Population
6'933↓0.1%
About Diepoldsau
City · St. Gallen
Diepoldsau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
6'933
Tax multiplier
85%
Diepoldsau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.85%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 52'000↑2.0%
Top quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'125↑1.6%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.62%↑12.7%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture62%
- Settlement25%
- Other8%
- Forest4%
Foreign residents
27.0%↑1.3%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
3'065↓0.8%
Jobs (FTE)
2'843↑1.4%
92%
61%
Fibre
Housing market in Diepoldsau
The rental vacancy rate is 0.62%, 55% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 85%, 25% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 59'100, 5% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Diepoldsau has 6'933 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
