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Rheineck: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3235 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’066

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
19
Median utilization
85 %

Canton: 58 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.48

Canton: 0.28

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.2 m

Canton: 9.6 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.5

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Rheineck

Rheineck is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 1’066 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (329), BauG Kernzone K4 (168) and BauG Wohnzone W2a (143).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 85 %; half of the parcels lie between 43 % and 128 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Rheineck sits above it.

The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.48. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (107 parcels), lower than the 139 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
BauG Wohnzone W232991 %
BauG Kernzone K416896 %
BauG Wohnzone W2a14380 %
BauG Landwirtschaftszone880 %
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG272126 %
BauG Wohnzone W34896 %
BauG Industriezone IA3781 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB360 %
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG330113 %
BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen271’099 %
BauG Grünzone Naturschutz ausserhalb Baugebiet220 %
BauG Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A1791 %
Other zones (7)49-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’044 parcels with a value, half lie between 43 % and 128 %. The median is 85 % and the mean 130 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %27 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %34 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %22 %
  • 150 % and above17 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’044 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.20 and 0.83. The median is 0.48 and the mean 0.62.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5052 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0030 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.509 %
  • 1.50 and above8 %

Building height

Of the 822 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.4 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.5 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m17 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m55 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m28 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 658 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.7.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 26 %
  • 2 to below 344 %
  • 3 to below 546 %
  • 5 and above4 %

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 years1’066139 %
Last 60 years426144 %
Last 40 years288153 %
Last 20 years107107 %
Last 15 years77110 %
Last 10 years43105 %
Last 5 years1599 %

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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).