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Living in Landquart

In Landquart, unemployment is 1.6% (2025).

At the end of 2024, Landquart had a population of 9,244. For Landquart, the resident counts list 7,030 Swiss permanent residents and 29 non-permanent residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2428 sources

Population9,244people31 Dec 2024Official source · Switzerland official denominator source
Median gross salary (region)6,952EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch
Average net rent17.32EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)
Unemployment rate1.64%country median 2.3% — 29% belowOfficial source · disseminate.stats.swiss
Recorded crime6,307incidents per 100,000country median 11,440 — 45% belowOfficial source · Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik

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

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 Landquart.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Landquart 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)17.32 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2024Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton)5Official · regional context

Is Landquart 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 worker64%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 54–74%
Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 60–80%
Student38%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 27–49%
Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–62%
Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–62%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Landquart?

The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (2025).

  • Unemployment rate: 1.64 % · disseminate.stats.swiss1
Unemployment across cities in SwitzerlandUnemployment in Landquart is 1.6%. Of 176 cities with data, 52 have unemployment of 2 to under 3%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)6,952 EUR/month31 Dec 2024www.pxweb.bfs.admin.ch19Official
Unemployment rate1.64 %country median 2.3%31 Dec 2025disseminate.stats.swiss1Official

What does a salary buy in Landquart?

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€4,670of €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€17.32/m² · official · Loyer moyen par m2 en francs selon le nombre de pièces, par canton (mean rent per m2 in CHF by number of rooms and canton) · 2024-12-31− €1,039
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€4,670
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Landquart Salary needed to live in Landquart

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Landquart. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Landquart?

Police recorded about 6,307 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik4

Recorded crime across major citiesLandquart highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Landquart 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 residents6,307 incidents per 100,000country median 11,44031 Dec 2025Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik4Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportSMV3 Aug 2026OurAirports6Official
Distance to nearest airport52 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports6Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Landquart. 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
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fide language promotion system — State Language Course

State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)

For adult migrants.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Landquart.

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Climate and air quality

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 4.5 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 15.7 · May 19.8 · Jun 22.9 · Jul 24.6 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 19.7 · Oct 15.5 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 5.2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.1 · Feb -1.3 · Mar 2.2 · Apr 5.6 · May 9.7 · Jun 13 · Jul 14.7 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 7.2 · Nov 2.5 · Dec -1.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official
Average temperature by monthJan 1.1 · Feb 2.3 · Mar 6.5 · Apr 10.4 · May 14.4 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 19.1 · Aug 18.8 · Sep 14.9 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 5.8 · Dec 2 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 70.6 · Feb 56.3 · Mar 77.7 · Apr 72.3 · May 99.4 · Jun 119 · Jul 124.8 · Aug 145.6 · Sep 94.5 · Oct 80.1 · Nov 79.3 · Dec 79.3 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 97 · Feb 111.7 · Mar 144.6 · Apr 158.7 · May 174.1 · Jun 189.5 · Jul 207.5 · Aug 191.8 · Sep 158.1 · Oct 131.8 · Nov 92.7 · Dec 82.1 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official

Similar climate. In Switzerland: Zürich ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Reims (France) ±1.2 °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

How many people live in Landquart?

The published population was 9,244 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 residents538.6 cars/1000 residents31 Dec 2024Swiss Federal Statistical Office/OFS/BFS11Official
City area18.91 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 residents29 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20247Official
Foreign residents2,214 people31 Dec 2024Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024.9Official
Non-permanent residents29 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20247Official
Population density488.8 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
Population9,244 people31 Dec 2024Switzerland official denominator source13Official
Swiss non-permanent residents0 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20247Official
Swiss permanent residents7,030 people31 Dec 2024Permanent and non permanent resident population by municipality, resident type and citizenship, 20247Official

International community in Landquart

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 - total42100.0%
Abroad3992.9%
In Switzerland37.1%

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 - total9,281100.0%
In Switzerland6,69372.1%
Abroad2,58827.9%

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 - total42100.0%
Portugal921.4%
Italy819.0%
Germany614.3%
Romania49.5%
Lithuania37.1%
Poland24.8%
Spain24.8%
Nigeria24.8%
Czechia12.4%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Croatia12.4%
Ukraine12.4%
Colombia12.4%
Afghanistan12.4%
Syria12.4%

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

Alternatives for people set on Landquart

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.

Biel/Bienne as a Landquart alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 177 km, 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: 56,896 Biel/Bienne vs 9,244 Landquart+515%
  • Rent: €14.52/m² (2021) Biel/Bienne vs €17.32/m² (2024) Landquartno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 15,776 Biel/Bienne vs 6,307 Landquartno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 31.0 km Biel/Bienne vs 52.0 km Landquart−40%
  • Median gross pay, region: €7,310 Biel/Bienne vs €6,952 Landquart+5%
Full comparisonMore about Biel/Bienne

Cities near Landquart

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

Bad Ragaz 7.5 km away
Rent
16.38 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Vilters-Wangs 11.6 km away
Rent
14.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Sargans 14.6 km away
Rent
15.89 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Mels 15.9 km away
Rent
14.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Wartau 16.1 km away
Rent
13.83 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31
Sevelen 19.9 km away
Rent
15.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2021-12-31

Alternative cities in Switzerland

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

All Switzerland cities
Marly9,242 residentsWillisau9,242 residentsLa Grande Béroche9,229 residentsNeuenhof9,212 residentsWohlen bei Bern9,283 residentsMilvignes9,308 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Landquart 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.

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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; Landquart'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 Landquart?

The published population was 9,244 people in 2024. Source: Switzerland official denominator source.

How safe is Landquart?

Police recorded about 6,307 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Jahresbericht Graubünden 2025 — Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik.

What is the unemployment rate in Landquart?

The unemployment rate is about 1.6 % (2025). Source: disseminate.stats.swiss.

What is the typical salary around Landquart?

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

How many foreign residents live in Landquart?

2,214 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Ständige Wohnbevölkerung, Staatsangehörigkeit = Ausland, Gemeinde grain, 31.12.2024..

Is Landquart a good place to live?

Landquart 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 Landquart?

Bad Ragaz, Chur, Vilters-Wangs, Sargans, Mels are near Landquart. 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 Landquart?

The official country of birth distribution records 42 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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  title = {Landquart, Switzerland: population, rent, salary, jobs},
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