Population
10'672↑0.4%
About Flawil
Municipality · St. Gallen
Flawil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland with slightly over 10,000 inhabitants.
Population
10'672
Tax multiplier
127%
Flawil in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.127%↑2.4%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 46'200↑1.8%
Below average in canton
Median net income
CHF 51'833↑1.2%
75%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.29%↓9.8%
Top quartile in canton
- Agriculture50%
- Settlement25%
- Forest23%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
30.5%↑0.5%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 19/ m²
+4% vs CH
Dwellings
5'116↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
2'984↓4.5%
91%
Housing market in Flawil
The rental vacancy rate is 1.29%, 6% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 127%, 12% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 54'400, 12% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Flawil has 10'672 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).