Population
6'428↑1.5%
About Sax
City · St. Gallen
Sax or SAX may refer to:Saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments
Population
6'428
Tax multiplier
70%
Sax in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.70%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 49'850↑4.1%
Above average in canton
Median net income
CHF 55'100↑3.2%
79%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
1.05%↑43.8%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture48%
- Forest30%
- Other11%
- Settlement10%
Foreign residents
36.7%↓0.8%
Top 10% in canton
Median rent
CHF 17/ m²
−7% vs CH
Dwellings
3'143↓0.3%
Jobs (FTE)
4'020↓2.2%
89%
Housing market in Sax
The rental vacancy rate is 1.05%, 23% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 70%, 38% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 56'200, 9% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Sax has 6'428 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).
