Population
3'144↓0.5%
About Castiel
City · Graubünden
Castiel is a former municipality in the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Castiel, Calfreisen, Langwies, Lüen, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.
Population
3'144
Tax multiplier
90%
Castiel in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.90%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 39'700↓11.4%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 44'075↓11.9%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
92%↓3.2%
0.48%↓48.9%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture45%
- Forest29%
- Other23%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
26.8%↓0.7%
Top quartile in canton
Median price
CHF 11'618/ m²
+37% vs CH
Dwellings
6'042↑1.4%
Jobs (FTE)
2'314↓0.6%
27%
6%
Fibre
Property market in Castiel
The rental vacancy rate is 0.48%, 22% below the cantonal average (0.61 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 90%, roughly the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 48'900, 21% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Castiel has 3'144 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
