Population
3'105↑0.6%
About Quarten
Municipality · St. Gallen
Quarten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Lake Walen. Besides the village of Quarten, the municipality also includes the settlements of Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Quinten, Mols, Murg, and parts of Tannenbodenalp.
Population
3'105
Tax multiplier
102%
Quarten in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
102%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 60'556
Bottom quartile in canton
Vacancy
1.20%↑15.4%
Above average in canton
- Forest47%
- Agriculture33%
- Other16%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
20.8%↑3.8%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
2'333↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
895↓3.5%
59%
21%
Fibre
Housing market in Quarten
The rental vacancy rate is 1.20%, 12% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 102%, 10% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'556, 10% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Quarten has 3'105 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
