What is the postal code of Untereggen?

Untereggen has 2 postal codes: 9033, 9404.

What is the tax rate in Untereggen?

The municipal tax multiplier of Untereggen is 119% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Untereggen?

A single person without children pays about 14'089 CHF income tax in Untereggen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 50 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Untereggen have?

Untereggen has 1'035 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Untereggen?

Untereggen has 115 foreign residents, a share of 11.11% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis Rorschach

Untereggen

9033–9404

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

522 50.4%

Men

513 49.6%

Children & youth (0–19)

237 22.9%

Swiss citizens

920 88.9%

Foreign residents

115 11.1%

Population density

145 pop./km²

0–19 · 237 · 22.9%20–64 · 620 · 59.9%65+ · 178 · 17.2%

Foreign residents 11.1%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +0 (+0%) · 11 births · 9 deaths · net migration −2

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 Untereggen

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

21.4% YesNo 78.6%

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

35.6% YesNo 64.4%

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

62.5% YesNo 37.5%

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

52.8% YesNo 47.2%

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

56.8% YesNo 43.2%

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

42.2% YesNo 57.8%

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 80.9%

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

38.3% YesNo 61.7%

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

38.4% YesNo 61.6%

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

76.3% YesNo 23.7%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP35.8% · strongest party

SVP35.8%

Mitte24.1%

FDP12.2%

SP10.8%

GLP8.2%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier119%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

119%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 51 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'089 CHF(14.1%)

Rank 50 of 75 in the canton · 853 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:14'089 CHF(~14.1%)

UntereggenCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

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Gross income	Untereggen	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.3%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.1%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.7%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	10.9%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	12%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	13%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	14.1%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	15%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	15.8%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	16.5%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	17.2%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	17.9%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	19.3%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	20.6%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.6%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	22.6%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	23.4%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	24%	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 1991–202010.1 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'124 mm

10.1 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

875 m

Mean elevation

627 m

Relief

417 m

Mean slope

13.4°

Flat share

11.1%

South-facing

3.1%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 417 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

8.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

11.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

2'000

Per inhabitant

8'570 kWh/yr

9 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

32.92 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.34 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

19.14 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.3 Rp./kWh

32.92 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Elektra Untereggen

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 Untereggen →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

1.1 %

Second homes

8.6 %

Avg. rooms

4.8

Dwellings

453

Built before 194632.2%

Built since 200127.2%

1.1 %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

286

Workplaces

101

Services share

50 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 61 (21.3%) · Secondary 82 (28.7%) · Tertiary 143 (50.0%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

4.8 %

Farmland

377 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 115 min · Car 73 min

AgglomerationPT 29 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 21/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3219

Websiteuntereggen.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis Rorschach

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Untereggen ranks

Largest municipalities1'035 #74 SG · #1438 CH Growing municipalities0% #57 SG · #1416 CH Shrinking municipalities0% #18 SG · #690 CH Jobs per resident0.28 #67 SG · #1387 CH Families & children22.9% #16 SG · #333 CH Age structure17.2% #66 SG · #1742 CH Women share50.4% #9 SG · #687 CH Foreign residents11.1% #65 SG · #1619 CH Population density145/km² #57 SG · #1244 CH Tax burden14'089 #51 SG · #854 CH Taxes119% #51 SG Warmest municipalities10.1 °C #19 SG · #413 CH Sunniest municipalities40.3% #56 SG · #1689 CH Rainiest municipalities1'124 mm #58 SG · #958 CH Voter turnout62.2% #9 SG · #403 CH Against Switzerland12.7% #65 SG · #1066 CH Aligned with Switzerland87.3% #11 SG · #396 CH SVP strongholds35.8% #49 SG · #916 CH SP strongholds10.8% #28 SG · #1433 CH Centre strongholds24.1% #16 SG · #380 CH FDP strongholds12.2% #51 SG · #1132 CH GLP strongholds8.2% #3 SG · #548 CH Green strongholds6.7% #36 SG · #1167 CH Largest by area7.1 km² #57 SG · #1238 CH Highest municipalities607 m #30 SG · #799 CH Second homes8.6% #57 SG · #1487 CH Organic farming4.8% #58 SG · #1542 CH Best-connected municipalities115 min #56 SG · #1893 CH Remotest municipalities115 min #21 SG · #215 CH Highest peaks875 m #40 SG · #862 CH Highest-lying municipalities627 m #40 SG · #936 CH Greatest vertical range417 m #36 SG · #793 CH Steepest municipalities13.4° #30 SG · #670 CH Solar potential9 GWh #75 SG · #1628 CH Solar potential per capita8'570 kWh #39 SG · #1346 CH Cheapest electricity32.92 Rp./kWh #56 SG · #2024 CH Most expensive electricity32.92 Rp./kWh #19 SG · #84 CH

Postal codes (2)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 2

Rorschacherberg9404 Untereggen9033

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Untereggen?: Untereggen has 2 postal codes: 9033, 9404.
What is the tax rate in Untereggen?: The municipal tax multiplier of Untereggen is 119% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Untereggen?: A single person without children pays about 14'089 CHF income tax in Untereggen on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 50 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Untereggen have?: Untereggen has 1'035 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Untereggen?: Untereggen has 115 foreign residents, a share of 11.11% (2025).

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