Population
10'266↑1.0%
About Eschenbach SG
City · St. Gallen
Eschenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach.
Population
10'266
Tax multiplier
117%
Eschenbach SG in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
117%
Median taxable income
CHF 65'118
+18% vs CH
Vacancy
0.20%↓9.1%
- Agriculture55%
- Forest36%
- Settlement9%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
17.9%↑3.9%
Dwellings
5'000
Jobs (FTE)
3'259↑1.5%
87%
46%
Fibre
Housing market in Eschenbach SG
The rental vacancy rate is 0.20%, 85% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 117%, 4% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 65'118, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Eschenbach SG has 10'266 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
