church combined, FTA 2026).
- What does living in Ligerz cost?
- For a couple without children, tax, health insurance and electricity add up to about CHF 28,537 per year in Ligerz — rank 1,610 of 2,124 among all Swiss municipalities.
- Are there cheaper municipalities near Ligerz?
- Yes: around Ligerz some municipalities have a lower total cost for the same profile — the neighbour comparison on this page shows them with the annual saving.
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