What is the postal code of Waldkirch?

Waldkirch has 7 postal codes: 9032, 9204, 9205, 9213, 9246, 9300, 9304.

What is the tax rate in Waldkirch?

The municipal tax multiplier of Waldkirch is 122% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.

How much tax do you pay in Waldkirch?

A single person without children pays about 14'255 CHF income tax in Waldkirch on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Waldkirch have?

Waldkirch has 3'581 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Waldkirch?

Waldkirch has 335 foreign residents, a share of 9.35% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis St. Gallen

Waldkirch

9032–9304

SG CANTON9032 9204 9205 9213+3 PLZ

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

1'756 49.0%

Men

1'825 51.0%

Children & youth (0–19)

894 25.0%

Swiss citizens

3'246 90.7%

Foreign residents

335 9.4%

Population density

114 pop./km²

0–19 · 894 · 25.0%20–64 · 2'051 · 57.3%65+ · 636 · 17.8%

Foreign residents 9.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +5 (+0.1%) · 27 births · 20 deaths · net migration −1

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 Waldkirch

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 St. Gallen: 28.5% Yes

15.2% YesNo 84.8%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 26.3% Yes

37.7% YesNo 62.3%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 53.1% Yes

68.0% YesNo 32.1%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 40.9% Yes

64.6% YesNo 35.4%

14.06.2026Gesetz über Beiträge für familien- und schulergänzende KinderbetreuungCantonal SG● Accepted · 57.8% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 67.7% Yes

48.9% YesNo 51.1%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 49.9% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

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 St. Gallen: 29.0% Yes

13.9% YesNo 86.1%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 36.7% Yes

46.2% YesNo 53.8%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 33.0% Yes

40.3% YesNo 59.7%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Wahlkreis St. Gallen: 76.2% Yes

74.2% YesNo 25.8%

All federal votes →

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP41.0% · strongest party

SVP41.0%

Mitte23.3%

FDP16.0%

SP6.9%

GRÜNE5.1%

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

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier122%

Cantonal tax multiplier105%

122%SG range 61%155%

Tax rank 56 of 75 in canton St. Gallen

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

14'255 CHF(14.3%)

Rank 56 of 75 in the canton · 871 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:14'255 CHF(~14.3%)

WaldkirchCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Waldkirch	St. Gallen	Switzerland median
40'000	6.4%	4.8–7.3%	5.4%
50'000	8.2%	6.1–9.3%	7.8%
60'000	9.8%	7.4–11.2%	10.5%
70'000	11%	8.3–12.5%	11.9%
80'000	12.2%	9.2–13.8%	13.1%
90'000	13.2%	10–14.9%	14.1%
100'000	14.3%	10.9–16.1%	15.3%
110'000	15.2%	11.7–17.1%	16.3%
120'000	16%	12.3–18%	17.2%
130'000	16.7%	12.9–18.7%	18.1%
140'000	17.4%	13.6–19.5%	19%
150'000	18.1%	14.1–20.2%	19.7%
175'000	19.5%	15.4–21.8%	21.6%
200'000	20.8%	16.5–23.1%	23.2%
225'000	21.9%	17.5–24.2%	24.6%
250'000	22.8%	18.4–25.2%	25.8%
275'000	23.6%	19.1–26.1%	26.8%
300'000	24.3%	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 1991–20209.4 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'115 mm

9.4 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

903 m

Mean elevation

662 m

Relief

402 m

Mean slope

7.1°

Flat share

42.4%

South-facing

6.5%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 402 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

52.8 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

68.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

11'700

Per inhabitant

14'736 kWh/yr

53 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

35.1 Rp./kWh

Energy

12.13 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

16.93 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

2.9 Rp./kWh

35.1 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operator Politische Gemeinde Waldkirch, Abteilung Elektra

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 Waldkirch →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

1.01 %

Second homes

9.5 %

Avg. rooms

4.6

Dwellings

1'490

Built before 194633.6%

Built since 200125.0%

1.01 %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

1'546

Workplaces

326

Services share

52.8 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 282 (18.2%) · Secondary 448 (29.0%) · Tertiary 816 (52.8%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

10.3 %

Farmland

1'819 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 110 min · Car 64 min

AgglomerationPT 41 min · Car 21 min

Remoteness 27/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3444

Websitewaldkirch.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis St. Gallen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Waldkirch ranks

Largest municipalities3'581 #52 SG · #623 CH Growing municipalities0.1% #55 SG · #1328 CH Shrinking municipalities0.1% #22 SG · #779 CH Jobs per resident0.43 #42 SG · #739 CH Families & children25% #5 SG · #78 CH Age structure17.8% #62 SG · #1678 CH Women share49% #55 SG · #1519 CH Foreign residents9.4% #71 SG · #1759 CH Population density114/km² #64 SG · #1396 CH Tax burden14'255 #58 SG · #874 CH Taxes122% #56 SG Warmest municipalities9.4 °C #33 SG · #1063 CH Sunniest municipalities39.6% #73 SG · #2023 CH Rainiest municipalities1'115 mm #62 SG · #1016 CH Voter turnout59.4% #18 SG · #658 CH Against Switzerland21.6% #35 SG · #416 CH Aligned with Switzerland78.4% #44 SG · #1037 CH SVP strongholds41% #28 SG · #615 CH SP strongholds6.9% #58 SG · #1801 CH Centre strongholds23.3% #22 SG · #405 CH FDP strongholds16% #20 SG · #739 CH GLP strongholds4.2% #55 SG · #1368 CH Green strongholds5.1% #59 SG · #1532 CH Largest by area31.3 km² #25 SG · #298 CH Highest municipalities629 m #26 SG · #741 CH Second homes9.5% #50 SG · #1306 CH Organic farming10.3% #42 SG · #1203 CH Best-connected municipalities110 min #51 SG · #1846 CH Remotest municipalities110 min #27 SG · #268 CH Highest peaks903 m #38 SG · #827 CH Highest-lying municipalities662 m #36 SG · #847 CH Greatest vertical range402 m #38 SG · #813 CH Steepest municipalities7.1° #48 SG · #1224 CH Solar potential53 GWh #28 SG · #297 CH Solar potential per capita14'736 kWh #4 SG · #438 CH Cheapest electricity35.1 Rp./kWh #67 SG · #2082 CH Most expensive electricity35.1 Rp./kWh #8 SG · #25 CH

Postal codes (7)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 7

Andwil SG9204 Bernhardzell9304 Engelburg9032 Hauptwil9213 Niederbüren9246 Waldkirch9205 Wittenbach9300

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Waldkirch?: Waldkirch has 7 postal codes: 9032, 9204, 9205, 9213, 9246, 9300, 9304.
What is the tax rate in Waldkirch?: The municipal tax multiplier of Waldkirch is 122% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Waldkirch?: A single person without children pays about 14'255 CHF income tax in Waldkirch on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 56 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Waldkirch have?: Waldkirch has 3'581 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Waldkirch?: Waldkirch has 335 foreign residents, a share of 9.35% (2025).

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