What is the postal code of Rorschach?

The postal code of Rorschach is 9400.

What is the tax rate in Rorschach?

The municipal tax multiplier of Rorschach is 129% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Rorschach?

A single person without children pays about 14'642 CHF income tax in Rorschach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 64 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Rorschach have?

Rorschach has 10'389 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Rorschach?

Rorschach has 5'451 foreign residents, a share of 52.47% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rorschach

Rorschach

9400

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'035 48.5%

Men

5'354 51.5%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'844 17.7%

Swiss citizens

4'938 47.5%

Foreign residents

5'451 52.5%

Population density

5'804 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'844 · 17.7%20–64 · 6'635 · 63.9%65+ · 1'910 · 18.4%

Foreign residents 52.5%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +115 (+1.1%) · 97 births · 88 deaths · net migration +110

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 Rorschach

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 Rorschach: 23.6% Yes

33.6% YesNo 66.4%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 32.8% Yes

31.6% YesNo 68.4%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 59.9% Yes

51.7% YesNo 48.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 52.3% Yes

44.6% YesNo 55.4%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 59.2% Yes

70.6% YesNo 29.4%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 43.6% Yes

51.9% YesNo 48.1%

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 Rorschach: 20.5% Yes

30.6% YesNo 69.5%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 44.4% Yes

43.3% YesNo 56.7%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 38.5% Yes

39.7% YesNo 60.3%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 72.9% Yes

71.8% YesNo 28.3%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP25.9% · strongest party

SVP25.9%

SP23.3%

Mitte15.6%

FDP13.8%

GRÜNE10.4%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier129%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

129%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 66 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'642 CHF(14.6%)

Rank 64 of 75 in the canton · 953 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:14'642 CHF(~14.6%)

RorschachCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Rorschach	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.6%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.4%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	10.1%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	11.4%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.5%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	13.5%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	14.6%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	15.6%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	16.4%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	17.1%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	17.9%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	18.5%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	20%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	21.3%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	22.4%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	23.3%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	24.1%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	24.8%	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 1991–202010.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'119 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

470 m

Mean elevation

421 m

Relief

74 m

Mean slope

4.1°

Flat share

70.7%

South-facing

0.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 74 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

33.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

44.2 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

7'500

Per inhabitant

3'249 kWh/yr

34 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

25.84 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.82 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

11.65 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.69 Rp./kWh

25.84 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Technische Betriebe, Stadt Rorschach

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 Rorschach →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

2.15 %

Second homes

12.6 %

Avg. rooms

3.3

Dwellings

5'809

Built before 194644.2%

Built since 200115.9%

2.15 %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

5'194

Workplaces

724

Services share

77.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 0 (0.0%) · Secondary 1'175 (22.6%) · Tertiary 4'019 (77.4%)

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 107 min · Car 77 min

AgglomerationPT 22 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 29/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3215

Websiterorschach.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rorschach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Rorschach ranks

Largest municipalities10'389 #11 SG · #175 CH Growing municipalities1.1% #17 SG · #727 CH Shrinking municipalities1.1% #58 SG · #1380 CH Jobs per resident0.5 #27 SG · #533 CH Families & children17.7% #72 SG · #1711 CH Age structure18.4% #53 SG · #1569 CH Women share48.5% #62 SG · #1709 CH Foreign residents52.5% #2 SG · #7 CH Population density5'804/km² #1 SG · #11 CH Tax burden14'642 #67 SG · #956 CH Taxes129% #66 SG Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #12 SG · #341 CH Sunniest municipalities39.5% #74 SG · #2039 CH Rainiest municipalities1'119 mm #59 SG · #987 CH Voter turnout44.5% #75 SG · #2049 CH Against Switzerland10.9% #70 SG · #1144 CH Aligned with Switzerland89.1% #6 SG · #313 CH SVP strongholds25.9% #73 SG · #1520 CH SP strongholds23.3% #2 SG · #246 CH Centre strongholds15.6% #63 SG · #791 CH FDP strongholds13.8% #40 SG · #951 CH GLP strongholds5.5% #22 SG · #1089 CH Green strongholds10.4% #7 SG · #510 CH Largest by area1.8 km² #75 SG · #2038 CH Highest municipalities404 m #74 SG · #1876 CH Second homes12.6% #25 SG · #825 CH Best-connected municipalities107 min #46 SG · #1813 CH Remotest municipalities107 min #29 SG · #293 CH Highest peaks470 m #73 SG · #1979 CH Highest-lying municipalities421 m #70 SG · #1904 CH Greatest vertical range74 m #73 SG · #1948 CH Steepest municipalities4.1° #66 SG · #1728 CH Solar potential34 GWh #52 SG · #595 CH Solar potential per capita3'249 kWh #75 SG · #2085 CH Cheapest electricity25.84 Rp./kWh #5 SG · #816 CH Most expensive electricity25.84 Rp./kWh #70 SG · #1291 CH

Postal codes (1)

swisstopo

9400

Rorschach

Localities

swisstopo · 1

Rorschach9400

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Rorschach?: The postal code of Rorschach is 9400.
What is the tax rate in Rorschach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Rorschach is 129% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Rorschach?: A single person without children pays about 14'642 CHF income tax in Rorschach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 64 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Rorschach have?: Rorschach has 10'389 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Rorschach?: Rorschach has 5'451 foreign residents, a share of 52.47% (2025).

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