Oberbüren
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3424
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’945 parcels in Oberbüren, covering 17.7 km². 62.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’143 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’945
- 1% of the canton
- Total area
- 17.7 km²
0.9% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’143 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 62.1%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1988
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Oberbüren
Oberbüren is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.9% of their area. The median parcel in Oberbüren measures 1’143 m², larger than the canton median of 938 m². Oberbüren is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 62.1% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (24.8%), BauG Wohnzone W2a (20.5%) and Hinweis.Wald (9.6%). In total, Oberbüren uses 25 zone designations.
According to the building register, Oberbüren has 2’171 buildings with 2’111 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (76%). Non-residential buildings account for 43.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31% of them), and 30.5% 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: 1’207 (62.1%)Unbuilt: 738 (37.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 483 | 12.55 km² | 47.0% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 398 | 0.29 km² | 91.5% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 186 | 2.69 km² | 10.2% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 182 | 0.15 km² | 90.7% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 177 | 0.13 km² | 86.4% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 91 | 0.13 km² | 86.8% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche aB | 80 | 0.46 km² | 1.3% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 73 | 0.14 km² | 2.7% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 53 | 0.08 km² | 86.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 37 | 0.07 km² | 83.8% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI B | 31 | 0.12 km² | 93.5% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 25 | 0.14 km² | 76.0% |
| Other zones (13 labels) | 129 | 0.78 km² | 55.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’171 buildings with 2’111 dwellings here; 794 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’171
- Dwellings
- 2’111
- Single-family houses
- 794
- Building volume
- 4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Oberbüren
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