Population
5'385↑0.9%
About Bütschwil-Ganterschwil
Municipality · St. Gallen
Bütschwil-Ganterschwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Bütschwil and Ganterschwil merged to form the new municipality of Bütschwil-Ganterschwil.
Population
5'385
Tax multiplier
119%
Bütschwil-Ganterschwil in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.119%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 45'800↑2.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'000↑2.9%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.56%↓22.0%
Top quartile in canton
- Agriculture64%
- Forest22%
- Settlement12%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
16.0%↓0.2%
Below average in canton
Median price
CHF 7'493/ m²
−12% vs CH
Dwellings
2'500
Jobs (FTE)
2'032↑2.6%
87%
53%
Fibre
Property market in Bütschwil-Ganterschwil
The rental vacancy rate is 1.56%, 14% above the cantonal average (1.37 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 119%, 5% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 53'500, 14% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Bütschwil-Ganterschwil has 5'385 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
