Population
4'505↑0.1%
About Speicher
Municipality · Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Speicher is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, in Switzerland.
Population
4'505
Tax multiplier
360%
Speicher in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.360%
Below average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 53'800↑0.4%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 60'550↑0.3%
78%
Cantonal tax multiplier
330%
0.87%↓9.4%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture52%
- Forest28%
- Settlement19%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
12.0%↓6.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
±0% vs CH
Dwellings
2'184↓0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
1'063↑5.5%
87%
57%
Fibre
Housing market in Speicher
The rental vacancy rate is 0.87%, 23% below the cantonal average (1.13 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 360%, 4% below the cantonal average (375 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 64'800, 5% above the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Speicher has 4'505 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
