What is the postal code of Altstätten?

Altstätten has 6 postal codes: 9058, 9450, 9452, 9453, 9463, 9464.

What is the tax rate in Altstätten?

The municipal tax multiplier of Altstätten is 107% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Altstätten?

A single person without children pays about 13'425 CHF income tax in Altstätten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Altstätten have?

Altstätten has 12'788 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Altstätten?

Altstätten has 4'053 foreign residents, a share of 31.69% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

Altstätten

9058–9464

SG CANTON9058 9450 9452 9453+2 PLZ

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

6'289 49.2%

Men

6'499 50.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'512 19.6%

Swiss citizens

8'735 68.3%

Foreign residents

4'053 31.7%

Population density

324 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'512 · 19.6%20–64 · 7'747 · 60.6%65+ · 2'529 · 19.8%

Foreign residents 31.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +207 (+1.7%) · 115 births · 109 deaths · net migration +176

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Altstätten

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 21.5% Yes

23.2% YesNo 76.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 40.2% Yes

39.9% YesNo 60.1%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 62.4% Yes

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 61.5% Yes

60.4% YesNo 39.7%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 55.6% Yes

55.9% YesNo 44.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 38.4% Yes

37.0% YesNo 63.0%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 17.3% Yes

19.7% YesNo 80.3%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 47.9% Yes

43.6% YesNo 56.4%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 44.5% Yes

44.9% YesNo 55.1%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rheintal: 71.6% Yes

72.3% YesNo 27.7%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP39.1% · strongest party

SVP39.1%

Mitte23.5%

FDP9.4%

SP9.2%

GRÜNE8.3%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier107%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

107%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 25 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'425 CHF(13.4%)

Rank 25 of 75 in the canton · 668 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 13'868 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Balgach 10'881 CHF · most expensive Lütisburg 16'080 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:13'425 CHF(~13.4%)

AltstättenCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Altstätten	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.7%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.2%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.4%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.4%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.4%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.4%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14.3%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.1%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	15.8%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16.5%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.1%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18.5%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	19.7%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.8%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	21.7%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	22.5%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	23.1%	19.7–26.7%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20209.7 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'393 mm

9.7 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'793 m

Mean elevation

638 m

Relief

1'386 m

Mean slope

11.3°

Flat share

47.9%

South-facing

18.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 1'386 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

127 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

168.1 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

28'200

Per inhabitant

9'929 kWh/yr

127 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

29.9 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.9 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

12.92 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.35 Rp./kWh

29.9 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 30.11 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator Technische Betriebe Altstätten

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 3

Standard model, deductible 300516 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Altstätten →Canton St. Gallen →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 3 of canton St. Gallen. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton St. Gallen (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

1.06 %

Second homes

13.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.8

Dwellings

6'531

Built before 194627.0%

Built since 200127.5%

1.06 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

7'975

Workplaces

1'038

Services share

62.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 375 (4.7%) · Secondary 2'614 (32.8%) · Tertiary 4'986 (62.5%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

103

Organic share

15.5 %

Farmland

2'367 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 140 min · Car 90 min

AgglomerationPT 14 min · Car 5 min

Remoteness 6/75 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3251

Head of governmentRuedi Mattle · Grünliberale Partei

Websitealtstaetten.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Altstätten ranks

Largest municipalities12'788 #7 SG · #122 CH Growing municipalities1.7% #8 SG · #474 CH Shrinking municipalities1.7% #68 SG · #1639 CH Jobs per resident0.62 #12 SG · #317 CH Families & children19.6% #59 SG · #1277 CH Age structure19.8% #34 SG · #1290 CH Women share49.2% #48 SG · #1429 CH Foreign residents31.7% #14 SG · #239 CH Population density324/km² #35 SG · #733 CH Tax burden13'425 #25 SG · #668 CH Taxes107% #25 SG Warmest municipalities9.7 °C #30 SG · #808 CH Sunniest municipalities43.3% #28 SG · #968 CH Rainiest municipalities1'393 mm #25 SG · #364 CH Voter turnout53.6% #53 SG · #1407 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #22 SG · #258 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #51 SG · #1195 CH SVP strongholds39.1% #36 SG · #714 CH SP strongholds9.2% #43 SG · #1597 CH Centre strongholds23.5% #19 SG · #396 CH FDP strongholds9.4% #73 SG · #1463 CH GLP strongholds6.1% #13 SG · #953 CH Green strongholds8.3% #18 SG · #827 CH Largest by area39.5 km² #19 SG · #228 CH Highest municipalities465 m #51 SG · #1421 CH Second homes13.1% #22 SG · #763 CH Organic farming15.5% #22 SG · #851 CH Best-connected municipalities140 min #70 SG · #2021 CH Remotest municipalities140 min #6 SG · #90 CH Highest peaks1'793 m #20 SG · #391 CH Highest-lying municipalities638 m #38 SG · #912 CH Greatest vertical range1'386 m #18 SG · #366 CH Steepest municipalities11.3° #34 SG · #827 CH Solar potential127 GWh #5 SG · #44 CH Solar potential per capita9'929 kWh #23 SG · #1078 CH Cheapest electricity29.9 Rp./kWh #36 SG · #1796 CH Most expensive electricity29.9 Rp./kWh #39 SG · #311 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 8

Altstätten SG9450 Brülisau9058 Eichberg9453 Hinterforst9452 Lienz9464 Lüchingen9450 Oberriet SG9463 Rüthi (Rheintal)9464

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Altstätten?: Altstätten has 6 postal codes: 9058, 9450, 9452, 9453, 9463, 9464.
What is the tax rate in Altstätten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Altstätten is 107% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Altstätten?: A single person without children pays about 13'425 CHF income tax in Altstätten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 25 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Altstätten have?: Altstätten has 12'788 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Altstätten?: Altstätten has 4'053 foreign residents, a share of 31.69% (2025).

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