What is the postal code of Balgach?

Balgach has 3 postal codes: 9435, 9436, 9445.

What is the tax rate in Balgach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Balgach is 61% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Balgach?

A single person without children pays about 10'881 CHF income tax in Balgach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Balgach have?

Balgach has 5'229 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Balgach?

Balgach has 1'298 foreign residents, a share of 24.82% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

Balgach

9435–9445

SG CANTON9435 9436 9445

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'564 49.0%

Men

2'665 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'044 20.0%

Swiss citizens

3'931 75.2%

Foreign residents

1'298 24.8%

Population density

802 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'044 · 20.0%20–64 · 3'246 · 62.1%65+ · 939 · 18.0%

Foreign residents 24.8%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +19 (+0.4%) · 48 births · 31 deaths · net migration +9

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 Balgach

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

24.3% YesNo 75.7%

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

34.1% YesNo 65.9%

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

59.5% YesNo 40.5%

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

55.2% YesNo 44.8%

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

59.9% YesNo 40.1%

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

41.8% YesNo 58.2%

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

21.3% YesNo 78.7%

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

43.8% YesNo 56.2%

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

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

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

73.1% YesNo 26.9%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP33.5% · strongest party

SVP33.5%

Mitte20.5%

FDP16.4%

SP10.8%

GRÜNE8.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier61%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

61%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 1 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

10'881 CHF(10.9%)

Rank 1 of 75 in the canton · 104 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:10'881 CHF(~10.9%)

BalgachCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Balgach	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	4.8%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	6.1%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	7.4%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	8.3%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	9.2%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	10%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	10.9%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	11.7%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	12.3%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	12.9%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	13.6%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	14.1%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	15.4%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	16.5%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	17.5%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	18.4%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	19.1%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	19.7%	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 1991–20209.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'275 mm

9.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

714 m

Mean elevation

441 m

Relief

312 m

Mean slope

6.2°

Flat share

68.2%

South-facing

25.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 312 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

42.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

56.9 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

9'400

Per inhabitant

8'068 kWh/yr

42 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

27.51 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.98 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

8.28 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.25 Rp./kWh

27.51 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Gemeinde Balgach, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 Balgach →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

0.66 %

Second homes

10.3 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

2'563

Built before 194621.5%

Built since 200133.5%

0.66 %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

4'940

Workplaces

379

Services share

36.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 91 (1.8%) · Secondary 3'046 (61.7%) · Tertiary 1'803 (36.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.6 %

Farmland

327 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 129 min · Car 88 min

AgglomerationPT 26 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 10/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3232

Websitebalgach.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Balgach ranks

Largest municipalities5'229 #38 SG · #409 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #48 SG · #1196 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #28 SG · #911 CH Jobs per resident0.94 #2 SG · #99 CH Families & children20% #53 SG · #1148 CH Age structure18% #60 SG · #1648 CH Women share49% #51 SG · #1515 CH Foreign residents24.8% #30 SG · #566 CH Population density802/km² #17 SG · #297 CH Tax burden10'881 #1 SG · #104 CH Taxes61% #1 SG Warmest municipalities9.1 °C #44 SG · #1314 CH Sunniest municipalities41.1% #49 SG · #1378 CH Rainiest municipalities1'275 mm #33 SG · #533 CH Voter turnout54% #47 SG · #1360 CH Against Switzerland13.9% #53 SG · #961 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.1% #22 SG · #493 CH SVP strongholds33.5% #56 SG · #1066 CH SP strongholds10.8% #29 SG · #1434 CH Centre strongholds20.5% #37 SG · #507 CH FDP strongholds16.4% #15 SG · #709 CH GLP strongholds6% #14 SG · #974 CH Green strongholds8.3% #17 SG · #826 CH Largest by area6.5 km² #59 SG · #1335 CH Highest municipalities406 m #71 SG · #1864 CH Second homes10.3% #39 SG · #1157 CH Organic farming5.6% #56 SG · #1507 CH Best-connected municipalities129 min #64 SG · #1977 CH Remotest municipalities129 min #10 SG · #132 CH Highest peaks714 m #50 SG · #1172 CH Highest-lying municipalities441 m #63 SG · #1786 CH Greatest vertical range312 m #43 SG · #971 CH Steepest municipalities6.2° #50 SG · #1363 CH Solar potential42 GWh #41 SG · #431 CH Solar potential per capita8'068 kWh #44 SG · #1451 CH Cheapest electricity27.51 Rp./kWh #13 SG · #1177 CH Most expensive electricity27.51 Rp./kWh #62 SG · #930 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Balgach9436 Heerbrugg9435 Rebstein9445

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Balgach?: Balgach has 3 postal codes: 9435, 9436, 9445.
What is the tax rate in Balgach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Balgach is 61% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Balgach?: A single person without children pays about 10'881 CHF income tax in Balgach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 1 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Balgach have?: Balgach has 5'229 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Balgach?: Balgach has 1'298 foreign residents, a share of 24.82% (2025).

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