Population
4'008↑0.5%
About Berneck
Municipality · St. Gallen
Berneck is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
4'008
Tax multiplier
92%
Berneck in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
92%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 66'899
Top quartile in canton
Vacancy
0.93%↓38.4%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture44%
- Forest29%
- Settlement25%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
20.4%↑1.5%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
1'935↑0.7%
Jobs (FTE)
2'024↑1.6%
89%
62%
Fibre
Housing market in Berneck
The rental vacancy rate is 0.93%, 32% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 92%, 19% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 66'899, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Berneck has 4'008 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
