Niederstocken is a former municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

[3] The oldest trace of a settlement in the area is a Stone Age tool production site on the Stockenfluh mountain.

During the Middle Ages the village was part of the lands and parish of the college of canons at Amsoldingen.

In 1485 the office of canon was abolished and the Amsoldingen lands were acquired by Bern.

There were several unsuccessful attempts to combine the villages of Oberstocken and Niederstocken, the most recent was in 1988.

Today the municipality remains generally isolated and has retained its agrarian character.

By 1556 Niederstocken accepted the new faith of the Protestant Reformation and the village chapel was demolished.

On the following day, 1 January 2010, it joined the newly created Verwaltungskreis Thun.

[2] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Per fess Gules a Rose Argent barbed and seeded proper and of the second a Stump Sable between two Mullets of the first.

[4] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (284 or 97.6%) as their first language, Serbo-Croatian is the second most common (3 or 1.0%) and French is the third (1 or 0.3%).

In 2011, single family homes made up 50.5% of the total housing in the municipality.

In the federal election, a total of 107 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.2%.

[4] There were 154 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.2% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 5 or 17.9% were in the movement and storage of goods, 9 or 32.1% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was a technical professional or scientist, 12 or 42.9% were in education.

[20] From the 2000 census[update], 235 or 80.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 24 or 8.2% were Roman Catholic.

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.

[21] During the 2011–12 school year, there were a total of 36 students attending classes in Niederstocken.

Of the primary students, 3.6% were permanent or temporary residents of Switzerland (not citizens).