Population
10'157↑0.1%
About Wittenbach
City · St. Gallen
Wittenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
10'157
Tax multiplier
119%
Wittenbach in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.119%↓3.3%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 46'900↑1.7%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'900↑0.7%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.28%↓51.5%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture56%
- Settlement22%
- Forest21%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
29.4%↓0.5%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 17/ m²
−4% vs CH
Dwellings
4'766↓0.1%
Jobs (FTE)
2'739↓0.9%
92%
74%
Fibre
Housing market in Wittenbach
The rental vacancy rate is 1.28%, 7% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 119%, 5% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 56'100, 9% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Wittenbach has 10'157 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
