Population
5'229↑0.4%
About Balgach
Municipality · St. Gallen
Balgach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Population
5'229
Tax multiplier
61%
Balgach in numbers
Federal data — BFS (STATPOP, STATENT, land use), ESTV, BAKOM, ARE.61%
Bottom 10% in canton
Median taxable income
CHF 53'300↑2.9%
Top 10% in canton
Median net income
CHF 58'675↑2.2%
80%
Cantonal tax multiplier
105%
0.66%↓12.0%
Below average in canton
- Agriculture54%
- Settlement24%
- Forest21%
- Other1%
Foreign residents
24.8%↑0.6%
Above average in canton
Dwellings
2'576↑1.7%
Jobs (FTE)
4'263↑1.8%
90%
Housing market in Balgach
The rental vacancy rate is 0.66%, 52% below the cantonal average (1.37 %) — a tight rental market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 61%, 46% below the cantonal average (113 %) — tax-favourable. Median taxable income is CHF 60'800, roughly the Swiss average (CHF 61'929). Balgach has 5'229 residents (2025).
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS).