What is the postal code of Andwil?

Andwil has 2 postal codes: 9204, 9212.

What is the tax rate in Andwil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Andwil is 113% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Andwil?

A single person without children pays about 13'757 CHF income tax in Andwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Andwil have?

Andwil has 2'117 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Andwil?

Andwil has 150 foreign residents, a share of 7.09% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis St. Gallen

Andwil

9204–9212

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'048 49.5%

Men

1'069 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

518 24.5%

Swiss citizens

1'967 92.9%

Foreign residents

150 7.1%

Population density

335 pop./km²

0–19 · 518 · 24.5%20–64 · 1'214 · 57.3%65+ · 385 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 7.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −27 (−1.3%) · 16 births · 8 deaths · net migration −35

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 Andwil

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 St. Gallen: 28.5% Yes

18.4% YesNo 81.6%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 26.3% Yes

30.8% YesNo 69.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 53.1% Yes

68.7% YesNo 31.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 40.9% Yes

54.7% YesNo 45.3%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 67.7% Yes

56.8% YesNo 43.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 49.9% Yes

35.5% YesNo 64.6%

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 St. Gallen: 29.0% Yes

14.5% YesNo 85.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 36.7% Yes

38.4% YesNo 61.6%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 33.0% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 76.2% Yes

79.3% YesNo 20.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.3% · strongest party

SVP33.3%

Mitte25.9%

FDP19.1%

SP8.6%

GRÜNE5.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier113%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

113%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 33 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'757 CHF(13.8%)

Rank 31 of 75 in the canton · 782 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:13'757 CHF(~13.8%)

AndwilCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Andwil	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.2%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.9%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.5%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.6%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.7%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.7%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.8%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14.7%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.4%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	16.1%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16.8%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.5%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18.9%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	20.1%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.2%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	22.2%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	22.9%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	23.6%	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 1991–20209.3 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'133 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

827 m

Mean elevation

742 m

Relief

185 m

Mean slope

5.6°

Flat share

50.8%

South-facing

11.2%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 185 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

19.6 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

26.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

4'400

Per inhabitant

9'254 kWh/yr

20 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

31.31 Rp./kWh

Energy

10.35 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

16.66 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.3 Rp./kWh

31.31 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Elektra Andwil Stromversorgung

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 2

Standard model, deductible 300538 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 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

0.68 %

Second homes

8.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.7

Dwellings

888

Built before 194617.5%

Built since 200130.6%

0.68 %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

601

Workplaces

124

Services share

43.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 53 (8.8%) · Secondary 287 (47.8%) · Tertiary 261 (43.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

9.5 %

Farmland

426 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 104 min · Car 62 min

AgglomerationPT 37 min · Car 20 min

Remoteness 36/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3441

Websiteandwil.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis St. Gallen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Andwil ranks

Largest municipalities2'117 #64 SG · #934 CH Growing municipalities-1.3% #73 SG · #1874 CH Shrinking municipalities-1.3% #3 SG · #235 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #68 SG · #1388 CH Families & children24.5% #7 SG · #115 CH Age structure18.2% #57 SG · #1612 CH Women share49.5% #34 SG · #1277 CH Foreign residents7.1% #74 SG · #1920 CH Population density335/km² #33 SG · #709 CH Tax burden13'757 #31 SG · #782 CH Taxes113% #33 SG Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #36 SG · #1158 CH Sunniest municipalities40% #64 SG · #1887 CH Rainiest municipalities1'133 mm #54 SG · #908 CH Voter turnout61.9% #11 SG · #430 CH Against Switzerland14.9% #50 SG · #895 CH Aligned with Switzerland85.1% #26 SG · #561 CH SVP strongholds33.3% #58 SG · #1087 CH SP strongholds8.6% #46 SG · #1641 CH Centre strongholds25.9% #11 SG · #337 CH FDP strongholds19.1% #6 SG · #519 CH GLP strongholds4.8% #45 SG · #1248 CH Green strongholds5.9% #50 SG · #1349 CH Largest by area6.3 km² #60 SG · #1358 CH Highest municipalities733 m #16 SG · #536 CH Second homes8.3% #63 SG · #1554 CH Organic farming9.5% #45 SG · #1263 CH Best-connected municipalities104 min #40 SG · #1767 CH Remotest municipalities104 min #36 SG · #342 CH Highest peaks827 m #43 SG · #944 CH Highest-lying municipalities742 m #26 SG · #689 CH Greatest vertical range185 m #62 SG · #1431 CH Steepest municipalities5.6° #55 SG · #1460 CH Solar potential20 GWh #66 SG · #1028 CH Solar potential per capita9'254 kWh #29 SG · #1207 CH Cheapest electricity31.31 Rp./kWh #45 SG · #1959 CH Most expensive electricity31.31 Rp./kWh #30 SG · #148 CH

Postal codes (2)

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Localities

swisstopo · 2

Andwil SG9204 Arnegg9212

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Andwil?: Andwil has 2 postal codes: 9204, 9212.
What is the tax rate in Andwil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Andwil is 113% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Andwil?: A single person without children pays about 13'757 CHF income tax in Andwil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 31 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Andwil have?: Andwil has 2'117 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Andwil?: Andwil has 150 foreign residents, a share of 7.09% (2025).

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