What is the postal code of Quarten?

Quarten has 8 postal codes: 8877, 8878, 8882, 8883, 8884, 8885, 8896, 8898.

What is the tax rate in Quarten?

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

How much tax do you pay in Quarten?

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

How many residents does Quarten have?

Quarten has 3'118 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Quarten?

Quarten has 641 foreign residents, a share of 20.56% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Sarganserland

Quarten

8877–8898

SG CANTON8877 8878 8882 8883+4 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'554 49.8%

Men

1'564 50.2%

Children & youth (0–19)

550 17.6%

Swiss citizens

2'477 79.4%

Foreign residents

641 20.6%

Population density

43 pop./km²

0–19 · 550 · 17.6%20–64 · 1'852 · 59.4%65+ · 716 · 23.0%

Foreign residents 20.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +13 (+0.4%) · 31 births · 34 deaths · net migration +17

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 Quarten

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 Sarganserland: 21.8% Yes

20.3% YesNo 79.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 37.3% Yes

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 60.3% Yes

60.3% YesNo 39.7%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 61.4% Yes

67.7% YesNo 32.3%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 50.0% Yes

49.1% YesNo 50.9%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 40.5% Yes

42.0% YesNo 58.0%

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 Sarganserland: 19.8% Yes

16.9% YesNo 83.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 45.4% Yes

50.9% YesNo 49.2%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 43.6% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Sarganserland: 71.5% Yes

67.7% YesNo 32.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP44.3% · strongest party

SVP44.3%

Mitte25.9%

FDP11.3%

SP6.3%

GRÜNE4.7%

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 20 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%)

QuartenCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Quarten	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 1991–20206.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20202'006 mm

6.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'510 m

Mean elevation

1'206 m

Relief

2'090 m

Mean slope

24.4°

Flat share

17.8%

South-facing

11.5%

Above 2000 m

11.9%

Relief 2'090 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

23.2 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

30.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

5'100

Per inhabitant

7'428 kWh/yr

23 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 range H4

32.49–36.15 Rp./kWh

34.32 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators Elektrizitätswerk, Ortsgemeinde Quarten · Murg Flums Energie

This municipality is served by 2 network operators with different tariffs; the range spans the cheapest and the most expensive.

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 Quarten →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

1.2 %

Second homes

40.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

2'331

Built before 194626.0%

Built since 200122.5%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

1.2 %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

1'329

Workplaces

251

Services share

74.3 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 115 (8.7%) · Secondary 226 (17.0%) · Tertiary 988 (74.3%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.1 %

Farmland

608 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 80 min · Car 58 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 23 min

Remoteness 67/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3295

Websitequarten.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Sarganserland

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Quarten ranks

Largest municipalities3'118 #57 SG · #702 CH Growing municipalities0.4% #44 SG · #1153 CH Shrinking municipalities0.4% #33 SG · #957 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #38 SG · #735 CH Families & children17.6% #73 SG · #1731 CH Age structure23% #11 SG · #674 CH Women share49.8% #26 SG · #1075 CH Foreign residents20.6% #38 SG · #813 CH Population density43/km² #71 SG · #1819 CH Tax burden13'149 #20 SG · #571 CH Taxes102% #20 SG Warmest municipalities6.2 °C #69 SG · #1927 CH Sunniest municipalities46% #9 SG · #560 CH Rainiest municipalities2'006 mm #7 SG · #23 CH Voter turnout57% #30 SG · #951 CH Against Switzerland30.4% #6 SG · #62 CH Aligned with Switzerland69.6% #69 SG · #1398 CH SVP strongholds44.3% #14 SG · #437 CH SP strongholds6.3% #64 SG · #1852 CH Centre strongholds25.9% #10 SG · #336 CH FDP strongholds11.3% #65 SG · #1234 CH GLP strongholds4.6% #47 SG · #1288 CH Green strongholds4.7% #63 SG · #1599 CH Largest by area73.2 km² #7 SG · #106 CH Highest municipalities1'420 m #2 SG · #105 CH Second homes40.6% #4 SG · #206 CH Organic farming8.1% #50 SG · #1362 CH Best-connected municipalities80 min #9 SG · #1350 CH Remotest municipalities80 min #67 SG · #762 CH Highest peaks2'510 m #6 SG · #237 CH Highest-lying municipalities1'206 m #7 SG · #300 CH Greatest vertical range2'090 m #5 SG · #176 CH Steepest municipalities24.4° #4 SG · #276 CH Solar potential23 GWh #62 SG · #902 CH Solar potential per capita7'428 kWh #51 SG · #1589 CH Cheapest electricity34.32 Rp./kWh #63 SG · #2069 CH Most expensive electricity34.32 Rp./kWh #12 SG · #38 CH

Postal codes (8)

swisstopo

Flumserberg Tannenbodenalp

Localities

swisstopo · 8

Flumserberg Bergheim8896 Flumserberg Tannenbodenalp8898 Mols8885 Murg8877 Oberterzen8884 Quarten8883 Quinten8878 Unterterzen8882

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Quarten?: Quarten has 8 postal codes: 8877, 8878, 8882, 8883, 8884, 8885, 8896, 8898.
What is the tax rate in Quarten?: The municipal tax multiplier of Quarten is 102% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Quarten?: A single person without children pays about 13'149 CHF income tax in Quarten on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 19 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Quarten have?: Quarten has 3'118 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Quarten?: Quarten has 641 foreign residents, a share of 20.56% (2025).

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