Population
6'446↑0.4%
About Dicken
City · St. Gallen
Population
6'446
Tax multiplier
120%
Dicken in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.120%
Above average in canton
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.61%↓19.7%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture56%
- Forest37%
- Settlement6%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
10.7%↑0.1%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 15/ m²
−17% vs CH
Dwellings
3'443↑0.6%
Jobs (FTE)
1'667↓2.2%
83%
42%
Fibre
Housing market in Dicken
The rental vacancy rate is 0.61%, 56% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 120%, 6% above the cantonal average (113 %). Dicken has 6'446 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
