Population
9'581↑0.5%
About Mels
Municipality · St. Gallen
Mels is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the Seeztal, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Population
9'581
Tax multiplier
125%
Mels in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
125%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 62'946
Below average in canton
Vacancy
0.13%↓61.8%
Bottom 10% in canton
- Agriculture41%
- Forest30%
- Other26%
- Settlement3%
Foreign residents
20.2%↑1.8%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
4'615↓1.9%
Jobs (FTE)
2'743↑3.7%
86%
49%
Fibre
Housing market in Mels
The rental vacancy rate is 0.13%, 91% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 125%, 11% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 62'946, 6% below the Swiss median (CHF 67'216). Mels has 9'581 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
