Population
7'488↑1.2%
About Grabs
Municipality · St. Gallen
Grabs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
7'488
Tax multiplier
100%
Grabs in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
100%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 64'076
Middle in canton
Vacancy
0.80%↓1.2%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture49%
- Forest34%
- Other11%
- Settlement6%
Foreign residents
23.1%↑3.0%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
3'875↑1.3%
Jobs (FTE)
3'010↑2.5%
88%
47%
Fibre
Housing market in Grabs
The rental vacancy rate is 0.80%, 42% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 100%, 11% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 64'076, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Grabs has 7'488 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
