What is the postal code of Sennwald?

Sennwald has 6 postal codes: 9465, 9466, 9467, 9468, 9469, 9473.

What is the tax rate in Sennwald?

The municipal tax multiplier of Sennwald is 70% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Sennwald?

A single person without children pays about 11'379 CHF income tax in Sennwald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Sennwald have?

Sennwald has 6'428 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Sennwald?

Sennwald has 2'360 foreign residents, a share of 36.71% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Werdenberg

Sennwald

9465–9473

SG CANTON9465 9466 9467 9468+2 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'037 47.2%

Men

3'391 52.8%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'166 18.1%

Swiss citizens

4'068 63.3%

Foreign residents

2'360 36.7%

Population density

155 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'166 · 18.1%20–64 · 4'161 · 64.7%65+ · 1'101 · 17.1%

Foreign residents 36.7%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +96 (+1.5%) · 54 births · 46 deaths · net migration +93

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 Sennwald

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 Werdenberg: 22.2% Yes

18.5% YesNo 81.5%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 37.1% Yes

42.0% YesNo 58.0%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 58.8% Yes

60.8% YesNo 39.3%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 57.4% Yes

65.3% YesNo 34.7%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 52.9% Yes

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 40.8% Yes

39.4% YesNo 60.7%

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 Werdenberg: 21.3% Yes

16.5% YesNo 83.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 46.2% Yes

51.1% YesNo 48.9%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 42.8% Yes

46.5% YesNo 53.5%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Werdenberg: 72.1% Yes

70.7% YesNo 29.3%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP45.5% · strongest party

SVP45.5%

FDP14.5%

Mitte14.3%

SP9.6%

GLP5.3%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier70%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

70%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 3 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

11'379 CHF(11.4%)

Rank 3 of 75 in the canton · 175 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:11'379 CHF(~11.4%)

SennwaldCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Sennwald	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	5%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	6.4%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	7.7%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	8.7%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	9.6%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	10.5%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	11.4%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	12.2%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	12.9%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	13.5%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	14.1%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	14.7%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	16%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	17.1%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	18.1%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	19%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	19.7%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	20.4%	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 1991–20206.3 °C

Territorial mean (incl. peaks)9.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20202'042 mm

6.3 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

2'149 m

Mean elevation

722 m

Relief

1'721 m

Mean slope

15.3°

Flat share

48.6%

South-facing

22.6%

Above 2000 m

0.8%

Relief 1'721 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

90.3 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

114.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

20'100

Per inhabitant

14'045 kWh/yr

90 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

29.71–30.08 Rp./kWh

29.89 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators St. Gallisch-Appenzellische Kraftwerke AG · Elektrizitätswerk Sennwald Genossenschaft

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 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 Sennwald →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

1.05 %

Second homes

10.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

3'149

Built before 194619.6%

Built since 200133.5%

1.05 %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

4'614

Workplaces

418

Services share

32.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 199 (4.3%) · Secondary 2'920 (63.3%) · Tertiary 1'495 (32.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.9 %

Farmland

1'501 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 129 min · Car 83 min

AgglomerationPT 21 min · Car 15 min

Remoteness 12/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3274

Websitesennwald.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Werdenberg

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Sennwald ranks

Largest municipalities6'428 #30 SG · #319 CH Growing municipalities1.5% #9 SG · #529 CH Shrinking municipalities1.5% #67 SG · #1583 CH Jobs per resident0.72 #4 SG · #212 CH Families & children18.1% #69 SG · #1654 CH Age structure17.1% #69 SG · #1760 CH Women share47.2% #73 SG · #1988 CH Foreign residents36.7% #6 SG · #124 CH Population density155/km² #56 SG · #1204 CH Tax burden11'379 #3 SG · #175 CH Taxes70% #3 SG Warmest municipalities6.3 °C #68 SG · #1918 CH Sunniest municipalities45.1% #15 SG · #650 CH Rainiest municipalities2'042 mm #6 SG · #18 CH Voter turnout51.3% #67 SG · #1665 CH Against Switzerland22.5% #30 SG · #357 CH Aligned with Switzerland77.5% #47 SG · #1093 CH SVP strongholds45.5% #9 SG · #377 CH SP strongholds9.6% #40 SG · #1561 CH Centre strongholds14.3% #69 SG · #878 CH FDP strongholds14.5% #34 SG · #874 CH GLP strongholds5.3% #30 SG · #1132 CH Green strongholds4.5% #65 SG · #1635 CH Largest by area41.6 km² #17 SG · #218 CH Highest municipalities446 m #54 SG · #1563 CH Second homes10.7% #37 SG · #1104 CH Organic farming10.9% #37 SG · #1169 CH Best-connected municipalities129 min #66 SG · #1979 CH Remotest municipalities129 min #12 SG · #134 CH Highest peaks2'149 m #13 SG · #324 CH Highest-lying municipalities722 m #28 SG · #718 CH Greatest vertical range1'721 m #12 SG · #276 CH Steepest municipalities15.3° #22 SG · #572 CH Solar potential90 GWh #10 SG · #110 CH Solar potential per capita14'045 kWh #7 SG · #525 CH Cheapest electricity29.89 Rp./kWh #35 SG · #1795 CH Most expensive electricity29.89 Rp./kWh #40 SG · #312 CH

Postal codes (6)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 6

Frümsen9467 Gams9473 Haag (Rheintal)9469 Salez9465 Sax9468 Sennwald9466

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Sennwald?: Sennwald has 6 postal codes: 9465, 9466, 9467, 9468, 9469, 9473.
What is the tax rate in Sennwald?: The municipal tax multiplier of Sennwald is 70% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Sennwald?: A single person without children pays about 11'379 CHF income tax in Sennwald on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 3 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Sennwald have?: Sennwald has 6'428 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Sennwald?: Sennwald has 2'360 foreign residents, a share of 36.71% (2025).

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