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Rapperswil-Jona

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3340

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 5’679 parcels in Rapperswil-Jona, covering 31.4 km². 68.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 869 m².

Key figures

Parcels
5’679
3% of the canton
Total area
31.4 km²

1.7% of the canton

Median area
869 m²

Canton: 938 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
68.6%

Canton: 66.6%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1981

Canton: 1977

Switzerland: 1976

About Rapperswil-Jona

Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 3% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 1.7% of their area. The median parcel in Rapperswil-Jona measures 869 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Rapperswil-Jona is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 68.6% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2c (24.7%), BauG Wohnzone W3 (13.6%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (10.5%). In total, Rapperswil-Jona uses 34 zone designations.

According to the building register, Rapperswil-Jona has 6’555 buildings with 14’498 dwellings, 2.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 54.9% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 31.2% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (29.2% of them), and 20.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 3’893 (68.6%)Unbuilt: 1’786 (31.4%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
BauG Wohnzone W2c1’4041.12 km²95.6%
BauG Wohnzone W37701.22 km²93.4%
BauG Landwirtschaftszone5947.13 km²37.2%
BauG Wohnzone W2b5700.51 km²93.9%
Hinweis.Wald3596.23 km²4.7%
Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB3340.68 km²6.9%
BauG Kernzone Altstadt2100.05 km²77.1%
BauG Grünzone Naturschutz2090.75 km²4.8%
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG31410.18 km²85.1%
BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG41220.16 km²92.6%
BauG Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen1020.62 km²74.5%
BauG Grünzone Erholung950.55 km²36.8%
Other zones (22 labels)76912.15 km²67.6%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 6’555 buildings with 14’498 dwellings here; 2’077 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
6’555
Dwellings
14’498
Single-family houses
2’077
Building volume
13 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential3’784
  • Mixed use208
  • Non-residential2’043
  • Other520

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 1920400
  • 1920-1945197
  • 1946-1960365
  • 1961-1980923
  • 1981-20001’136
  • 2001-2010419
  • 2011-2020253
  • 2021 and later124
  • Unknown year76

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