What is the postal code of Gaiserwald?

Gaiserwald has 3 postal codes: 9030, 9032, 9300.

What is the tax rate in Gaiserwald?

The municipal tax multiplier of Gaiserwald is 99% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Gaiserwald?

A single person without children pays about 12'983 CHF income tax in Gaiserwald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 13 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Gaiserwald have?

Gaiserwald has 8'828 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Gaiserwald?

Gaiserwald has 1'432 foreign residents, a share of 16.22% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis St. Gallen

Gaiserwald

9030–9300

SG CANTON9030 9032 9300

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'490 50.9%

Men

4'338 49.1%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'913 21.7%

Swiss citizens

7'396 83.8%

Foreign residents

1'432 16.2%

Population density

699 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'913 · 21.7%20–64 · 4'881 · 55.3%65+ · 2'034 · 23.0%

Foreign residents 16.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +114 (+1.3%) · 73 births · 60 deaths · net migration +91

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 Gaiserwald

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

22.2% YesNo 77.8%

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

26.2% YesNo 73.8%

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

62.6% YesNo 37.4%

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

45.9% YesNo 54.1%

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

62.6% YesNo 37.4%

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

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

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

19.3% YesNo 80.7%

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

36.5% YesNo 63.6%

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

32.3% YesNo 67.7%

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

76.5% YesNo 23.5%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP28.1% · strongest party

SVP28.1%

Mitte23.4%

FDP20.2%

SP9.5%

GRÜNE7.6%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier99%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

99%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 13 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'983 CHF(13%)

Rank 13 of 75 in the canton · 513 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:12'983 CHF(~13%)

GaiserwaldCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Gaiserwald	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.8%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.4%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.9%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.1%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	13.9%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	14.6%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	15.3%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	16.6%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	19.2%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.2%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	21.1%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	21.9%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	22.5%	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 1991–20201'253 mm

9.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

906 m

Mean elevation

707 m

Relief

368 m

Mean slope

8.9°

Flat share

28.1%

South-facing

24.3%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 368 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

52.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

72.3 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'600

Per inhabitant

5'912 kWh/yr

52 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

35.88 Rp./kWh

Energy

20.16 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.09 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.9 Rp./kWh

35.88 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Politische Gemeinde Gaiserwald, 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 1

Standard model, deductible 300577 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

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

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 1 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

1.13 %

Second homes

8.4 %

Avg. rooms

4.2

Dwellings

4'075

Built before 194611.7%

Built since 200123.1%

1.13 %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

2'603

Workplaces

476

Services share

74.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 108 (4.1%) · Secondary 549 (21.1%) · Tertiary 1'946 (74.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

3.4 %

Farmland

582 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 111 min · Car 68 min

AgglomerationPT 20 min · Car 13 min

Remoteness 24/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3442

Websitegaiserwald.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis St. Gallen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Gaiserwald ranks

Largest municipalities8'828 #18 SG · #225 CH Growing municipalities1.3% #14 SG · #626 CH Shrinking municipalities1.3% #62 SG · #1481 CH Jobs per resident0.29 #66 SG · #1337 CH Families & children21.7% #26 SG · #610 CH Age structure23% #12 SG · #675 CH Women share50.9% #6 SG · #453 CH Foreign residents16.2% #53 SG · #1181 CH Population density699/km² #24 SG · #357 CH Tax burden12'983 #15 SG · #515 CH Taxes99% #13 SG Warmest municipalities9.3 °C #37 SG · #1159 CH Sunniest municipalities40.2% #59 SG · #1752 CH Rainiest municipalities1'253 mm #36 SG · #581 CH Voter turnout60.3% #14 SG · #563 CH Against Switzerland9.8% #73 SG · #1234 CH Aligned with Switzerland90.2% #4 SG · #245 CH SVP strongholds28.1% #72 SG · #1396 CH SP strongholds9.5% #42 SG · #1571 CH Centre strongholds23.4% #21 SG · #402 CH FDP strongholds20.2% #2 SG · #437 CH GLP strongholds7.4% #4 SG · #680 CH Green strongholds7.6% #25 SG · #955 CH Largest by area12.6 km² #42 SG · #767 CH Highest municipalities650 m #23 SG · #693 CH Second homes8.4% #60 SG · #1523 CH Organic farming3.4% #64 SG · #1569 CH Best-connected municipalities111 min #52 SG · #1857 CH Remotest municipalities111 min #24 SG · #255 CH Highest peaks906 m #37 SG · #821 CH Highest-lying municipalities707 m #31 SG · #751 CH Greatest vertical range368 m #40 SG · #867 CH Steepest municipalities8.9° #42 SG · #1027 CH Solar potential52 GWh #29 SG · #302 CH Solar potential per capita5'912 kWh #68 SG · #1845 CH Cheapest electricity35.88 Rp./kWh #70 SG · #2088 CH Most expensive electricity35.88 Rp./kWh #5 SG · #19 CH

Postal codes (3)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Abtwil SG9030 Engelburg9032 St. Josefen9030 Wittenbach9300

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Gaiserwald?: Gaiserwald has 3 postal codes: 9030, 9032, 9300.
What is the tax rate in Gaiserwald?: The municipal tax multiplier of Gaiserwald is 99% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Gaiserwald?: A single person without children pays about 12'983 CHF income tax in Gaiserwald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 13 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Gaiserwald have?: Gaiserwald has 8'828 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Gaiserwald?: Gaiserwald has 1'432 foreign residents, a share of 16.22% (2025).

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