Demographics
BFS · 2025Women
3'502 48.5%
Men
3'715 51.5%
Children & youth (0–19)
1'358 18.8%
Swiss citizens
5'423 75.1%
Foreign residents
1'794 24.9%
Population density
745 pop./km²
0–19 · 1'358 · 18.8%20–64 · 4'320 · 59.9%65+ · 1'539 · 21.3%
Foreign residents 24.9%0%64.0%
Population change 2025: +80 (+1.1%) · 77 births · 56 deaths · net migration +62
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
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
23.0% YesNo 77.0%
27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 32.8% Yes
38.4% YesNo 61.7%
14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 59.9% Yes
61.3% YesNo 38.7%
14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 52.3% Yes
59.1% YesNo 41.0%
14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 59.2% Yes
53.8% YesNo 46.2%
08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 43.6% Yes
37.8% YesNo 62.2%
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 Rorschach: 20.5% Yes
19.1% YesNo 81.0%
08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 44.4% Yes
48.0% YesNo 52.0%
08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis Rorschach: 38.5% Yes
42.0% YesNo 58.0%
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
69.8% YesNo 30.2%
Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026
Politics
National Council election 2023SVP42.5% · strongest party
SVP42.5%
Mitte14.4%
FDP12.8%
SP11.0%
GRÜNE6.5%
sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026
Taxes 2026
ESTVMunicipal tax multiplier89%
Cantonal tax multiplier105%
89%SG range 61%155%
Tax rank 9 of 75 in canton St. GallenTax burden
Single, 100'000 CHF gross income
12'430 CHF(12.4%)
Rank 9 of 75 in the canton · 384 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
100'000 CHF:12'430 CHF(~12.4%)
ThalCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median
Show data table
| Gross income | Thal | St. Gallen | Switzerland median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40'000 | 5.5% | 4.8–7.3% | 5.4% |
| 50'000 | 7.1% | 6.1–9.3% | 7.8% |
| 60'000 | 8.5% | 7.4–11.2% | 10.5% |
| 70'000 | 9.6% | 8.3–12.5% | 11.9% |
| 80'000 | 10.6% | 9.2–13.8% | 13.1% |
| 90'000 | 11.4% | 10–14.9% | 14.1% |
| 100'000 | 12.4% | 10.9–16.1% | 15.3% |
| 110'000 | 13.3% | 11.7–17.1% | 16.3% |
| 120'000 | 14% | 12.3–18% | 17.2% |
| 130'000 | 14.7% | 12.9–18.7% | 18.1% |
| 140'000 | 15.3% | 13.6–19.5% | 19% |
| 150'000 | 15.9% | 14.1–20.2% | 19.7% |
| 175'000 | 17.3% | 15.4–21.8% | 21.6% |
| 200'000 | 18.5% | 16.5–23.1% | 23.2% |
| 225'000 | 19.5% | 17.5–24.2% | 24.6% |
| 250'000 | 20.4% | 18.4–25.2% | 25.8% |
| 275'000 | 21.2% | 19.1–26.1% | 26.8% |
| 300'000 | 21.8% | 19.7–26.7% | 27.4% |
2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026
Climate
MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020Annual mean temperature 1991–202010.2 °C
Precipitation 1991–20201'133 mm
10.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°
1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026
Terrain
swisstopo · DHM 40 mHighest point
657 m
Mean elevation
432 m
Relief
270 m
Mean slope
6.1°
Flat share
59.6%
South-facing
5.3%
Above 2000 m
0.0%
Relief 270 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
Roof potential
71.6 GWh/yr
Roofs + façades
90.1 GWh/yr
≈ households powered
15'900
Per inhabitant
9'922 kWh/yr
72 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 · 2027Tariff H4
25.94 Rp./kWh
Energy
10.68 Rp./kWh
Grid usage
10.86 Rp./kWh
Levies + grid surcharge
2.9 Rp./kWh
25.94 Rp./kWh10.5645.88
Canton median 30.11 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh
Network operator Elektrizitäts- und Wasser- Versorgung, Politische Gemeinde Thal
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 · 2024Premium regionRegion 2
Standard model, deductible 300538 CHF/mo
Ø premium in canton St. Gallen377 CHF/mo
Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo
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 · AREVacancy rate
1.43 %
Second homes
12.2 %
Avg. rooms
4
Dwellings
3'578
Built before 194622.4%
Built since 200126.8%
1.43 %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 · 2024Jobs
4'062
Workplaces
569
Services share
54 %
Jobs by sector: Primary 78 (1.9%) · Secondary 1'792 (44.1%) · Tertiary 2'192 (54.0%)
STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026
Agriculture
BFS · 2025Farms
21
Organic share
23.8 %
Farmland
443 ha
Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026
Accessibility
ARE · NPVMNational Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026
Municipality
Wikidata · CC0Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026
Largest municipalities7'217 #22 SG · #269 CHGrowing municipalities1.1% #18 SG · #728 CHShrinking municipalities1.1% #59 SG · #1381 CHJobs per resident0.56 #18 SG · #404 CHFamilies & children18.8% #65 SG · #1500 CHAge structure21.3% #26 SG · #990 CHWomen share48.5% #63 SG · #1710 CHForeign residents24.9% #29 SG · #562 CHPopulation density745/km² #21 SG · #331 CHTax burden12'430 #9 SG · #384 CHTaxes89% #9 SGWarmest municipalities10.2 °C #15 SG · #344 CHSunniest municipalities40.1% #61 SG · #1818 CHRainiest municipalities1'133 mm #53 SG · #907 CHVoter turnout54% #49 SG · #1362 CHAgainst Switzerland20.6% #36 SG · #477 CHAligned with Switzerland79.4% #39 SG · #967 CHSVP strongholds42.5% #19 SG · #522 CHSP strongholds11% #26 SG · #1414 CHCentre strongholds14.4% #68 SG · #872 CHFDP strongholds12.8% #46 SG · #1054 CHGLP strongholds5.4% #26 SG · #1109 CHGreen strongholds6.5% #39 SG · #1213 CHLargest by area9.7 km² #49 SG · #985 CHHighest municipalities418 m #63 SG · #1793 CHSecond homes12.2% #28 SG · #874 CHOrganic farming23.8% #8 SG · #504 CHBest-connected municipalities114 min #53 SG · #1883 CHRemotest municipalities114 min #23 SG · #228 CHHighest peaks657 m #58 SG · #1339 CHHighest-lying municipalities432 m #67 SG · #1844 CHGreatest vertical range270 m #49 SG · #1081 CHSteepest municipalities6.1° #51 SG · #1381 CHSolar potential72 GWh #15 SG · #175 CHSolar potential per capita9'922 kWh #24 SG · #1079 CHCheapest electricity25.94 Rp./kWh #6 SG · #870 CHMost expensive electricity25.94 Rp./kWh #69 SG · #1237 CH
Postal codes (4)
swisstopoLocalities
swisstopo · 4Nearby municipalities
swisstopo- What is the postal code of Thal?
- Thal has 4 postal codes: 9404, 9422, 9423, 9425.
- What is the tax rate in Thal?
- The municipal tax multiplier of Thal is 89% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
- How much tax do you pay in Thal?
- A single person without children pays about 12'430 CHF income tax in Thal on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 9 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
- How many residents does Thal have?
- Thal has 7'217 residents (2025).
- How many foreign residents live in Thal?
- Thal has 1'794 foreign residents, a share of 24.86% (2025).
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