Vilters-Wangs is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Of the rest of the land, 5.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (14.5%) is non-productive (rivers or lakes).
It is located near a major expressway, near the mouth of the village stream into the Rhine river.
Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 30 are from Germany, 49 are from Italy, 163 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 38 are from Austria, 12 are from Turkey, and 70 are from another country.
[10] The age distribution, as of 2000[update], in Vilters-Wangs is; 528 children or 13.6% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 584 teenagers or 15.0% are between 10 and 19.
[5] Out of the total population in Vilters-Wangs, as of 2000[update], the highest education level completed by 877 people (22.5% of the population) was Primary, while 1,431 (36.8%) have completed their secondary education, 360 (9.3%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 186 (4.8%) are not in school.
[13] From the 2000 census[update], 2,956 or 76.0% are Roman Catholic, while 477 or 12.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.