Zuzwil (SG): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3426 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’972
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 19
- Median utilization
- 67 %
Canton: 58 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.38
Canton: 0.28
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Zuzwil (SG)
Zuzwil (SG) is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen. The parcel data lists 1’972 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 10 (641), Landwirtschaftszone (312) and Kernzone 13 (208).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 67 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 102 %. The canton median is 58 %, so Zuzwil (SG) sits above it.
The median building height is 9.1 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 116 % (217 parcels), higher than the 66 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 10 | 641 | 87 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 312 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 13 | 208 | 99 % |
| Wohnzone 11.5 | 208 | 95 % |
| Hinweis Wald | 195 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 14.5 | 93 | 87 % |
| Hinweis Verkehrsflaeche iB | 81 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone Ortsplanung iB | 53 | 67 % |
| Arbeitszone 17 | 46 | 77 % |
| Hinweis Verkehrsfläche aB | 31 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone 14 | 30 | 48 % |
| Wohn-, Gewerbezone 14.5 | 24 | 66 % |
| Other zones (7) | 50 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’948 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 102 %. The median is 67 % and the mean 64 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %33 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’948 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.59. The median is 0.38 and the mean 0.38.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5064 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0030 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’278 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 10.6 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m65 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’035 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 353 %
- 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 | 1’972 | 66 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’100 | 96 % |
| Last 40 years | 816 | 102 % |
| Last 20 years | 217 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 144 | 126 % |
| Last 10 years | 72 | 138 % |
| Last 5 years | 33 | 118 % |
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).