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

[3] The area was gradually settled as small farms cleared the land during the Late Middle Ages.

Traditionally the residents farmed, raised dairy cattle, produced cheese or cut timber.

Today about two-thirds of the residents commute to jobs in nearby cities, while the remainder generally work on small farms.

Of rest of the municipality 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) or 10.7% is settled (buildings or roads).

It consists of the small village of Schwendibach and scattered hamlets and farm houses.

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

[6] The blazon of the municipal coat of arms is Argent a Bend sinister wavy Azure between a Mullet of seven Gules and a Stump eradicated Sable flambant of the third.

[9] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (258 or 98.5%) as their first language, French is the second most common (2 or 0.8%) and Italian is the third (1 or 0.4%).

[9] In 2012, single family homes made up 26.9% of the total housing in the municipality.

[14] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][15][16] As of  2011[update], Schwendibach had an unemployment rate of 0.86%.

[9] There were 152 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.8% of the workforce.

In the tertiary sector; 3 or 27.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 3 or 27.3% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[23] From the 2000 census[update], 190 or 72.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, while 9 or 3.4% were Roman Catholic.