Population
5'405↓0.1%
About Sevelen
Municipality · St. Gallen
Sevelen is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
5'405
Tax multiplier
118%
Sevelen in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.118%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 46'900↑1.5%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'575
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.10%↑1.9%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture50%
- Forest35%
- Settlement8%
- Other8%
Foreign residents
40.8%↓0.6%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 20/ m²
+10% vs CH
Dwellings
2'727↑1.6%
Jobs (FTE)
1'683↓3.7%
86%
5%
Fibre
Housing market in Sevelen
The rental vacancy rate is 1.10%, 20% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 118%, 4% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 54'400, 12% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Sevelen has 5'405 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
