Oberuzwil
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3407
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 2’408 parcels in Oberuzwil, covering 14.1 km². 66% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 917 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’408
- 1.3% of the canton
- Total area
- 14.1 km²
0.7% of the canton
- Median area
- 917 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 66%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1976
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Oberuzwil
Oberuzwil is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 1.3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.7% of their area. The median parcel in Oberuzwil measures 917 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Oberuzwil is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 66% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone (35.8%), Landwirtschaftszone (22.5%) and Kernzone (15.1%). In total, Oberuzwil uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Oberuzwil has 2’535 buildings with 3’121 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 35.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (26% of them), and 19.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1976, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’590 (66%)Unbuilt: 818 (34%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone | 861 | 0.66 km² | 94.0% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 543 | 8.85 km² | 43.5% |
| Kernzone | 363 | 0.23 km² | 90.1% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 281 | 2.93 km² | 5.0% |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone | 172 | 0.23 km² | 90.1% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsfläche iB | 91 | 0.17 km² | 4.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsfläche aB | 24 | 0.17 km² | 8.3% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 22 | 0.17 km² | 81.8% |
| Arbeitszone | 15 | 0.11 km² | 80.0% |
| Freihaltezone ausserhalb Bauzone Ortsplanung | 10 | 0.04 km² | 0.0% |
| Hinweis.Gewässer | 9 | 0.19 km² | 33.3% |
| Schutzzone ausserhalb Bauzone Natur- und Heimatschutz | 5 | 0.07 km² | 40.0% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 12 | 0.25 km² | 66.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’535 buildings with 3’121 dwellings here; 1’039 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’535
- Dwellings
- 3’121
- Single-family houses
- 1’039
- Building volume
- 3.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Oberuzwil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Oberuzwil. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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