Population
14'676↑0.7%
About Henau
City · St. Gallen
Henau is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Population
14'676
Tax multiplier
122%
Henau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.122%
Above average in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 48'900↑1.0%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'800↓0.4%
75%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.27%↑41.1%
Above average in canton
- Agriculture51%
- Settlement29%
- Forest18%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
31.0%↑1.1%
Top quartile in canton
Median price
CHF 7'656/ m²
−10% vs CH
Dwellings
6'693↑2.1%
Jobs (FTE)
5'872↑0.1%
90%
Property market in Henau
The rental vacancy rate is 1.27%, 7% below the cantonal average (1.37 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 122%, 8% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 56'900, 8% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Henau has 14'676 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
