What is the postal code of Wittenbach?

Wittenbach has 3 postal codes: 9008, 9300, 9308.

What is the tax rate in Wittenbach?

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

How much tax do you pay in Wittenbach?

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

How many residents does Wittenbach have?

Wittenbach has 10'157 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Wittenbach?

Wittenbach has 2'988 foreign residents, a share of 29.42% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton SG · Wahlkreis St. Gallen

Wittenbach

9008–9308

SG CANTON9008 9300 9308

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

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'195 51.1%

Men

4'962 48.9%

Children & youth (0–19)

2'063 20.3%

Swiss citizens

7'169 70.6%

Foreign residents

2'988 29.4%

Population density

833 pop./km²

0–19 · 2'063 · 20.3%20–64 · 5'802 · 57.1%65+ · 2'292 · 22.6%

Foreign residents 29.4%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: +15 (+0.2%) · 82 births · 70 deaths · net migration +3

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 Wittenbach

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

22.7% YesNo 77.3%

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

32.2% YesNo 67.8%

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

61.1% YesNo 38.9%

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

50.8% YesNo 49.3%

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

63.1% YesNo 36.9%

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

44.2% YesNo 55.8%

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 St. Gallen: 29.0% Yes

19.6% YesNo 80.4%

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

42.1% YesNo 57.9%

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

36.6% YesNo 63.4%

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

72.9% YesNo 27.1%

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

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP32.0% · strongest party

SVP32.0%

FDP19.5%

Mitte18.9%

SP12.5%

GRÜNE6.5%

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 50 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%)

WittenbachCanton range St. GallenSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Wittenbach	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 1991–20209.6 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'100 mm

9.6 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

774 m

Mean elevation

599 m

Relief

291 m

Mean slope

7.2°

Flat share

43.4%

South-facing

8.0%

Above 2000 m

0.0%

Relief 291 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

53.9 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

72.8 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

12'000

Per inhabitant

5'307 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 range H4

30.27–32 Rp./kWh

31.13 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

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

Network operators St.Galler Stadtwerke · Politische Gemeinde Wittenbach, Elektrizitätsversorgung

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 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 Wittenbach →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

1.28 %

Second homes

7.7 %

Avg. rooms

3.9

Dwellings

4'775

Built before 19469.1%

Built since 200121.7%

1.28 %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

3'486

Workplaces

456

Services share

69.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 92 (2.6%) · Secondary 984 (28.2%) · Tertiary 2'410 (69.1%)

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

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

5.7 %

Farmland

563 ha

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

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 100 min · Car 76 min

AgglomerationPT 23 min · Car 17 min

Remoteness 40/75 in canton

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

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3204

Websitewittenbach.ch ↗

DistrictWahlkreis St. Gallen

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Wittenbach ranks

Largest municipalities10'157 #12 SG · #178 CH Growing municipalities0.2% #53 SG · #1323 CH Shrinking municipalities0.2% #23 SG · #787 CH Jobs per resident0.34 #59 SG · #1100 CH Families & children20.3% #50 SG · #1040 CH Age structure22.6% #13 SG · #753 CH Women share51.1% #2 SG · #355 CH Foreign residents29.4% #21 SG · #334 CH Population density833/km² #16 SG · #280 CH Tax burden14'089 #52 SG · #855 CH Taxes119% #50 SG Warmest municipalities9.6 °C #31 SG · #889 CH Sunniest municipalities39.9% #66 SG · #1937 CH Rainiest municipalities1'100 mm #63 SG · #1105 CH Voter turnout51.1% #70 SG · #1688 CH Against Switzerland13.7% #56 SG · #1009 CH Aligned with Switzerland86.3% #15 SG · #465 CH SVP strongholds32% #64 SG · #1151 CH SP strongholds12.5% #15 SG · #1221 CH Centre strongholds18.9% #49 SG · #591 CH FDP strongholds19.5% #5 SG · #494 CH GLP strongholds5.9% #17 SG · #994 CH Green strongholds6.5% #38 SG · #1212 CH Largest by area12.2 km² #43 SG · #798 CH Highest municipalities603 m #31 SG · #811 CH Second homes7.7% #68 SG · #1679 CH Organic farming5.7% #54 SG · #1496 CH Best-connected municipalities100 min #36 SG · #1707 CH Remotest municipalities100 min #40 SG · #403 CH Highest peaks774 m #47 SG · #1033 CH Highest-lying municipalities599 m #44 SG · #1013 CH Greatest vertical range291 m #46 SG · #1017 CH Steepest municipalities7.2° #47 SG · #1214 CH Solar potential54 GWh #27 SG · #288 CH Solar potential per capita5'307 kWh #70 SG · #1935 CH Cheapest electricity31.13 Rp./kWh #44 SG · #1902 CH Most expensive electricity31.13 Rp./kWh #31 SG · #205 CH

Postal codes (3)

swisstopo

Localities

swisstopo · 3

Lömmenschwil9308 St. Gallen9000 9008 9010 9011 9012 9014 9015 9016 Wittenbach9300

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Wittenbach?: Wittenbach has 3 postal codes: 9008, 9300, 9308.
What is the tax rate in Wittenbach?: The municipal tax multiplier of Wittenbach is 119% (2026); canton SG levies 105%.
How much tax do you pay in Wittenbach?: A single person without children pays about 14'089 CHF income tax in Wittenbach on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 50 of 75 in canton SG. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Wittenbach have?: Wittenbach has 10'157 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Wittenbach?: Wittenbach has 2'988 foreign residents, a share of 29.42% (2025).

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