Population
5'617↑0.4%
About Wartau
Municipality · St. Gallen
Wartau is a municipality in the Werdenberg constituency of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen. The municipality consists of a number of villages on the eastern flank of the Alvier group, along the left shore of the Alpine Rhine.
Population
5'617
Tax multiplier
145%
Wartau in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.145%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 44'600↑2.5%
Bottom quartile in canton
Median net income
CHF 50'895↑2.8%
73%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.43%↑19.4%
Bottom quartile in canton
- Agriculture46%
- Forest38%
- Other9%
- Settlement7%
Foreign residents
33.6%↓0.6%
Top quartile in canton
Median rent
CHF 15/ m²
−15% vs CH
Dwellings
2'791↑0.5%
Jobs (FTE)
1'784↓3.9%
86%
Housing market in Wartau
The rental vacancy rate is 0.43%, 69% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 145%, 28% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 53'400, 14% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Wartau has 5'617 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).