Population
3'017↑0.8%
About Schiers
Municipality · Graubünden
Schiers is a Swiss village in the Prättigau and a municipality in the political district Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of the Grisons. The first concrete girder bridge ever built, Salginatobel Bridge, is located in Schiers. Designed by Robert Maillart and completed in 1930, in 1991 it was the first concrete bridge to be designated an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Population
3'017
Tax multiplier
109%
Schiers in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.109%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 46'400↑7.4%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 52'425↑9.7%
74%
Cantonal tax multiplier
92%↓3.2%
2.55%↓10.5%
Top 10% in canton
- Forest45%
- Agriculture36%
- Other16%
- Settlement2%
Foreign residents
21.8%↑3.6%
Top quartile in canton
Median price
CHF 6'706/ m²
−21% vs CH
Dwellings
1'843↑1.0%
Jobs (FTE)
1'184↑1.0%
74%
Property market in Schiers
The rental vacancy rate is 2.55%, 315% above the cantonal average (0.61 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 109%, 23% above the cantonal average (88 %). Median taxable income is CHF 53'100, 14% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Schiers has 3'017 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
