Population
9'262↑1.1%
About Wattwil
City · St. Gallen
Wattwil is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Toggenburg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located along the Thur river. On 1 January 2013 the municipality of Krinau merged into Wattwil.
Population
9'262
Tax multiplier
129%
Wattwil in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.129%
Top quartile in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 42'400↑1.0%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 47'900↑0.6%
72%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.60%↓17.8%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture52%
- Forest38%
- Settlement8%
- Other2%
Foreign residents
27.4%↑1.6%
Above average in canton
Median rent
CHF 17/ m²
−6% vs CH
Dwellings
4'667↑0.2%
Jobs (FTE)
3'504↓0.4%
87%
Housing market in Wattwil
The rental vacancy rate is 0.60%, 56% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 129%, 14% above the cantonal average (113 %). Median taxable income is CHF 50'300, 19% below the Swiss median (CHF 61'929). Wattwil has 9'262 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).