Population
10'485↑0.7%
About Widnau
City · St. Gallen
Widnau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
10'485
Tax multiplier
76%
Widnau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.76%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 50'900↑2.0%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 56'800↑1.4%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.69%↓22.5%
Below average in canton
- Settlement68%
- Agriculture27%
- Other5%
- Forest1%
Foreign residents
29.5%↓0.2%
Above average in canton
Median price
CHF 8'258/ m²
−3% vs CH
Dwellings
4'783↑1.4%
Jobs (FTE)
4'294↓0.1%
93%
Property market in Widnau
The rental vacancy rate is 0.69%, 50% below the cantonal average (1.37 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 76%, 33% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 59'200, 4% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Widnau has 10'485 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
