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Eichberg: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3252 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’084

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
20
Median utilization
20 %

Canton: 58 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.09

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 Eichberg

Eichberg is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 1’084 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (349), BauG Landwirtschaftszone (296) and Hinweis.Wald (182).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 20 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 95 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Eichberg sits below it.

The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 108 % (155 parcels), higher than the 58 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
BauG Wohnzone W234980 %
BauG Landwirtschaftszone2960 %
Hinweis.Wald1820 %
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG26393 %
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG34285 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB320 %
BauG Wohnzone W320132 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB200 %
BauG Kernzone K21386 %
BauG Grünzone Freihaltung innerhalb Baugebiet1013 %
BauG Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet90 %
BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen9188 %
Other zones (8)39-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’063 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 95 %. The median is 20 % and the mean 54 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %56 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %21 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %14 %
  • 150 % and above9 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’062 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.46. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.24.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5079 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 567 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 10.8 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.4 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m22 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m70 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m8 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 431 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 27 %
  • 2 to below 359 %
  • 3 to below 533 %
  • 5 and above1 %

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 years1’08458 %
Last 60 years464103 %
Last 40 years349109 %
Last 20 years155108 %
Last 15 years95110 %
Last 10 years58118 %
Last 5 years19129 %

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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).