Niederhelfenschwil
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3423
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’768 parcels in Niederhelfenschwil, covering 16.4 km². 55.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’201 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’768
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 16.4 km²
0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’201 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 55.5%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1993
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Niederhelfenschwil
Niederhelfenschwil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.9% of their area. The median parcel in Niederhelfenschwil measures 1’201 m², larger than the canton median of 938 m². Niederhelfenschwil is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 55.5% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (29.5%), BauG Wohnzone WE (16.7%) and Hinweis.Wald (16.2%). In total, Niederhelfenschwil uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Niederhelfenschwil has 1’680 buildings with 1’381 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (79.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 41.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (32.9% of them), and 33.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1993, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 981 (55.5%)Unbuilt: 787 (44.5%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 522 | 12.18 km² | 41.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone WE | 295 | 0.23 km² | 95.6% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 286 | 2.88 km² | 5.6% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 217 | 0.20 km² | 88.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 125 | 0.09 km² | 91.2% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 93 | 0.10 km² | 93.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 66 | 0.17 km² | 1.5% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 48 | 0.07 km² | 0.0% |
| BauG_Weilerzone | 28 | 0.04 km² | 85.7% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 20 | 0.11 km² | 75.0% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg | 17 | 0.05 km² | 58.8% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 15 | 0.08 km² | 86.7% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 36 | 0.18 km² | 38.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’680 buildings with 1’381 dwellings here; 696 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’680
- Dwellings
- 1’381
- Single-family houses
- 696
- Building volume
- 2.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Niederhelfenschwil
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