Population
5'458↑1.1%
About Flums
Municipality · St. Gallen
Flums is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
5'458
Tax multiplier
125%
Flums in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.125%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'900↑2.1%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 47'850↑1.3%
75%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.97%↑102.1%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture51%
- Forest33%
- Other12%
- Settlement4%
Foreign residents
24.1%↑1.5%
Middle in canton
Median rent
CHF 18/ m²
+2% vs CH
Dwellings
4'227↑1.4%
Jobs (FTE)
1'876↓4.3%
56%
Housing market in Flums
The rental vacancy rate is 0.97%, 29% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 125%, 11% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 49'000, 21% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Flums has 5'458 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
