Population
12'581↑1.0%
About 9450 Altstätten SG
Postal code · St. Gallen
Altstätten is a small historic rural town and a municipality in the district Rhine Valley, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is located with some secure distance of about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west from the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide St. Gall Rhine Valley, which also designates the border with Austria. It further gives access to the higher situated Appenzell to the west.
Population
12'581
Tax multiplier
107%
9450 Altstätten SG in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
107%
Median taxable income
CHF 59'213
+8% vs CH
Vacancy
1.06%↓2.8%
- Agriculture60%
- Forest21%
- Settlement14%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
31.9%↑1.4%
Dwellings
6'509↑1.4%
Jobs (FTE)
6'125↑1.8%
87%
62%
Fibre
Housing market in 9450 Altstätten SG
The rental vacancy rate is 1.06%, 23% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 107%, 5% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 59'213, 12% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). 9450 Altstätten SG has 12'581 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
