Population
19'849↑0.2%
About Ziegelbrücke
City · Glarus
Ziegelbrücke is a village situated on both sides of the Linth Channel in Switzerland. Ziegelbrücke is shared by the municipalities of Niederurnen in the canton of Glarus and Schänis in the canton of St. Gallen, with the Linth forming the boundary between these municipalities.
Population
19'849
Tax multiplier
63%
Ziegelbrücke in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.63%
Median taxable income
CHF 50'100↑2.5%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'600↑2.2%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
60%
0.09%↓67.9%
Bottom 10% in CH
- Forest41%
- Agriculture36%
- Other16%
- Settlement6%
Foreign residents
28.4%↑0.4%
Top quartile in CH
Median price
CHF 7'229/ m²
−15% vs CH
Dwellings
10'000
Jobs (FTE)
7'398↑1.4%
88%
17%
Fibre
Property market in Ziegelbrücke
The rental vacancy rate is 0.09%, 85% below the cantonal average (0.61 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 63%, roughly the cantonal average (62 %). Median taxable income is CHF 57'300, 7% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Ziegelbrücke has 19'849 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
