District · St. Gallen
Sarganserland Electoral District: municipalities in numbers
Sarganserland Electoral District in St. Gallen has 8 municipalities and 44,561 residents across 518 km², or 86 people per km². Population: +11.8% between 2015 and 2025.
- 44,561 residents
- 8 municipalities
- 518 km²
- 86 people/km²
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All municipalities in Sarganserland Electoral District
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| Municipality | Population | Population change over 10 years | Population density | Area | Share of foreign nationals | Share of people aged 65 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mels | 9,581 | +11.1% | 68.9 people/km² | 139.1 km² | 20.1% | 19.2% |
| Bad Ragaz | 6,836 | +19.1% | 269.5 people/km² | 25.4 km² | 30.0% | 21.4% |
| Sargans | 6,670 | +10.7% | 705.1 people/km² | 9.5 km² | 32.0% | 18.5% |
| Walenstadt | 6,083 | +10.2% | 133.0 people/km² | 45.7 km² | 20.2% | 22.0% |
| Flums | 5,458 | +12.1% | 72.6 people/km² | 75.2 km² | 24.1% | 19.9% |
| Vilters-Wangs | 5,168 | +11.2% | 157.9 people/km² | 32.7 km² | 17.4% | 20.8% |
| Quarten | 3,118 | +9.6% | 50.4 people/km² | 61.9 km² | 20.6% | 23.0% |
| Pfäfers | 1,647 | +4.7% | 12.8 people/km² | 128.5 km² | 15.5% | 24.2% |
Sarganserland Electoral District compared with the region and the country
Population-weighted averages for rates; totals for counts.
| Indicator | Sarganserland Electoral District | St. Gallen | Switzerland | Rank among districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 44,561 | 544,040 | 9,127,125 | ranked 77 of 137 |
| Population density | 86.0 people/km² | 283.4 people/km² | 232.4 people/km² | ranked 107 of 137 |
| Area | 518.0 km² | 1,920 km² | 39,266 km² | ranked 21 of 137 |
| Population change over 10 years | 11.8% | 9.0% | 9.6% | ranked 42 of 137 |
| Elevation | 538 m | 522 m | 522 m | ranked 63 of 137 |
| Share of foreign nationals | 23.4% | 27.2% | 27.7% | ranked 75 of 137 |
| Share of people aged 65 and over | 20.5% | 19.9% | 19.8% | ranked 81 of 137 |
| Dwellings | 25,691 | 280,853 | 4,927,050 | ranked 70 of 137 |
| Dwellings in buildings built before 1946 | 20.3% | 23.5% | 22.4% | ranked 79 of 137 |
| Dwellings in buildings built since 2001 | 27.6% | 24.8% | 24.6% | ranked 51 of 137 |
| Share of single-family houses among residential buildings | 68.8% | 64.1% | 56.9% | ranked 56 of 137 |
| Oil or gas heating systems | 47.0% | 52.2% | 61.7% | ranked 94 of 137 |
| Heat pumps as main heating | 32.0% | 30.7% | 15.5% | ranked 8 of 137 |
| Wood heating systems | 15.2% | 9.0% | 9.3% | ranked 50 of 137 |
| District heating | 2.7% | 6.0% | 7.3% | ranked 87 of 137 |
| Photovoltaic installations | 2,157 | 26,111 | 329,600 | ranked 70 of 137 |
| Installed photovoltaic capacity per 1,000 inhabitants | 1,159 kW | 1,325 kW | 919.4 kW | ranked 60 of 137 |
| Rooftop solar electricity potential | 331.6 GWh/year | 4,072 GWh/year | 64,783 GWh/year | ranked 89 of 137 |
| Rooftop solar potential per inhabitant | 7,441 kWh/inh. | 7,485 kWh/inh. | 7,100 kWh/inh. | ranked 97 of 137 |
| Establishments | 3,140 | 39,699 | 728,011 | ranked 77 of 137 |
| Jobs | 21,080 | 317,461 | 5,679,518 | ranked 76 of 137 |
| Jobs per 1,000 inhabitants | 473.0 | 583.5 | 622.5 | ranked 80 of 137 |
| Share of jobs in services | 69.1% | 64.9% | 73.4% | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Share of jobs in industry and construction | 24.9% | 30.3% | 22.0% | ranked 80 of 137 |
| Entities listed in the commercial register | 2,972 | 42,658 | 762,757 | ranked 78 of 137 |
| Entities in the commercial register per 1,000 inhabitants | 66.7 | 78.4 | 83.6 | ranked 94 of 137 |
| Share of limited companies (AG, GmbH) among registered entities | 64.8% | 65.2% | 68.6% | ranked 95 of 137 |
| Share of sole proprietorships among registered entities | 29.4% | 29.2% | 26.1% | ranked 45 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings with public transport quality class A or B (very good or good access) | 8.7% | 29.0% | 38.6% | ranked 96 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings with public transport quality class A, B or C | 35.3% | 56.7% | 61.6% | ranked 86 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings without public transport quality class | 22.2% | 13.6% | 14.3% | ranked 57 of 137 |
| Shortest public transport travel time to a major centre (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich) | 94 min | 99 min | 62 min | ranked 43 of 137 |
| Public transport travel time to the nearest agglomeration or core municipality | 23 min | 21 min | 26 min | ranked 88 of 137 |
| Shortest car travel time to a major centre (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Zurich) | 67 min | 68 min | 43 min | ranked 39 of 137 |
| Car travel time to the nearest agglomeration or core municipality | 13 min | 13 min | 17 min | ranked 104 of 137 |
| Road traffic accidents with personal injury per year (average) | 77.2 | 957.6 | 17,882 | ranked 75 of 137 |
| Road traffic accidents with personal injury per year per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.96 | ranked 85 of 137 |
| Accidents with fatalities over ten years | 22 | 136 | 2,147 | ranked 25 of 137 |
| Share of accidents with fatalities or serious injuries | 20.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% | ranked 93 of 137 |
| Share of accidents involving bicycles | 25.2% | 24.7% | 27.1% | ranked 49 of 137 |
| Share of accidents involving pedestrians | 6.1% | 11.5% | 11.3% | ranked 118 of 137 |
| Share of accidents involving motorcycles | 18.3% | 17.8% | 20.6% | ranked 79 of 137 |
| Share of accidents between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. | 8.7% | 9.1% | 9.4% | ranked 82 of 137 |
| Share of accidents on motorways and expressways | 18.3% | 11.9% | 9.5% | ranked 20 of 137 |
| Share of settlement and urban areas | 4.2% | 10.6% | 8.3% | ranked 112 of 137 |
| Share of residential areas (houses and apartment blocks) | 1.4% | 3.7% | 3.0% | ranked 109 of 137 |
| Share of industrial and commercial areas | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.6% | ranked 108 of 137 |
| Share of transport surfaces (roads, rail, car parks) | 1.4% | 3.0% | 2.5% | ranked 113 of 137 |
| Share of recreational and green areas | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.5% | ranked 98 of 137 |
| Share of agricultural land | 40.1% | 50.1% | 38.2% | ranked 86 of 137 |
| Share of forest | 31.2% | 28.6% | 29.8% | ranked 68 of 137 |
| Settlement area per inhabitant | 530 m²/inh. | 406 m²/inh. | 385 m²/inh. | ranked 59 of 137 |
| Residential area per inhabitant | 171 m²/inh. | 141 m²/inh. | 136 m²/inh. | ranked 59 of 137 |
| Birth rate (live births per year, average over the last 3 years) | 9.0 per 1,000 inhabitants | 9.1 per 1,000 inhabitants | 8.7 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 36 of 137 |
| Death rate (deaths per year, average over the last 3 years) | 8.5 per 1,000 inhabitants | 8.0 per 1,000 inhabitants | 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 59 of 137 |
| Natural change (births minus deaths per year, average over the last 3 years) | 0.5 per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.1 per 1,000 inhabitants | 0.8 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 62 of 137 |
| Net migration (population change excluding births and deaths per year, average over the last 3 years) | 11.5 per 1,000 inhabitants | 10.1 per 1,000 inhabitants | 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 60 of 137 |
| Marriage rate (marriages per year, average over the last 3 years) | 4.3 per 1,000 inhabitants | 4.4 per 1,000 inhabitants | 4.1 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 20 of 137 |
| Divorce rate (divorces per year, average over the last 3 years) | 1.6 per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitants | 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 110 of 137 |
| Hydroelectric power plants | 59 | 144 | 1,295 | ranked 2 of 120 |
| Installed hydroelectric capacity | 418,048 kW | 462,674 kW | 11,328,382 kW | ranked 8 of 120 |
| Electricity generation plants excluding photovoltaics | 63 | 222 | 2,009 | ranked 3 of 133 |
| Installed capacity of electricity generation plants excluding photovoltaics | 418,345 kW | 524,354 kW | 15,348,157 kW | ranked 10 of 133 |
| Average temperature in January | −1.7 °C | 0.1 °C | 0.5 °C | ranked 111 of 137 |
| Mean minimum temperature in January | −4.9 °C | −2.8 °C | −2.4 °C | ranked 112 of 137 |
| Average temperature in July | 14.7 °C | 17.7 °C | 18.4 °C | ranked 112 of 137 |
| Mean maximum temperature in July | 19.7 °C | 22.6 °C | 23.8 °C | ranked 115 of 137 |
| Temperature difference between July and January | 16.3 °C | 17.6 °C | 17.9 °C | ranked 123 of 137 |
| Precipitation in winter (December to February) | 304 mm | 254 mm | 236 mm | ranked 21 of 137 |
| Precipitation in summer (June to August) | 514 mm | 486 mm | 372 mm | ranked 20 of 137 |
| Share of summer in annual precipitation | 34.1% | 35.3% | 31.5% | ranked 36 of 137 |
| Relative sunshine duration in winter (share of possible duration) | 46% | 32% | 31% | ranked 35 of 137 |
| Relative sunshine duration in summer (share of possible duration) | 48% | 49% | 52% | ranked 119 of 137 |
| Newly built dwellings per year (average) | 297.0 | 2,741 | 45,384 | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Newly built dwellings per year per 1,000 inhabitants | 6.67 | 5.04 | 4.98 | ranked 18 of 137 |
| New dwellings built per year as a percentage of the dwelling stock | 1.16% | 0.98% | 0.92% | ranked 38 of 137 |
| Share of newly built dwellings with 1 or 2 rooms | 22.2% | 21.7% | 26.2% | ranked 59 of 137 |
| Share of newly built dwellings with 5 or more rooms | 21.2% | 18.2% | 16.2% | ranked 60 of 137 |
| Share of residents who lived elsewhere one year earlier | 5.7% | 6.0% | 6.3% | ranked 97 of 137 |
| Residents who lived in another municipality or abroad one year earlier | 2,555 | 32,615 | 575,222 | ranked 77 of 137 |
| Share of residents who lived abroad one year earlier | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.5% | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Residents who lived abroad one year earlier | 539 | 7,982 | 136,089 | ranked 65 of 137 |
| Share of residents who lived in another canton one year earlier | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.4% | ranked 41 of 137 |
| Share of residents who lived in another municipality of the same canton one year earlier | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.4% | ranked 108 of 137 |
| Share of residents who already lived in the municipality one year earlier | 93.3% | 93.0% | 92.7% | ranked 49 of 137 |
| Boarding and alighting rail passengers per day | 19,570 | 208,450 | 4,050,433 | ranked 52 of 120 |
| Average number of rooms per dwelling | 3.79 | 3.91 | 3.59 | ranked 73 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings with 1 or 2 rooms | 21.2% | 17.7% | 22.3% | ranked 40 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings with 3 or 4 rooms | 48.4% | 50.8% | 54.1% | ranked 105 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings with 5 or more rooms | 30.4% | 31.5% | 23.7% | ranked 53 of 137 |
| Average dwelling floor area | 99.9 m² | 104.6 m² | 99.0 m² | ranked 92 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings under 60 m² | 19.1% | 14.7% | 18.4% | ranked 39 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings of 120 m² or more | 30.3% | 32.1% | 27.7% | ranked 80 of 137 |
| Dwellings in buildings built between 1946 and 1980 | 32.6% | 31.3% | 34.7% | ranked 52 of 137 |
| Dwellings in buildings built between 1981 and 2000 | 19.7% | 20.4% | 18.5% | ranked 80 of 137 |
| Share of dwellings in buildings with 10 or more dwellings | 23.0% | 26.0% | 32.7% | ranked 66 of 137 |
| Hotel bed occupancy rate | 36.5% | 36.1% | 49.6% | ranked 59 of 91 |
| Average length of hotel stay | 2.15 nights | 2.02 nights | 2.00 nights | ranked 24 of 91 |
| Share of overnight stays by foreign guests | 31.9% | 36.3% | 55.0% | ranked 62 of 91 |
| Fixed internet at 100 Mbit/s or more: estimated share of buildings | 89% | 92% | 92% | ranked 96 of 137 |
| Fixed internet at 1 Gbit/s or more: estimated share of buildings | 85% | 88% | 80% | ranked 42 of 137 |
| Fibre optic connection (FTTB/FTTH): estimated share of buildings | 77% | 77% | 64% | ranked 34 of 137 |
| 5G coverage by all three operators (outdoors): share of buildings | 84% | 86% | 85% | ranked 62 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in a federal nature and landscape inventory | 29.8% | 30.7% | 23.9% | ranked 39 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in the federal landscape inventory (BLN/IFP) | 17.9% | 26.6% | 19.4% | ranked 52 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in national mires and mire landscapes | 1.4% | 3.7% | 2.4% | ranked 45 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in national floodplains | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.7% | ranked 84 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in national dry meadows and pastures | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | ranked 69 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in federal game reserves | 10.5% | 2.8% | 4.2% | ranked 13 of 137 |
| Share of the municipal area in a park of national importance | 0.0% | 0.0% | 15.1% | ranked 47 of 137 |
| New passenger cars registered by private individuals during the year | 505 | 6,764 | 137,186 | ranked 91 of 137 |
| New passenger cars registered by private individuals per 1,000 inhabitants | 11.3 | 12.4 | 15.0 | ranked 122 of 137 |
| Share of battery-electric cars among new cars | 29.1% | 24.5% | 21.4% | ranked 18 of 133 |
| Share of plug-in hybrids among new cars | 9.1% | 10.0% | 11.0% | ranked 99 of 133 |
| Share of diesel cars (including non-plug-in hybrids) among new cars | 8.7% | 7.7% | 6.9% | ranked 40 of 133 |
| Cinemas | 1 | 13 | 258 | ranked 50 of 100 |
| Cinema screens | 2 | 36 | 616 | ranked 53 of 100 |
| Cinema seats | 244 | 5,785 | 95,497 | ranked 66 of 100 |
| Agricultural holdings | 381 | 3,626 | 46,270 | ranked 40 of 137 |
| Utilised agricultural area of holdings based in the municipality | 6,485 ha | 70,934 ha | 1,039,811 ha | ranked 59 of 137 |
| Utilised agricultural area per holding | 17.0 ha | 19.6 ha | 22.4 ha | ranked 112 of 137 |
| People employed in agriculture | 1,030 | 10,362 | 145,628 | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Share of organic farms | 8.1% | 13.2% | 16.9% | ranked 126 of 137 |
| Share of utilised agricultural area farmed organically | 10.3% | 14.6% | 18.5% | ranked 116 of 137 |
| Share of open arable land in the utilised agricultural area | 9.9% | 8.4% | 26.9% | ranked 87 of 137 |
| Share of permanent crops in the utilised agricultural area | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2.3% | ranked 74 of 137 |
| Cattle | 13,409 | 136,675 | 1,528,177 | ranked 42 of 137 |
| Cattle per 100 ha of utilised agricultural area | 206.8 | 192.7 | 147.0 | ranked 8 of 137 |
| Sheep | 6,079 | 42,505 | 355,639 | ranked 11 of 137 |
| Pigs | 2,285 | 143,349 | 1,257,722 | ranked 70 of 137 |
| Poultry | 47,170 | 983,514 | 13,499,944 | ranked 63 of 137 |
| Passenger cars owned by private individuals | 503.9 per 1,000 inhabitants | 479.1 per 1,000 inhabitants | 456.7 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 93 of 137 |
| Motorcycles owned by private individuals | 85.6 per 1,000 inhabitants | 82.4 per 1,000 inhabitants | 85.2 per 1,000 inhabitants | ranked 82 of 137 |
| Share of battery-electric passenger cars | 4.8% | 5.1% | 5.2% | ranked 72 of 137 |
| Share of hybrid passenger cars (plug-in or not) | 8.3% | 9.7% | 12.0% | ranked 124 of 137 |
| Share of conventional diesel passenger cars | 32.4% | 28.3% | 23.9% | ranked 11 of 137 |
| Share of passenger cars owned by legal entities | 10.1% | 13.5% | 13.9% | ranked 102 of 137 |
| Minergie-certified buildings | 105 | 1,881 | 32,915 | ranked 79 of 137 |
| Minergie-certified buildings per 1,000 dwellings | 4.1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | ranked 86 of 137 |
| Share of Minergie-P and Minergie-A among Minergie buildings | 9.6% | 12.8% | 11.8% | ranked 74 of 124 |
| Share of Minergie buildings with the ECO add-on | 1.1% | 2.0% | 3.8% | ranked 68 of 124 |
| Average annual temperature (average over the municipality's territory) | 6.4 °C | 8.8 °C | 9.2 °C | ranked 111 of 137 |
| Change in annual temperature compared with 1961-1990 | 1.3 °C | 1.3 °C | 1.3 °C | ranked 89 of 137 |
| Annual precipitation (average over the municipality's territory) | 1,536 mm | 1,377 mm | 1,171 mm | ranked 18 of 137 |
| Change in annual precipitation compared with 1961-1990 | −0.3% | −0.3% | 0.3% | ranked 84 of 137 |
| Relative sunshine duration per year (share of possible duration) | 47% | 43% | 44% | ranked 37 of 137 |
| Change in relative sunshine duration compared with 1961-1990 (percentage points) | 1.7 percentage points | 3.7 percentage points | 3.9 percentage points | ranked 115 of 137 |
| Turnout in the National Council elections | 47.8% | 45.0% | 46.9% | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: SVP | 38.3% | 34.2% | 27.2% | ranked 31 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: SP | 8.9% | 13.2% | 19.0% | ranked 116 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: FDP | 12.9% | 14.5% | 14.2% | ranked 78 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: Centre | 25.3% | 18.6% | 13.5% | ranked 28 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: GREENS | 6.1% | 8.7% | 10.0% | ranked 87 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: GLP | 4.9% | 5.8% | 7.5% | ranked 82 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: Left-wing and green parties | 15.0% | 21.9% | 30.1% | ranked 113 of 137 |
| Vote share in the National Council elections: Traditional conservative and right-wing parties | 77.5% | 68.5% | 57.6% | ranked 19 of 137 |
| Supermarkets (OpenStreetMap) | 23 | 266 | 4,129 | ranked 67 of 137 |
| Supermarkets per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 5.2 per 10,000 inh. | 4.9 per 10,000 inh. | 4.5 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 45 of 137 |
| Farm shops (OpenStreetMap) | 9 | 111 | 1,931 | ranked 75 of 137 |
| Car sharing stations (OpenStreetMap) | 2 | 67 | 1,445 | ranked 82 of 137 |
| Cemeteries (OpenStreetMap) | 21 | 156 | 2,839 | ranked 44 of 137 |
| Parks (OpenStreetMap) | 12 | 184 | 4,069 | ranked 71 of 137 |
| Parks per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 2.7 per 10,000 inh. | 3.4 per 10,000 inh. | 4.5 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 79 of 137 |
| Fountains and drinking water points (OpenStreetMap) | 238 | 1,078 | 23,373 | ranked 22 of 137 |
| Fountains and drinking water points per 1,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 5.34 per 1,000 inh. | 1.98 per 1,000 inh. | 2.54 per 1,000 inh. | ranked 28 of 137 |
| Bank branches (OpenStreetMap) | 13 | 153 | 2,173 | ranked 64 of 137 |
| Bank branches per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 2.9 per 10,000 inh. | 2.8 per 10,000 inh. | 2.4 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 54 of 137 |
| Petrol stations (OpenStreetMap) | 24 | 270 | 3,708 | ranked 67 of 137 |
| Petrol stations per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 5.4 per 10,000 inh. | 5.0 per 10,000 inh. | 4.1 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 52 of 137 |
| Fire stations (OpenStreetMap) | 11 | 76 | 1,259 | ranked 37 of 137 |
| Viewpoints (OpenStreetMap) | 54 | 267 | 4,505 | ranked 18 of 137 |
| Tourist attractions (OpenStreetMap) | 15 | 97 | 1,660 | ranked 29 of 137 |
| Castles, fortresses and castle ruins (OpenStreetMap) | 2 | 47 | 735 | ranked 90 of 137 |
| Sports halls and centres (OpenStreetMap) | 12 | 238 | 3,520 | ranked 90 of 137 |
| Sports halls and centres per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 2.7 per 10,000 inh. | 4.4 per 10,000 inh. | 3.9 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 112 of 137 |
| Fitness centres (OpenStreetMap) | 2 | 59 | 949 | ranked 80 of 137 |
| Ice rinks (OpenStreetMap) | 1 | 6 | 156 | ranked 36 of 137 |
| Sports pitches (OpenStreetMap) | 154 | 1,917 | 28,795 | ranked 67 of 137 |
| Sports pitches per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 34.6 per 10,000 inh. | 35.2 per 10,000 inh. | 31.6 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 62 of 137 |
| Football pitches (OpenStreetMap) | 22 | 309 | 4,820 | ranked 81 of 137 |
| Playgrounds (OpenStreetMap) | 61 | 930 | 12,922 | ranked 64 of 137 |
| Playgrounds per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 13.7 per 10,000 inh. | 17.1 per 10,000 inh. | 14.2 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 68 of 137 |
| Theatres and arts centres (OpenStreetMap) | 1 | 34 | 715 | ranked 87 of 137 |
| Hospitals and clinics (OpenStreetMap) | 2 | 18 | 296 | ranked 31 of 137 |
| Hotels, guest houses and hostels (OpenStreetMap) | 55 | 223 | 5,436 | ranked 28 of 137 |
| Hotels, guest houses and hostels per 1,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 1.23 per 1,000 inh. | 0.41 per 1,000 inh. | 0.59 per 1,000 inh. | ranked 32 of 137 |
| Campsites (OpenStreetMap) | 8 | 32 | 555 | ranked 19 of 137 |
| Museums (OpenStreetMap) | 10 | 69 | 1,240 | ranked 37 of 137 |
| Museums per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 2.2 per 10,000 inh. | 1.3 per 10,000 inh. | 1.4 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 35 of 137 |
| Libraries (OpenStreetMap) | 6 | 54 | 1,244 | ranked 57 of 137 |
| Libraries per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 1.3 per 10,000 inh. | 1.0 per 10,000 inh. | 1.4 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 60 of 137 |
| Places of worship (OpenStreetMap) | 60 | 387 | 6,978 | ranked 37 of 137 |
| Places of worship per 1,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 1.35 per 1,000 inh. | 0.71 per 1,000 inh. | 0.75 per 1,000 inh. | ranked 37 of 137 |
| Post offices (OpenStreetMap) | 12 | 87 | 1,374 | ranked 35 of 137 |
| Post offices per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 2.7 per 10,000 inh. | 1.6 per 10,000 inh. | 1.5 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 28 of 137 |
| Mountain huts and shelters (OpenStreetMap) | 9 | 33 | 890 | ranked 33 of 137 |
| Aerial lifts and ski lifts (OpenStreetMap) | 42 | 103 | 1,961 | ranked 19 of 137 |
| Golf courses (OpenStreetMap) | 2 | 7 | 133 | ranked 14 of 137 |
| Named peaks (OpenStreetMap) | 125 | 333 | 7,762 | ranked 20 of 137 |
| Marked hiking routes (OpenStreetMap) | 524.5 km | 2,152 km | 46,779 km | ranked 29 of 137 |
| Marked hiking routes per km² of municipal area (OpenStreetMap) | 1.01 km/km² | 1.12 km/km² | 1.19 km/km² | ranked 92 of 137 |
| Marked cycling routes (OpenStreetMap) | 40.0 km | 614.4 km | 10,775 km | ranked 95 of 137 |
| Marked mountain bike routes (OpenStreetMap) | 257.3 km | 638.1 km | 8,123 km | ranked 9 of 137 |
| Alpine ski runs (OpenStreetMap) | 100.6 km | 201.7 km | 4,192 km | ranked 17 of 137 |
| Cross-country ski trails (OpenStreetMap) | 18.1 km | 111.6 km | 2,642 km | ranked 36 of 137 |
| Footpaths and trails (OpenStreetMap) | 791.5 km | 2,608 km | 53,025 km | ranked 18 of 137 |
| Footpaths and trails per km² of municipal area (OpenStreetMap) | 1.53 km/km² | 1.36 km/km² | 1.35 km/km² | ranked 43 of 137 |
| Employed persons living in the municipality | 19,686 | 251,866 | 4,279,437 | ranked 81 of 137 |
| Employed persons working in the municipality | 16,756 | 256,594 | 4,279,437 | ranked 75 of 137 |
| Commuting balance (persons working in the municipality minus employed residents) | −2,930 | 4,728 | 0 | ranked 70 of 137 |
| Share of employed residents who work in another canton | 26.4% | 22.0% | 19.3% | ranked 53 of 137 |
| Road length (excluding national roads) | 652.0 km | 5,163 km | 82,509 km | ranked 44 of 137 |
| Road network density | 1.26 km/km² | 2.69 km/km² | 2.10 km/km² | ranked 111 of 137 |
| Road length per inhabitant | 14.6 m | 9.5 m | 9.1 m | ranked 48 of 137 |
| Fine particles PM2.5 (annual mean) | 3.8 µg/m³ | 6.0 µg/m³ | 6.3 µg/m³ | ranked 110 of 137 |
| Nitrogen dioxide NO₂ (annual mean) | 4.7 µg/m³ | 8.5 µg/m³ | 9.3 µg/m³ | ranked 112 of 137 |
| Ozone O₃ (93.2nd percentile of daily maximum 8-hour means) | 113 µg/m³ | 110 µg/m³ | 109 µg/m³ | ranked 30 of 137 |
| Restaurants, cafés and bars (Overture Maps) | 225 | 2,343 | 40,685 | ranked 54 of 137 |
| Restaurants, cafés and bars per 1,000 inhabitants (Overture Maps) | 5.1 per 1,000 inh. | 4.3 per 1,000 inh. | 4.5 per 1,000 inh. | ranked 41 of 137 |
| Building trades and construction businesses (Overture Maps) | 184 | 2,109 | 31,318 | ranked 67 of 137 |
| Building trades and construction businesses per 1,000 inhabitants (Overture Maps) | 4.1 per 1,000 inh. | 3.9 per 1,000 inh. | 3.4 per 1,000 inh. | ranked 45 of 137 |
| Public contract award notices from buyers in the municipality (per year) | 2.5 | 224.5 | 4,656 | ranked 86 of 137 |
| Public contract award notices from buyers in the municipality (per year, per 1,000 inhabitants) | 0.06 | 0.41 | 0.51 | ranked 91 of 137 |
| Value of public contracts awarded by buyers in the municipality (per year) | 5.29 M CHF | 288.52 M CHF | 23,213 M CHF | ranked 73 of 137 |
| Public contracts won by companies in the municipality (per year) | 6.5 | 247.0 | 4,782 | ranked 97 of 137 |
| Public contracts won by companies in the municipality (per year, per 1,000 inhabitants) | 0.15 | 0.45 | 0.52 | ranked 116 of 137 |
| Value of public contracts won by companies in the municipality (per year) | 7.85 M CHF | 444.98 M CHF | 21,085 M CHF | ranked 102 of 137 |
| Pharmacies (OpenStreetMap) | 4 | 47 | 1,647 | ranked 75 of 137 |
| Pharmacies per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 0.9 per 10,000 inh. | 0.9 per 10,000 inh. | 1.8 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 100 of 137 |
| Schools (OpenStreetMap) | 33 | 420 | 5,940 | ranked 59 of 137 |
| Schools per 10,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 7.4 per 10,000 inh. | 7.7 per 10,000 inh. | 6.5 per 10,000 inh. | ranked 49 of 137 |
| Shops (OpenStreetMap) | 186 | 3,175 | 52,017 | ranked 84 of 137 |
| Shops per 1,000 inhabitants (OpenStreetMap) | 4.2 per 1,000 inh. | 5.8 per 1,000 inh. | 5.7 per 1,000 inh. | ranked 100 of 137 |
| Average altitude of the area | 1,477 m | 1,005 m | 1,340 m | ranked 30 of 137 |
| Average slope of the terrain | 25.8 ° | 16.6 ° | 19.1 ° | ranked 24 of 137 |
| Share of the area with a slope above 15° | 76.3% | 47.5% | 55.2% | ranked 31 of 137 |
| Land area exposed to river flooding (1-in-10-year flood) | 1.5% | 10.6% | 7.7% | ranked 88 of 129 |
| Land area exposed to river flooding (1-in-100-year flood) | 6.5% | 12.8% | 9.5% | ranked 53 of 129 |
| Land area exposed to river flooding (1-in-500-year flood) | 9.1% | 13.7% | 10.3% | ranked 39 of 129 |
| Land area under more than 1 m of water in a 1-in-100-year river flood | 4.1% | 9.0% | 7.0% | ranked 55 of 129 |
| Seismic hazard: peak ground acceleration (10 % in 50 years) | 0.0678 g | 0.0596 g | 0.0586 g | ranked 37 of 137 |
| Share of natural open land (heath, scrub, grassland, bare rock, glaciers) | 50.0% | 21.2% | 34.9% | ranked 29 of 137 |
| Share of wetlands (marshes, peat bogs) | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | ranked 47 of 137 |
| Share of water surfaces (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, lagoons) | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | ranked 29 of 137 |
| Sealed soil: average imperviousness density | 1.6% | 4.7% | 3.5% | ranked 110 of 137 |
| Public transport stops per 1,000 inhabitants | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | ranked 40 of 137 |
| Public transport stops per km² | 0.37 | 0.79 | 0.66 | ranked 111 of 137 |
| Weekday departures per 1,000 inhabitants | 173 | 256 | 268 | ranked 92 of 137 |
| Railway stations and halts | 7 | 77 | 1,730 | ranked 82 of 137 |
| Share of land area that is built-up | 1.1% | 2.8% | 2.0% | ranked 108 of 137 |
| Built-up surface per inhabitant | 132 m²/inh. | 104 m²/inh. | 89 m²/inh. | ranked 42 of 137 |
| Increase in built-up surface since 1975 | 98% | 90% | 71% | ranked 51 of 137 |
| Increase in built-up surface since 2000 | 35% | 30% | 25% | ranked 47 of 137 |
| Jobs in full-time equivalents (FTE) | 15,823 | 244,160 | 4,404,171 | ranked 78 of 137 |
| Employment level (full-time equivalents as a percentage of employees) | 75.1% | 76.9% | 77.5% | ranked 95 of 137 |
| Share of jobs held by women | 47.9% | 45.5% | 46.1% | ranked 27 of 137 |
| Share of jobs in the primary sector | 5.6% | 3.5% | 2.8% | ranked 62 of 137 |
| Change in jobs over ten years | 9.4% | 7.7% | 12.6% | ranked 73 of 137 |
| Jobs per establishment | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | ranked 58 of 137 |
| Change in the number of establishments over ten years | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9.7% | ranked 80 of 137 |
| Share of people under 20 | 20.4% | 20.4% | 19.8% | ranked 41 of 137 |
| Share of 20- to 64-year-olds | 59.1% | 59.8% | 60.4% | ranked 74 of 137 |
| Share of 20- to 39-year-olds | 25.1% | 26.1% | 25.8% | ranked 48 of 137 |
| Share of people aged 80 and over | 5.8% | 5.7% | 5.9% | ranked 81 of 137 |
| Old-age dependency ratio (people aged 65 and over per 100 people aged 20 to 64) | 34.8 per 100 people | 33.4 per 100 people | 33.3 per 100 people | ranked 81 of 137 |
| Share of single people (aged 20 and over) | 29.7% | 30.4% | 33.5% | ranked 81 of 137 |
| Share of people married or in a registered partnership (aged 20 and over) | 53.6% | 53.0% | 49.7% | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Share of people divorced or with a dissolved partnership (aged 20 and over) | 10.6% | 10.9% | 11.3% | ranked 108 of 137 |
| Share of widowed people (aged 20 and over) | 6.1% | 5.7% | 5.5% | ranked 49 of 137 |
| Private households | 19,666 | 241,248 | 4,105,458 | ranked 77 of 137 |
| Average household size | 2.24 persons | 2.22 persons | 2.18 persons | ranked 58 of 137 |
| Share of one-person households | 35.9% | 36.4% | 37.4% | ranked 60 of 137 |
| Share of households of 5 persons or more | 6.6% | 6.4% | 5.3% | ranked 20 of 137 |
| Share of the population born abroad | 25.2% | 29.4% | 32.9% | ranked 82 of 137 |
| Share of the foreign population born in Switzerland | 19.0% | 20.5% | 17.9% | ranked 54 of 137 |
| Electricity price excl. VAT, typical household H4 (4,500 kWh/year) | 29.92 Rp./kWh | 30.04 Rp./kWh | 27.24 Rp./kWh | ranked 24 of 137 |
| Electricity price excl. VAT, typical household H2 (2,500 kWh/year) | 33.73 Rp./kWh | 33.39 Rp./kWh | 29.75 Rp./kWh | ranked 7 of 137 |
| Electricity price excl. VAT, typical household H6 (25,000 kWh/year) | 26.23 Rp./kWh | 26.03 Rp./kWh | 23.08 Rp./kWh | ranked 21 of 137 |
| Annual electricity bill excl. VAT, typical household H4 (4,500 kWh) | 1,346 CHF/year | 1,352 CHF/year | 1,226 CHF/year | ranked 24 of 137 |
| Share of energy supply in the electricity price, typical household H4 | 41.7% | 42.4% | 40.8% | ranked 67 of 137 |
| Share of grid usage in the electricity price, typical household H4 | 49.1% | 47.0% | 46.4% | ranked 47 of 137 |
| Share of levies and charges in the electricity price, typical household H4 | 9.2% | 10.6% | 12.8% | ranked 113 of 137 |
| Saving with the operator's cheapest product, typical household H4 | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.3% | ranked 37 of 86 |
| Change in the electricity price over 5 years, typical household H4 | 43.5% | 45.6% | 29.7% | ranked 25 of 137 |
| Active enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants | 53.2 | 58.0 | 66.4 | ranked 106 of 137 |
| Share of enterprises in the secondary sector | 21.6% | 20.5% | 16.0% | ranked 55 of 137 |
| Jobs per active enterprise | 6.5 | 8.6 | 7.9 | ranked 64 of 137 |
| Vacant dwelling rate | 0.52% | 1.16% | 0.93% | ranked 114 of 137 |
| Vacant dwellings | 133 | 3,221 | 45,143 | ranked 94 of 137 |
| Share of vacant dwellings for rent | 58.5% | 77.9% | 77.6% | ranked 109 of 135 |
| Share of recently built vacant dwellings (2 years or less) | 8.1% | 7.7% | 8.6% | ranked 62 of 135 |
| Share of vacant dwellings in single-family houses | 18.0% | 10.0% | 13.0% | ranked 46 of 135 |
| Share of vacant dwellings with 1 to 2 rooms | 24.3% | 25.8% | 25.7% | ranked 58 of 135 |
| Share of vacant dwellings with 5 or more rooms | 25.2% | 18.9% | 17.5% | ranked 33 of 135 |
| Share of second homes | 22.4% | 13.3% | 15.1% | ranked 30 of 137 |
| Second homes (neither primary residences nor equivalent dwellings) | 5,678 | 36,690 | 729,464 | ranked 35 of 137 |
Frequently asked questions
How many municipalities are there in Sarganserland Electoral District?
Sarganserland Electoral District has 8 municipalities; the largest is Mels with 9,581 residents.
What is the population of Sarganserland Electoral District?
Sarganserland Electoral District has 44,561 residents (2025), or 86 people per km².
Where is Sarganserland Electoral District?
Sarganserland Electoral District is part of St. Gallen (canton).