Population
3'118↑0.4%
About Quarten
Municipality · St. Gallen
Quarten is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland, in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, on Lake Walen. Besides the village of Quarten, the municipality also includes the settlements of Oberterzen, Unterterzen, Quinten, Mols, Murg, and parts of Tannenbodenalp.
Population
3'118
Tax multiplier
102%
Quarten in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.102%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 44'500↑2.3%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 50'000↑1.2%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.20%↑15.4%
Above average in canton
- Forest46%
- Agriculture34%
- Other17%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
20.6%↓1.0%
Middle in canton
Dwellings
2'333↑1.1%
Jobs (FTE)
914↑2.1%
59%
Housing market in Quarten
The rental vacancy rate is 1.20%, 12% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 102%, 10% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 52'450, 15% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Quarten has 3'118 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).