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Living in Grabs

In Grabs, rent averages €13.44 per m² a month (2021).

The resident counts list 5,757 Swiss permanent residents and 42 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024. The population of Grabs, in Switzerland, was 7,488 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-1028 sources

Population7,488people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)6,952EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent13.44EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2021Official source · Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23
Recorded crime5,561incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T9
PM2.5, annual mean8.6µg/m³country median 8.8 — 2% belowOfficial source · cdn.who.int

Which Switzerland-wide rules apply when you move to Grabs?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SwitzerlandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Grabs.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Grabs?

Average net cold rent is about 13.44 EUR/m² per month (2021-2023), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 13.44 EUR/m²/month · Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-232
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Grabs recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€71
Mobile plan, 10 GB€56
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited70.68 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Swisscom blue Internet S12Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB56.03 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Salt Swiss 10GB8Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)13.44 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2021Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-232Official

Is Grabs a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on safety · range 52–70%
Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%
Student37%strong on cost, weak on education · range 26–48%
Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 37–63%
Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 39–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 806 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 13.44 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2021-2023

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)6,952 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch19Official

What does a salary buy in Grabs?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €6,952 (pxweb.bfs.admin.ch, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€4,903of €5,836 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€5,836
Rent, 60 m²€13.44/m² · official · Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23 · 2021-12-31− €806
Internet€71 · official · Swisscom blue Internet S · 2026-09-30− €71
Mobile plan€56 · official · Salt Swiss 10GB · 2026-09-30− €56
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€4,903
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Grabs Salary needed to live in Grabs

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Grabs. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

arbeit.swiss — Public employment service

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs / public employment service

Job SearchCareer Counselling
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Grabs. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGrabs highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Grabs highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Solothurn25,779
Bern20,196
Interlaken18,896
Olten15,369
Kloten13,097
St. Gallen9,783
Winterthur7,988
Muri bei Bern5,389
Wetzikon (ZH)4,048
Küsnacht (ZH)3,718
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents5,561 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) 2025, tables T3/T8/T97Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport2 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights4Official
Nearest airportACH3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official
Distance to nearest airport35 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports5Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Grabs. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Cantonal integration programmes — Newcomer Adaptation

SEM and cantons

For migrants, refugees.

German, French, ItalianIn Person
Open official information

fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

German, French, ItalianIn Person, Online
Open official information
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Grabs.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Grabs?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.6 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: cdn.who.int1

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwitzerlandAnnual PM2.5 in Grabs is 8.6 µg/m³. Of 43 cities with data, 12 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean8.6 µg/m³country median 8.831 Dec 2019cdn.who.int1Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 5 · Feb 6.8 · Mar 11.8 · Apr 16 · May 20.1 · Jun 23.2 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 24.3 · Sep 20 · Oct 15.7 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 5.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -2 · Feb -1.1 · Mar 2.3 · Apr 5.6 · May 9.7 · Jun 13 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 6.9 · Nov 2.2 · Dec -1.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.4 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 6.8 · Apr 10.7 · May 14.7 · Jun 17.9 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 15 · Oct 11.1 · Nov 5.7 · Dec 2.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 41.1 · Feb 33.8 · Mar 54.4 · Apr 56.7 · May 90.2 · Jun 116.4 · Jul 130.3 · Aug 144.4 · Sep 95.8 · Oct 67.7 · Nov 55.7 · Dec 53.6 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 71.9 · Feb 91.6 · Mar 130.6 · Apr 156.4 · May 168.2 · Jun 181 · Jul 197 · Aug 182.8 · Sep 147 · Oct 114.3 · Nov 67.5 · Dec 55.3 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Basel ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

The city covered 54.7 km² in 2019.

How many people live in Grabs?

The published population was 7,488 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source13

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents574.4 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS11Official
City area54.67 km²2019Exact BFS Arealstatistik municipality area: sum of exhaustive NOAS top-level categories 1-4, PERIOD=A4 (2013-2018), FJ=2019, municipality REGION state 2025-01-01; hectares converted to km².3Official
Foreign non-permanent residents42 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official
Foreign residents1,731 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.9Official
Non-permanent residents42 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official
Population density137 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible density from BFS STATPOP permanent population at 31.12.2024 divided by the exact official BFS municipality area denominator (2013-2018; FJ=2019; area observed_at=2019).3Official
Population7,488 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source13Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official
Swiss permanent residents5,757 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20246Official

International community in Grabs

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total21100.0%
Abroad21100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Country of birth

Permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Place of birth - total7,535100.0%
In Switzerland5,53573.5%
Abroad2,00026.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Citizenship

Non-permanent resident population, total sex, all ages · 2025-12-31

Published groupPeopleShare
Citizenship - total21100.0%
Afghanistan838.1%
Ukraine523.8%
Italy314.3%
Germany14.8%
France14.8%
Czechia14.8%
Brazil14.8%
United States14.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source10

Alternatives for people set on Grabs

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Winterthur as a Grabs alternative in the same country

65 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

  • Residents: 120,376 Winterthur vs 7,488 Grabs+1508%
  • Rent: €17.90/m² (2023) Winterthur vs €13.44/m² (2021) Grabsno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 14.0 km Winterthur vs 35.0 km Grabs−60%
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,875 Winterthur vs €6,952 Grabs+13%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,988 Winterthur vs 5,561 Grabsno percentage
Full comparisonMore about Winterthur

Cities near Grabs

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Buchs (SG) 2.5 km away
Rent
15.7 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Sevelen 7.5 km away
Rent
15.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Wartau 11.4 km away
Rent
13.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Walenstadt 12.2 km away
Rent
14.42 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Flums 12.8 km away
Rent
13.64 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Sargans 15.0 km away
Rent
15.89 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Switzerland

Other cities in Switzerland to compare with Grabs, nearest in population first.

All Switzerland cities
Herzogenbuchsee7,502 residentsHaute-Sorne7,453 residentsRuswil7,541 residentsAltendorf7,426 residentsSaxon7,424 residentsChiasso7,564 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Grabs under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

Open the official coverage guide
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Einführungsklassen / integrative DaZ-Sprachförderung (per canton). How to enrol a child (edk.ch).

A country-wide rule for Switzerland; Grabs's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Grabs?

The published population was 7,488 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How much does it cost to rent in Grabs?

Average net cold rent is about 13.44 EUR/m² per month (2021-2023), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 941 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Durchschnittliche Wohnungsnettomietpreise in CHF/m² nach Wohnungsgrösse, Kanton St.Gallen, Wahlkreise und Gemeinden, Zeitraum 2021-23.

Is the air quality good in Grabs?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8.6 µg/m³ (2019) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: cdn.who.int.

What is the typical salary around Grabs?

The median gross salary is 6,952 EUR/month. Source: www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch.

How many foreign residents live in Grabs?

1,731 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Grabs a good place to live?

Grabs may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Grabs?

Buchs (SG), Sevelen, Wartau, Walenstadt, Feldkirch are near Grabs. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Place of birth - total live in Grabs?

The official country of birth distribution records 21 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2025-12-31. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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