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Berg (SG): observed built density

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3211 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
484

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
14
Median utilization
56 %

Canton: 58 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.22

Canton: 0.28

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.3 m

Canton: 9.6 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Berg (SG)

Berg (SG) is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 484 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2a (152), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (139) and BauG Wohnzone W2b (68).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 56 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 95 %. The canton median is 58 %, close to the level of Berg (SG).

The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.22. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (53 parcels), higher than the 85 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
BauG Wohnzone W2a15275 %
BauG Landwirtschaftszone13910 %
BauG Wohnzone W2b6881 %
Hinweis.Wald480 %
BauG Kernzone K319143 %
BauG Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet170 %
BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen1051 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB90 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB70 %
BauG Grünzone Freihaltung innerhalb Baugebiet468 %
Hinweis.Gewaesser40 %
BauG Wohnzone W3399 %
Other zones (2)4-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 470 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 95 %. The median is 56 % and the mean 80 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %47 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %31 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %10 %
  • 150 % and above12 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 470 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.45. The median is 0.22 and the mean 0.26.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5081 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above0 %

Building height

Of the 287 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 10.9 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.6 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m24 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m67 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m10 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 233 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 24 %
  • 2 to below 362 %
  • 3 to below 534 %
  • 5 and above0 %

Building age cohorts

Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.

Built inParcelsMean utilization
All years48485 %
Last 60 years220104 %
Last 40 years125116 %
Last 20 years53116 %
Last 15 years46121 %
Last 10 years38122 %
Last 5 years18148 %

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How to read this page

room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).