Niederbüren
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3422
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’094 parcels in Niederbüren, covering 15.8 km². 47.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 3’246 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’094
- 0.6% of the canton
- Total area
- 15.8 km²
0.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 3’246 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 47.1%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1988
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Niederbüren
Niederbüren is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.8% of their area. The median parcel in Niederbüren measures 3’246 m², larger than the canton median of 938 m². Niederbüren is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 47.1% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (40.9%), Hinweis.Wald (20.8%) and BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 (13.3%). In total, Niederbüren uses 15 zone designations.
According to the building register, Niederbüren has 1’008 buildings with 645 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (81.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 54% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (33% of them), and 31.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 515 (47.1%)Unbuilt: 579 (52.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 447 | 11.28 km² | 39.6% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 228 | 3.15 km² | 5.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 145 | 0.15 km² | 90.3% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 97 | 0.06 km² | 86.6% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 71 | 0.06 km² | 90.1% |
| BauG_Kernzone | 27 | 0.03 km² | 88.9% |
| BauG_Grünzone vor III Nachtrag zu BauG | 20 | 0.11 km² | 30.0% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 17 | 0.12 km² | 5.9% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 11 | 0.05 km² | 63.6% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 8 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 7 | 0.06 km² | 42.9% |
| Hinweis.Gewaesser | 6 | 0.26 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 10 | 0.49 km² | 60.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’008 buildings with 645 dwellings here; 353 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’008
- Dwellings
- 645
- Single-family houses
- 353
- Building volume
- 1.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Niederbüren
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