Population
3'119↑1.5%
About Benken SG
City · St. Gallen
Benken is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
3'119
Tax multiplier
117%
Benken SG in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.117%
Middle in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'000↑0.5%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'500↑0.6%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.51%↓68.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture71%
- Forest11%
- Settlement11%
- Other7%
Foreign residents
14.6%↑1.2%
Bottom quartile in canton
Dwellings
1'373↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
1'019↓0.9%
89%
54%
Fibre
Housing market in Benken SG
The rental vacancy rate is 0.51%, 63% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 117%, 3% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 59'900, 3% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Benken SG has 3'119 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
