What is the postal code of Berneck?

Berneck has 4 postal codes: 9411, 9434, 9435, 9442.

What is the tax rate in Berneck?

The municipal tax multiplier of Berneck is 92% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Berneck?

A single person without children pays about 12'596 CHF income tax in Berneck on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Berneck have?

Berneck has 4'026 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Berneck?

Berneck has 814 foreign residents, a share of 20.22% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

Berneck

9411–9442

SG CANTON9411 9434 9435 9442

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

2'008 49.9%

Men

2'018 50.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

820 20.4%

Swiss citizens

3'212 79.8%

Foreign residents

814 20.2%

Population density

716 pop./km²

0–19 · 820 · 20.4%20–64 · 2'342 · 58.2%65+ · 864 · 21.5%

Foreign residents 20.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +18 (+0.5%) · 34 births · 21 deaths · net migration +8

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 Berneck

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

23.6% YesNo 76.5%

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

37.2% YesNo 62.8%

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

62.5% YesNo 37.5%

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

53.9% YesNo 46.1%

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

57.8% YesNo 42.2%

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

39.9% YesNo 60.1%

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

20.3% YesNo 79.7%

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

42.8% YesNo 57.2%

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

38.8% YesNo 61.2%

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

76.6% YesNo 23.4%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.1% · strongest party

SVP37.1%

Mitte16.5%

FDP15.0%

SP10.5%

GRÜNE7.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier92%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

92%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 10 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'596 CHF(12.6%)

Rank 10 of 75 in the canton · 413 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:12'596 CHF(~12.6%)

BerneckCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Berneck	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.6%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.2%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.6%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	9.7%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	10.7%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	11.6%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	12.6%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	13.5%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	14.2%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	14.8%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	15.5%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	16.1%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	17.5%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	18.7%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.7%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	20.6%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	21.4%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	22%	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 1991–202010.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'131 mm

10.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

711 m

Mean elevation

488 m

Relief

310 m

Mean slope

13.9°

Flat share

32.8%

South-facing

27.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 310 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

35.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

46.4 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'800

Per inhabitant

8'736 kWh/yr

35 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

27.29 Rp./kWh

Energy

11.08 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.09 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.11 Rp./kWh

27.29 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Elektra Berneck, 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 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 Berneck →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

0.93 %

Second homes

10.7 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

1'945

Built before 194628.6%

Built since 200127.7%

0.93 %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

2'440

Workplaces

289

Services share

53.5 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 77 (3.2%) · Secondary 1'058 (43.4%) · Tertiary 1'305 (53.5%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.3 %

Farmland

239 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 136 min · Car 84 min

AgglomerationPT 30 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 7/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3233

Websiteberneck.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Berneck ranks

Largest municipalities4'026 #47 SG · #549 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #41 SG · #1133 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #35 SG · #978 CH Jobs per resident0.61 #13 SG · #333 CH Families & children20.4% #48 SG · #1010 CH Age structure21.5% #23 SG · #955 CH Women share49.9% #24 SG · #1014 CH Foreign residents20.2% #40 SG · #839 CH Population density716/km² #22 SG · #348 CH Tax burden12'596 #11 SG · #414 CH Taxes92% #10 SG Warmest municipalities10.4 °C #6 SG · #244 CH Sunniest municipalities41% #51 SG · #1422 CH Rainiest municipalities1'131 mm #55 SG · #920 CH Voter turnout54% #48 SG · #1361 CH Against Switzerland16.7% #43 SG · #780 CH Aligned with Switzerland83.3% #30 SG · #671 CH SVP strongholds37.1% #43 SG · #832 CH SP strongholds10.5% #30 SG · #1467 CH Centre strongholds16.5% #59 SG · #728 CH FDP strongholds15% #29 SG · #823 CH GLP strongholds6% #15 SG · #975 CH Green strongholds7.7% #22 SG · #932 CH Largest by area5.6 km² #63 SG · #1456 CH Highest municipalities427 m #57 SG · #1728 CH Second homes10.7% #36 SG · #1103 CH Organic farming5.3% #57 SG · #1520 CH Best-connected municipalities136 min #69 SG · #2011 CH Remotest municipalities136 min #7 SG · #99 CH Highest peaks711 m #51 SG · #1180 CH Highest-lying municipalities488 m #58 SG · #1492 CH Greatest vertical range310 m #44 SG · #975 CH Steepest municipalities13.9° #28 SG · #630 CH Solar potential35 GWh #49 SG · #558 CH Solar potential per capita8'736 kWh #36 SG · #1311 CH Cheapest electricity27.29 Rp./kWh #10 SG · #1153 CH Most expensive electricity27.29 Rp./kWh #65 SG · #954 CH

Postal codes (4)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 5

Au SG9434 Berneck9442 Büriswilen9442 Heerbrugg9435 Reute AR9411

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Berneck?: Berneck has 4 postal codes: 9411, 9434, 9435, 9442.
What is the tax rate in Berneck?: The municipal tax multiplier of Berneck is 92% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Berneck?: A single person without children pays about 12'596 CHF income tax in Berneck on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 10 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Berneck have?: Berneck has 4'026 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Berneck?: Berneck has 814 foreign residents, a share of 20.22% (2025).

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