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Vilters-Wangs: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3297 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’822

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
22
Median utilization
51 %

Canton: 58 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.20

Canton: 0.28

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.9 m

Canton: 9.6 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Vilters-Wangs

Vilters-Wangs is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 2’822 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (815), Wohnzone 11.0 (530) and Wohnzone 9.5 (361).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 51 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 102 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Vilters-Wangs sits below it.

The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.20. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 297 % (288 parcels), lower than the 394 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone8150 %
Wohnzone 11.053093 %
Wohnzone 9.536193 %
Hinweis.Wald1920 %
Kernzone 12.5168102 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB1290 %
Wohn-/Gewerbezone 11.09691 %
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB950 %
Wohnzone Tourismus 8.58847 %
Wohn-/Gewerbezone 13.57762 %
Wohnzone 13.56690 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen4115 %
Other zones (10)164-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’797 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 102 %. The median is 51 % and the mean 255 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %50 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %24 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %15 %
  • 150 % and above11 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’796 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.53. The median is 0.20 and the mean 0.32.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5072 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

Of the 1’691 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 10.3 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 8.9 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m33 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m59 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m8 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 1’200 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 27 %
  • 2 to below 363 %
  • 3 to below 529 %
  • 5 and above< 1 %

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 years2’822394 %
Last 60 years1’210361 %
Last 40 years758401 %
Last 20 years288297 %
Last 15 years193112 %
Last 10 years115109 %
Last 5 years54103 %

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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).