Population
8'714↑1.2%
About Engelburg
City · St. Gallen
Gaiserwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of St. Gallen in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The municipality consists of the villages of St. Josefen, Abtwil and Engelburg.
Population
8'714
Tax multiplier
103%
Engelburg in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
103%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 70'815
Top 10% in canton
Vacancy
1.13%↑27.0%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture49%
- Forest29%
- Settlement22%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
15.8%↓1.7%
Below average in canton
Dwellings
4'071↑0.6%
Jobs (FTE)
1'898↑2.9%
92%
72%
Fibre
Housing market in Engelburg
The rental vacancy rate is 1.13%, 18% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 103%, 9% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 70'815, 5% above the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Engelburg has 8'714 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
