Quarten: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3295 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’477
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 29
- Median utilization
- 43 %
Canton: 58 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.28
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Quarten
Quarten is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 2’477 parcels in 29 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (733), BauG Wohnzone W2 (528) and Hinweis.Wald (262).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 43 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 109 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Quarten sits below it.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 131 % (181 parcels), lower than the 619 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| BauG Landwirtschaftszone | 733 | 7 % |
| BauG Wohnzone W2 | 528 | 84 % |
| Hinweis.Wald | 262 | 0 % |
| BauG Wohnzone WE | 221 | 67 % |
| BauG Dorfkernzone DK2 | 146 | 74 % |
| BauG Dorfkernzone DK3 | 104 | 128 % |
| BauG übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 87 | 0 % |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 69 | 76 % |
| BauG Wohnzone W2b | 47 | 82 % |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 39 | 0 % |
| BauG Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet | 38 | 0 % |
| BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 34 | 61 % |
| Other zones (17) | 169 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’441 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 109 %. The median is 43 % and the mean 111 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %19 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’440 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.47. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.28.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’554 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 10.7 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’018 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 350 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 2’477 | 619 % |
| Last 60 years | 779 | 1’809 % |
| Last 40 years | 463 | 115 % |
| Last 20 years | 181 | 131 % |
| Last 15 years | 127 | 140 % |
| Last 10 years | 73 | 150 % |
| Last 5 years | 32 | 108 % |
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).