Living in Lyss
With a municipal tax multiplier of 160%, this municipality ranks 79 among the least taxed of the 335 municipalities in canton BE.
- Population
- 16,558
- Municipal multiplier
- 160 %
- Tax rank in canton
- No. 79 of 335
STATPOP 2024
ESTV 2025
Bern
That is 15 points below the median municipality in canton BE. With 16,558 inhabitants, it is the 8 most populous of the canton’s 335 municipalities. Under-20s make up 20.2% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole: the municipality skews young.
Key figures
Official figures, each with its reference year.
16,558
STATPOP 2024
7,533
CHF 57,242
Age structure
Permanent resident population, by age group.
- 0–19 years
- 3,34420.2 %
- 20–64 years
- 9,89859.8 %
- 65 and over
- 3,31620 %
Municipal taxation
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
160 %
297.5 %
Position within the canton
Scale of communal tax multipliers, from the canton's lowest-taxed municipality to its highest.
Cantonal median: 175 %
Information published by the municipality
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