Steinach
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3217
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 954 parcels in Steinach, covering 4.5 km². 76.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 827 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 954
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.5 km²
0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 827 m²
Canton: 938 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 76.6%
Canton: 66.6%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1983
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Steinach
Steinach is a municipality in the canton of St. Gallen and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.2% of their area. The median parcel in Steinach measures 827 m², about the same as the canton median of 938 m². Steinach is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 76.6% of its parcels have a building, against 66.6% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2 (28.7%), BauG Wohnzone W3 (12.9%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (10.6%). In total, Steinach uses 19 zone designations.
According to the building register, Steinach has 1’118 buildings with 1’806 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (64.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 33.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (26.4% of them), and 25.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1983, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 731 (76.6%)Unbuilt: 223 (23.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2 | 274 | 0.19 km² | 96.4% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 123 | 0.07 km² | 74.0% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 101 | 2.65 km² | 41.6% |
| BauG_Kernzone | 92 | 0.09 km² | 91.3% |
| BauG_Kernzone K2 | 75 | 0.05 km² | 89.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 75 | 0.10 km² | 80.0% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 45 | 0.24 km² | 95.6% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W4 | 37 | 0.06 km² | 75.7% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 33 | 0.10 km² | 6.1% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 19 | 0.19 km² | 94.7% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 15 | 0.01 km² | 93.3% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 15 | 0.15 km² | 13.3% |
| Other zones (7 labels) | 50 | 0.61 km² | 32.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’118 buildings with 1’806 dwellings here; 417 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’118
- Dwellings
- 1’806
- Single-family houses
- 417
- Building volume
- 2.4 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Steinach
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