Population
1'199↓0.8%
About Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen
Municipality · Solothurn
Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen is a municipality in the district of Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Gänsbrunnen and Welschenrohr merged to form the new municipality of Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen.
Population
1'199
Tax multiplier
124%
Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.124%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 44'900↑3.3%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 47'950↑0.6%
76%
Cantonal tax multiplier
104%
2.52%↓11.3%
Top quartile in canton
- Forest63%
- Agriculture32%
- Settlement4%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
15.8%↓0.8%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
675↑0.9%
Jobs (FTE)
185↓9.3%
81%
1%
Fibre
Housing market in Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen
The rental vacancy rate is 2.52%, 22% above the cantonal average (2.06 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 124%, 6% above the cantonal average (117 %). Median taxable income is CHF 51'400, 17% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Welschenrohr-Gänsbrunnen has 1'199 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
