Population
9'581
About Mels
City · St. Gallen
Mels is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the Seeztal, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Population
9'581
Tax multiplier
125%
Mels in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.125%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'300↑2.7%
Middle in canton
Median net income
CHF 54'600↑2.2%
77%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.13%↓61.8%
Bottom 10% in canton
- Agriculture42%
- Forest30%
- Other26%
- Settlement3%
Foreign residents
20.1%↓0.4%
Middle in canton
Median rent
CHF 19/ m²
+3% vs CH
Dwellings
4'615↓1.9%
Jobs (FTE)
2'754↑0.4%
86%
Housing market in Mels
The rental vacancy rate is 0.13%, 91% 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 56'450, 9% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Mels has 9'581 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
