Population
18'943↑1.7%
About Gossau (SG)
Municipality · St. Gallen
Gossau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
18'943
Tax multiplier
116%
Gossau (SG) in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.116%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'800↑1.0%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'200↑0.7%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.24%↓38.6%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture59%
- Settlement23%
- Forest16%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
23.8%↑2.4%
Middle in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
−2% vs CH
Dwellings
9'032↑0.8%
Jobs (FTE)
11'046↓0.2%
92%
67%
Fibre
Housing market in Gossau (SG)
The rental vacancy rate is 1.24%, 10% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 116%, 3% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 56'500, 9% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Gossau (SG) has 18'943 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
