What is the postal code of St. Margrethen?

St. Margrethen has 3 postal codes: 9424, 9428, 9430.

What is the tax rate in St. Margrethen?

The municipal tax multiplier of St. Margrethen is 109% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in St. Margrethen?

A single person without children pays about 13'536 CHF income tax in St. Margrethen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does St. Margrethen have?

St. Margrethen has 6'731 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in St. Margrethen?

St. Margrethen has 3'541 foreign residents, a share of 52.61% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rheintal

St. Margrethen

9424–9430

SG CANTON9424 9428 9430

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

3'184 47.3%

Men

3'547 52.7%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'393 20.7%

Swiss citizens

3'190 47.4%

Foreign residents

3'541 52.6%

Population density

980 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'393 · 20.7%20–64 · 4'178 · 62.1%65+ · 1'160 · 17.2%

Foreign residents 52.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +13 (+0.2%) · 65 births · 52 deaths · net migration +5

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 St. Margrethen

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

21.1% YesNo 78.9%

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

41.5% YesNo 58.5%

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

63.7% YesNo 36.3%

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

61.7% YesNo 38.3%

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

49.5% YesNo 50.5%

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

42.7% YesNo 57.3%

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

16.4% YesNo 83.6%

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

55.4% YesNo 44.7%

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

49.2% YesNo 50.8%

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

67.4% YesNo 32.6%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP43.1% · strongest party

SVP43.1%

FDP16.2%

Mitte15.5%

SP11.9%

GRÜNE4.9%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier109%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

109%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 27 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

13'536 CHF(13.5%)

Rank 27 of 75 in the canton · 700 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:13'536 CHF(~13.5%)

St. MargrethenCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	St. Margrethen	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.1%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	7.8%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.3%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.5%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	11.5%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	12.5%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	13.5%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	14.4%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.2%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	15.9%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	16.6%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.2%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	18.6%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	19.9%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	20.9%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	21.9%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	22.6%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	23.3%	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 1991–20201'149 mm

10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

622 m

Mean elevation

443 m

Relief

227 m

Mean slope

8.9°

Flat share

52.4%

South-facing

1.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 227 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

54.1 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

68.6 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'000

Per inhabitant

8'037 kWh/yr

54 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

26.6 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.06 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

9.11 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.78 Rp./kWh

26.6 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Technische Betriebe, Politische Gemeinde St. Margrethen

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 St. Margrethen →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

2.17 %

Second homes

11.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.7

Dwellings

3'178

Built before 194622.7%

Built since 200122.5%

2.17 %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

4'559

Workplaces

482

Services share

46.4 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 41 (0.9%) · Secondary 2'404 (52.7%) · Tertiary 2'114 (46.4%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

8.3 %

Farmland

228 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 109 min · Car 81 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 18 min

Remoteness 28/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3236

Websitestmargrethen.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rheintal

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where St. Margrethen ranks

Largest municipalities6'731 #27 SG · #301 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #52 SG · #1294 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #24 SG · #817 CH Jobs per resident0.68 #7 SG · #238 CH Families & children20.7% #44 SG · #914 CH Age structure17.2% #67 SG · #1743 CH Women share47.3% #72 SG · #1976 CH Foreign residents52.6% #1 SG · #6 CH Population density980/km² #11 SG · #230 CH Tax burden13'536 #28 SG · #701 CH Taxes109% #27 SG Warmest municipalities10.2 °C #14 SG · #343 CH Sunniest municipalities41.3% #44 SG · #1288 CH Rainiest municipalities1'149 mm #51 SG · #839 CH Voter turnout46% #74 SG · #2004 CH Against Switzerland24.5% #21 SG · #257 CH Aligned with Switzerland75.5% #50 SG · #1194 CH SVP strongholds43.1% #16 SG · #493 CH SP strongholds11.9% #19 SG · #1303 CH Centre strongholds15.5% #64 SG · #799 CH FDP strongholds16.2% #17 SG · #722 CH GLP strongholds2.9% #71 SG · #1604 CH Green strongholds4.9% #62 SG · #1562 CH Largest by area6.9 km² #58 SG · #1283 CH Highest municipalities408 m #69 SG · #1855 CH Second homes11.7% #32 SG · #935 CH Organic farming8.3% #49 SG · #1349 CH Best-connected municipalities109 min #48 SG · #1836 CH Remotest municipalities109 min #28 SG · #273 CH Highest peaks622 m #60 SG · #1453 CH Highest-lying municipalities443 m #61 SG · #1765 CH Greatest vertical range227 m #54 SG · #1237 CH Steepest municipalities8.9° #40 SG · #1025 CH Solar potential54 GWh #25 SG · #281 CH Solar potential per capita8'037 kWh #45 SG · #1457 CH Cheapest electricity26.6 Rp./kWh #7 SG · #1064 CH Most expensive electricity26.6 Rp./kWh #68 SG · #1043 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Rheineck9424 St. Margrethen SG9430 Walzenhausen9428

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of St. Margrethen?: St. Margrethen has 3 postal codes: 9424, 9428, 9430.
What is the tax rate in St. Margrethen?: The municipal tax multiplier of St. Margrethen is 109% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in St. Margrethen?: A single person without children pays about 13'536 CHF income tax in St. Margrethen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 27 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does St. Margrethen have?: St. Margrethen has 6'731 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in St. Margrethen?: St. Margrethen has 3'541 foreign residents, a share of 52.61% (2025).

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