Canton of SG
Living in Mels
With a municipal tax multiplier of 125%, this municipality ranks 62 among the least taxed of the 75 municipalities in canton SG. That is 10 points above the median municipality in canton SG. With 9,581 inhabitants, it is the 15 most populous of the canton’s 75 municipalities. Under-20s make up 21.9% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole: the municipality skews young.
STATPOP 2024
Age structure
- 0–19 years
- 2,095
- 20–64 years
- 5,700
- 65 and over
- 1,786
Municipal taxation
- Municipal multiplier
- 125.00 %
- Cantonal multiplier
- 105.00 %
As a % of the simple cantonal tax (FTA 2025). This is not a tax rate: it applies to the cantonal scale.
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