Steinach: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3217 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 954
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 19
- Median utilization
- 68 %
Canton: 58 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.38
Canton: 0.28
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Steinach
Steinach is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 954 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (274), BauG Wohnzone W3 (123) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (101).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 68 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 105 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Steinach sits above it.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.38. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 100 % (122 parcels), higher than the 80 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| BauG Wohnzone W2 | 274 | 75 % |
| BauG Wohnzone W3 | 123 | 144 % |
| BauG Landwirtschaftszone | 101 | 0 % |
| BauG Kernzone | 92 | 70 % |
| BauG Kernzone K2 | 75 | 80 % |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 75 | 57 % |
| BauG Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 45 | 85 % |
| BauG Wohnzone W4 | 37 | 42 % |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 33 | 0 % |
| BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 19 | 123 % |
| BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 15 | 86 % |
| Hinweis.Wald | 15 | 0 % |
| Other zones (7) | 50 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 932 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 105 %. The median is 68 % and the mean 77 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %35 %
- 50 % to below 100 %37 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 932 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.09 and 0.64. The median is 0.38 and the mean 0.43.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5063 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 690 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m21 %
- 8 m to below 12 m58 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 565 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 540 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 954 | 80 % |
| Last 60 years | 468 | 108 % |
| Last 40 years | 342 | 116 % |
| Last 20 years | 122 | 100 % |
| Last 15 years | 89 | 100 % |
| Last 10 years | 44 | 105 % |
| Last 5 years | 12 | 101 % |
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).