Hofstetten bei Brienz is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The local economy relied on small scale agriculture and seasonal alpine herding into the 19th century, when wood carving began to provide other jobs.

[3] Hofstetten bei Brienz lies in the Bernese Oberland in the Alps.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Interlaken-Oberhasli.

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Vert a Bend wavy Argent between a Mullet and a Mill Wheel Or.

[10] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (528 or 95.8%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (7 or 1.3%) and Portuguese is the third (6 or 1.1%).

[9] Of the population in the municipality, 218 or about 39.6% were born in Hofstetten bei Brienz and lived there in 2000.

In the federal election, a total of 227 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 53.7%.

[10] There were 297 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.4% of the workforce.

The number of jobs in the primary sector was 18, of which 17 were in agriculture and 2 were in forestry or lumber production.

In the tertiary sector; 7 or 6.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 9 or 8.4% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 2.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 19 or 17.8% were in education and 2 or 1.9% were in health care.

[10] From the 2000 census[update], 65 or 11.8% were Roman Catholic, while 408 or 74.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

This is followed by three years of obligatory lower Secondary school where the students are separated according to ability and aptitude.

Following the lower Secondary students may attend additional schooling or they may enter an apprenticeship.

[18] During the 2010-11 school year, there were a total of 164 students attending classes in Hofstetten bei Brienz.