Lichtensteig: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3374 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 705
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 80 %
Canton: 58 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.43
Canton: 0.28
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.4 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Lichtensteig
Lichtensteig is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 705 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Kernzone (138), BauG Wohnzone WE (126) and BauG Wohnzone W2 (120).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 80 %; half of the parcels lie between 9 % and 128 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Lichtensteig sits above it.
The median building height is 11.4 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.43. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 118 % (86 parcels), higher than the 105 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| BauG Kernzone | 138 | 111 % |
| BauG Wohnzone WE | 126 | 90 % |
| BauG Wohnzone W2 | 120 | 98 % |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 69 | 119 % |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 45 | 0 % |
| BauG Landwirtschaftszone | 44 | 9 % |
| Hinweis.Wald | 36 | 0 % |
| BauG Wohnzone W3 | 33 | 78 % |
| BauG Grünzone Freihaltung innerhalb Baugebiet | 25 | 100 % |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 20 | 462 % |
| BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 18 | 26 % |
| BauG Grünzone Gewässerschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 7 | 0 % |
| Other zones (8) | 24 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 686 parcels with a value, half lie between 9 % and 128 %. The median is 80 % and the mean 98 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %37 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above20 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 686 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.87. The median is 0.43 and the mean 0.80.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5058 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above15 %
Building height
Of the 496 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.9 m and 14.4 m. The median is 11.4 m and the mean 12.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m7 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m36 %
- 20 m and above4 %
Number of floors
Of the 392 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.4. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 335 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above8 %
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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 705 | 105 % |
| Last 60 years | 288 | 125 % |
| Last 40 years | 204 | 131 % |
| Last 20 years | 86 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 66 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 48 | 139 % |
| Last 5 years | 20 | 166 % |
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).