Population
5'353↑0.6%
About Ebnat-Kappel
City · St. Gallen
Ebnat-Kappel is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
5'353
Tax multiplier
139%
Ebnat-Kappel in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.139%
Top 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 43'000↑1.9%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 48'600↑1.0%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.97%↓31.7%
Middle in canton
- Agriculture48%
- Forest43%
- Settlement6%
- Other4%
Foreign residents
17.3%↑1.8%
Below average in canton
Median rent
CHF 16/ m²
−12% vs CH
Dwellings
2'887↑2.5%
Jobs (FTE)
1'757↑2.4%
82%
Housing market in Ebnat-Kappel
The rental vacancy rate is 0.97%, 29% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 139%, 23% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 50'900, 18% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Ebnat-Kappel has 5'353 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).