Canton of SG
Living in St. Gallen
With a municipal tax multiplier of 138%, this municipality ranks 70 among the least taxed of the 75 municipalities in canton SG. That is 23 points above the median municipality in canton SG. With 78,863 inhabitants, it is the 1 most populous of the canton’s 75 municipalities. Under-20s make up 18.3% of the population, against 19.9% for Switzerland as a whole. It is also a tourist destination: 304,036 hotel overnight stays were recorded in 2024.
STATPOP 2024
Age structure
- 0–19 years
- 14,409
- 20–64 years
- 50,412
- 65 and over
- 14,042
Municipal taxation
- Municipal multiplier
- 138.00 %
- 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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