Gaiserwald
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3442
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Gaiserwald centerThe parcel data lists 2’353 parcels in Gaiserwald, covering 12.6 km². 78.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 843 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’353
- 1.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 12.6 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 843 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 78.6%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1983
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Gaiserwald
Gaiserwald ranks 32nd of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 1.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Gaiserwald measures 843 m², about the same as the canton median of 950 m². Gaiserwald is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 78.6% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2b (28.2%), BauG Wohnzone W2a (21.6%) and BauG Landwirtschaftszone (12.7%). In total, Gaiserwald uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Gaiserwald has 2’768 buildings with 4’107 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (70%). Non-residential buildings account for 26.6% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (31.5% of them), and 23.1% 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: 1’850 (78.6%)
Unbuilt: 503 (21.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 664 | 0.44 km² | 93.1% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 509 | 0.44 km² | 94.5% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 299 | 7.21 km² | 55.9% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 244 | 0.35 km² | 91.4% |
| BauG_Dorfkernzone DK2 | 153 | 0.13 km² | 92.8% |
| Hinweis.Wald | 146 | 2.90 km² | 14.4% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 77 | 0.17 km² | 1.3% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 58 | 0.07 km² | 94.8% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W4 | 37 | 0.06 km² | 94.6% |
| BauG_Gewerbe-Industriezone GI A | 35 | 0.17 km² | 82.9% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 34 | 0.22 km² | 79.4% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 23 | 0.04 km² | 87.0% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 74 | 0.46 km² | 41.9% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’768 buildings with 4’107 dwellings here; 1’249 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’768
- Dwellings
- 4’107
- Single-family houses
- 1’249
- Building volume
- 3.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Gaiserwald
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Gaiserwald. 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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