What is the postal code of Flawil?

Flawil has 4 postal codes: 9113, 9200, 9230, 9231.

What is the tax rate in Flawil?

The municipal tax multiplier of Flawil is 127% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Flawil?

A single person without children pays about 14'531 CHF income tax in Flawil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Flawil have?

Flawil has 10'672 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Flawil?

Flawil has 3'259 foreign residents, a share of 30.54% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Wil

Flawil

9113–9231

SG CANTON9113 9200 9230 9231

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'286 49.5%

Men

5'386 50.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'268 21.3%

Swiss citizens

7'413 69.5%

Foreign residents

3'259 30.5%

Population density

930 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'268 · 21.3%20–64 · 6'237 · 58.4%65+ · 2'167 · 20.3%

Foreign residents 30.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +40 (+0.4%) · 105 births · 95 deaths · net migration +28

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 Flawil

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 Wil: 23.1% Yes

24.2% YesNo 75.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 34.2% Yes

31.5% YesNo 68.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 61.0% Yes

58.2% YesNo 41.8%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 53.0% Yes

49.6% YesNo 50.4%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 59.3% Yes

60.7% YesNo 39.3%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 42.7% Yes

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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 Wil: 20.2% Yes

23.6% YesNo 76.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 43.1% Yes

38.0% YesNo 62.0%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 38.0% Yes

36.2% YesNo 63.8%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Wil: 73.9% Yes

75.3% YesNo 24.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP30.1% · strongest party

SVP30.1%

Mitte17.6%

FDP15.7%

SP14.5%

GRÜNE11.8%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier127%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

127%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 63 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'531 CHF(14.5%)

Rank 63 of 75 in the canton · 933 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:14'531 CHF(~14.5%)

FlawilCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Flawil	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.5%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.4%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	10%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	11.3%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.4%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	13.4%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	14.5%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	15.5%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.3%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	17%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	17.7%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	18.4%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	19.9%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	21.1%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	22.2%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	23.2%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	24%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	24.6%	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 1991–20208.9 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'181 mm

8.9 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

814 m

Mean elevation

665 m

Relief

272 m

Mean slope

8.8°

Flat share

34.4%

South-facing

7.6%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 272 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

64.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

87.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

14'300

Per inhabitant

6'021 kWh/yr

64 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

28.18 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.78 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.92 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.2 Rp./kWh

28.18 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Technische Betriebe Flawil (TBF)

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 Flawil →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

1.29 %

Second homes

9.1 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

5'122

Built before 194627.0%

Built since 200118.5%

1.29 %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

3'954

Workplaces

573

Services share

57.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 90 (2.3%) · Secondary 1'607 (40.6%) · Tertiary 2'257 (57.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

14.8 %

Farmland

500 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 86 min · Car 66 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 60/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3402

Websiteflawil.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Wil

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Flawil ranks

Largest municipalities10'672 #8 SG · #166 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #47 SG · #1181 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #29 SG · #927 CH Jobs per resident0.37 #51 SG · #961 CH Families & children21.3% #35 SG · #724 CH Age structure20.3% #30 SG · #1180 CH Women share49.5% #33 SG · #1276 CH Foreign residents30.5% #18 SG · #294 CH Population density930/km² #13 SG · #254 CH Tax burden14'531 #63 SG · #933 CH Taxes127% #63 SG Warmest municipalities8.9 °C #49 SG · #1431 CH Sunniest municipalities41.4% #42 SG · #1254 CH Rainiest municipalities1'181 mm #45 SG · #738 CH Voter turnout53.2% #60 SG · #1454 CH Against Switzerland11.8% #69 SG · #1123 CH Aligned with Switzerland88.2% #8 SG · #347 CH SVP strongholds30.1% #68 SG · #1264 CH SP strongholds14.5% #8 SG · #999 CH Centre strongholds17.6% #56 SG · #664 CH FDP strongholds15.7% #24 SG · #762 CH GLP strongholds5.5% #25 SG · #1092 CH Green strongholds11.8% #4 SG · #370 CH Largest by area11.5 km² #44 SG · #855 CH Highest municipalities684 m #19 SG · #627 CH Second homes9.1% #53 SG · #1382 CH Organic farming14.8% #23 SG · #886 CH Best-connected municipalities86 min #16 SG · #1482 CH Remotest municipalities86 min #60 SG · #633 CH Highest peaks814 m #44 SG · #963 CH Highest-lying municipalities665 m #35 SG · #840 CH Greatest vertical range272 m #48 SG · #1072 CH Steepest municipalities8.8° #43 SG · #1039 CH Solar potential64 GWh #17 SG · #205 CH Solar potential per capita6'021 kWh #67 SG · #1833 CH Cheapest electricity28.18 Rp./kWh #17 SG · #1372 CH Most expensive electricity28.18 Rp./kWh #58 SG · #735 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Degersheim9113 Egg (Flawil)9231 Flawil9230 Gossau SG9200

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Flawil?: Flawil has 4 postal codes: 9113, 9200, 9230, 9231.
What is the tax rate in Flawil?: The municipal tax multiplier of Flawil is 127% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Flawil?: A single person without children pays about 14'531 CHF income tax in Flawil on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 63 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Flawil have?: Flawil has 10'672 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Flawil?: Flawil has 3'259 foreign residents, a share of 30.54% (2025).

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