Rorschach
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3215
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 1’512 parcels in Rorschach, covering 1.8 km². 79.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 479 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’512
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 1.8 km²
0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 479 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 79.2%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1953
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Rorschach
Rorschach is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.1% of their area. The median parcel in Rorschach measures 479 m², smaller than the canton median of 938 m². Rorschach is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 79.2% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W3 (24.5%), BauG Wohnzone W2 (15.3%) and BauG übriges Gemeindegebiet Strasse Weg (12.8%). In total, Rorschach uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Rorschach has 1’911 buildings with 5’876 dwellings, 3.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings hold several dwellings: single-family houses make up only 26.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 33.1% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (33.6% of them), and 10.9% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1953, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’198 (79.2%)Unbuilt: 314 (20.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 370 | 0.28 km² | 95.4% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 232 | 0.15 km² | 91.4% |
| BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet Strasse_Weg | 193 | 0.26 km² | 4.1% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 192 | 0.13 km² | 87.5% |
| BauG_Kernzone K5 | 132 | 0.07 km² | 81.1% |
| BauG_Kernzone Altstadt | 92 | 0.04 km² | 93.5% |
| BauG_zentrumsnahes Wohnen WZ4 | 65 | 0.03 km² | 98.5% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG4 | 55 | 0.05 km² | 92.7% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 43 | 0.30 km² | 88.4% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 37 | 0.09 km² | 97.3% |
| BauG_zentrumsnahes Wohnen WZ3 | 34 | 0.02 km² | 97.1% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W4 | 23 | 0.05 km² | 87.0% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 44 | 0.32 km² | 50.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’911 buildings with 5’876 dwellings here; 280 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’911
- Dwellings
- 5’876
- Single-family houses
- 280
- Building volume
- 4.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Rorschach
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