What is the postal code of Oberriet?

Oberriet has 4 postal codes: 9436, 9451, 9462, 9463.

What is the tax rate in Oberriet?

The municipal tax multiplier of Oberriet is 95% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Oberriet?

A single person without children pays about 12'762 CHF income tax in Oberriet on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Oberriet have?

Oberriet has 9'417 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Oberriet?

Oberriet has 1'886 foreign residents, a share of 20.03% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

Oberriet

9436–9463

SG CANTON9436 9451 9462 9463

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

4'566 48.5%

Men

4'851 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'990 21.1%

Swiss citizens

7'531 80.0%

Foreign residents

1'886 20.0%

Population density

272 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'990 · 21.1%20–64 · 5'712 · 60.7%65+ · 1'715 · 18.2%

Foreign residents 20.0%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +44 (+0.5%) · 74 births · 76 deaths · net migration +53

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 Oberriet

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

16.7% YesNo 83.3%

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

47.3% YesNo 52.7%

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

67.0% YesNo 33.0%

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

73.5% YesNo 26.5%

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

47.5% YesNo 52.5%

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

32.8% YesNo 67.2%

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

12.1% YesNo 87.9%

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

52.6% YesNo 47.4%

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

48.3% YesNo 51.8%

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

71.6% YesNo 28.4%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP50.2% · strongest party

SVP50.2%

Mitte23.2%

FDP10.6%

SP4.8%

GRÜNE3.7%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

95%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 12 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'762 CHF(12.8%)

Rank 12 of 75 in the canton · 462 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:12'762 CHF(~12.8%)

OberrietCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Oberriet	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	5.7%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.3%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	8.7%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	9.8%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	10.9%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	11.8%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	12.8%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	13.6%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	14.4%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	15%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	15.7%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	16.3%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	17.7%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	18.9%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	19.9%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	20.8%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	21.6%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	22.2%	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 1991–202010.5 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'186 mm

10.5 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

1'301 m

Mean elevation

524 m

Relief

897 m

Mean slope

7.4°

Flat share

63.3%

South-facing

4.9%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 897 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

123.7 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

156.5 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

27'500

Per inhabitant

13'136 kWh/yr

124 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

32.18 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.72 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

14.06 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3 Rp./kWh

32.18 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Politische Gemeinde Oberriet 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 Oberriet →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

2.33 %

Second homes

9.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.3

Dwellings

4'201

Built before 194616.9%

Built since 200132.5%

2.33 %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

5'177

Workplaces

658

Services share

41.2 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 301 (5.8%) · Secondary 2'743 (53.0%) · Tertiary 2'133 (41.2%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

2.3 %

Farmland

1'841 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 144 min · Car 88 min

AgglomerationPT 18 min · Car 10 min

Remoteness 2/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3254

Websiteoberriet.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Oberriet ranks

Largest municipalities9'417 #16 SG · #203 CH Growing municipalities0.5% #40 SG · #1120 CH Shrinking municipalities0.5% #36 SG · #991 CH Jobs per resident0.55 #19 SG · #429 CH Families & children21.1% #38 SG · #783 CH Age structure18.2% #55 SG · #1610 CH Women share48.5% #64 SG · #1711 CH Foreign residents20% #43 SG · #862 CH Population density272/km² #41 SG · #835 CH Tax burden12'762 #12 SG · #462 CH Taxes95% #12 SG Warmest municipalities10.5 °C #3 SG · #218 CH Sunniest municipalities42.6% #35 SG · #1048 CH Rainiest municipalities1'186 mm #43 SG · #726 CH Voter turnout55.9% #36 SG · #1099 CH Against Switzerland29.4% #8 SG · #79 CH Aligned with Switzerland70.6% #64 SG · #1374 CH SVP strongholds50.2% #3 SG · #234 CH SP strongholds4.8% #73 SG · #1948 CH Centre strongholds23.2% #23 SG · #407 CH FDP strongholds10.6% #70 SG · #1317 CH GLP strongholds3.5% #63 SG · #1492 CH Green strongholds3.7% #71 SG · #1780 CH Largest by area34.6 km² #21 SG · #267 CH Highest municipalities421 m #61 SG · #1770 CH Second homes9.6% #47 SG · #1285 CH Organic farming2.3% #67 SG · #1587 CH Best-connected municipalities144 min #74 SG · #2035 CH Remotest municipalities144 min #2 SG · #76 CH Highest peaks1'301 m #27 SG · #550 CH Highest-lying municipalities524 m #55 SG · #1328 CH Greatest vertical range897 m #24 SG · #469 CH Steepest municipalities7.4° #45 SG · #1182 CH Solar potential124 GWh #6 SG · #49 CH Solar potential per capita13'136 kWh #9 SG · #608 CH Cheapest electricity32.18 Rp./kWh #52 SG · #2006 CH Most expensive electricity32.18 Rp./kWh #23 SG · #101 CH

Postal codes (4)

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Localities

swisstopo · 4

Balgach9436 Kriessern9451 Montlingen9462 Oberriet SG9463

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Oberriet?: Oberriet has 4 postal codes: 9436, 9451, 9462, 9463.
What is the tax rate in Oberriet?: The municipal tax multiplier of Oberriet is 95% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Oberriet?: A single person without children pays about 12'762 CHF income tax in Oberriet on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 12 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Oberriet have?: Oberriet has 9'417 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Oberriet?: Oberriet has 1'886 foreign residents, a share of 20.03% (2025).

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