Population
5'210↑1.4%
About Balgach
City · St. Gallen
Balgach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
5'210
Tax multiplier
61%
Balgach in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.Tax multiplier
61%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 66'604
Top quartile in canton
Vacancy
0.66%↓12.0%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture52%
- Settlement26%
- Forest21%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
24.7%↑1.3%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
2'576↑1.7%
Jobs (FTE)
4'187↑5.5%
90%
5%
Fibre
Housing market in Balgach
The rental vacancy rate is 0.66%, 52% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 61%, 46% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 66'604, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 67'216). Balgach has 5'210 residents (2024).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
