What is the postal code of Marbach?

The postal code of Marbach is 9437.

What is the tax rate in Marbach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Marbach is 102% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Marbach?

A single person without children pays about 13'149 CHF income tax in Marbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 19 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Marbach have?

Marbach has 2'147 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Marbach?

Marbach has 454 foreign residents, a share of 21.15% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

Marbach

9437

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'077 50.2%

Men

1'070 49.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

440 20.5%

Swiss citizens

1'693 78.9%

Foreign residents

454 21.2%

Population density

490 pop./km²

0–19 · 440 · 20.5%20–64 · 1'294 · 60.3%65+ · 413 · 19.2%

Foreign residents 21.2%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −22 (−1%) · 21 births · 13 deaths · net migration −30

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 Marbach

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

25.2% YesNo 74.8%

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

37.1% YesNo 62.9%

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

60.6% YesNo 39.5%

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

56.1% YesNo 43.9%

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

59.2% YesNo 40.8%

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

32.9% YesNo 67.1%

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

19.5% YesNo 80.5%

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

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

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

42.4% YesNo 57.6%

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

70.9% YesNo 29.1%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP37.3% · strongest party

SVP37.3%

Mitte20.0%

FDP12.6%

GRÜNE11.2%

SP10.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier102%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

102%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 19 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'149 CHF(13.1%)

Rank 19 of 75 in the canton · 570 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:13'149 CHF(~13.1%)

MarbachCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Marbach	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.9%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.5%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.2%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.2%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.1%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.1%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	14.8%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	15.5%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16.2%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	16.8%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18.2%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	19.4%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.4%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	21.4%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	22.1%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	22.8%	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 1991–20208.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'469 mm

8.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

599 m

Mean elevation

429 m

Relief

193 m

Mean slope

3.2°

Flat share

80.6%

South-facing

16.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 193 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

22.4 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

29.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'000

Per inhabitant

10'419 kWh/yr

22 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

32.45 Rp./kWh

Energy

12 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.38 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

4.07 Rp./kWh

32.45 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Politische Gemeinde Marbach SG, 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 Marbach →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

0.1 %

Second homes

9.3 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

1'017

Built before 194625.8%

Built since 200136.1%

0.1 %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

719

Workplaces

152

Services share

60.6 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 102 (14.2%) · Secondary 181 (25.2%) · Tertiary 436 (60.6%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.9 %

Farmland

348 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 142 min · Car 98 min

AgglomerationPT 17 min · Car 11 min

Remoteness 5/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3253

Websitemarbach.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Marbach ranks

Largest municipalities2'147 #63 SG · #930 CH Growing municipalities-1% #70 SG · #1813 CH Shrinking municipalities-1% #6 SG · #297 CH Jobs per resident0.33 #61 SG · #1136 CH Families & children20.5% #46 SG · #978 CH Age structure19.2% #42 SG · #1394 CH Women share50.2% #17 SG · #804 CH Foreign residents21.2% #36 SG · #770 CH Population density490/km² #29 SG · #517 CH Tax burden13'149 #19 SG · #570 CH Taxes102% #19 SG Warmest municipalities8.4 °C #55 SG · #1612 CH Sunniest municipalities41.5% #40 SG · #1227 CH Rainiest municipalities1'469 mm #22 SG · #277 CH Voter turnout53.6% #54 SG · #1408 CH Against Switzerland15.7% #49 SG · #850 CH Aligned with Switzerland84.3% #29 SG · #592 CH SVP strongholds37.3% #42 SG · #817 CH SP strongholds10.1% #32 SG · #1513 CH Centre strongholds20% #40 SG · #526 CH FDP strongholds12.6% #48 SG · #1078 CH GLP strongholds4.8% #44 SG · #1247 CH Green strongholds11.2% #5 SG · #427 CH Largest by area4.4 km² #68 SG · #1644 CH Highest municipalities427 m #58 SG · #1729 CH Second homes9.3% #52 SG · #1355 CH Organic farming5.9% #53 SG · #1486 CH Best-connected municipalities142 min #72 SG · #2031 CH Remotest municipalities142 min #5 SG · #83 CH Highest peaks599 m #64 SG · #1551 CH Highest-lying municipalities429 m #69 SG · #1875 CH Greatest vertical range193 m #60 SG · #1403 CH Steepest municipalities3.2° #72 SG · #1879 CH Solar potential22 GWh #63 SG · #931 CH Solar potential per capita10'419 kWh #19 SG · #998 CH Cheapest electricity32.45 Rp./kWh #53 SG · #2015 CH Most expensive electricity32.45 Rp./kWh #22 SG · #92 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

9437

Marbach SG

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Marbach SG9437

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Marbach?: The postal code of Marbach is 9437.
What is the tax rate in Marbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Marbach is 102% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Marbach?: A single person without children pays about 13'149 CHF income tax in Marbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 19 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Marbach have?: Marbach has 2'147 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Marbach?: Marbach has 454 foreign residents, a share of 21.15% (2025).

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