Goldach
Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3213
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Goldach centerThe parcel data lists 2’080 parcels in Goldach, covering 4.9 km². 82.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 718 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’080
- 1.1% of the canton
- Total area
- 4.9 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 718 m²
- Canton: 950 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 82.1%
- Canton: 66.4%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Goldach
Goldach ranks 40th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 1.1% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Goldach measures 718 m², smaller than the canton median of 950 m². Goldach is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 82.1% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are BauG Wohnzone W2a (36.6%), BauG Wohnzone W3 (15.2%) and BauG Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 (9.3%). In total, Goldach uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Goldach has 2’641 buildings with 4’899 dwellings, 1.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (63.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 32.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (28% of them), and 20.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’707 (82.1%)
Unbuilt: 373 (17.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| BauG_Wohnzone W2a | 762 | 0.55 km² | 94.2% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W3 | 316 | 0.41 km² | 94.9% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3 | 193 | 0.20 km² | 90.2% |
| BauG_Wohnzone W2b | 176 | 0.15 km² | 92.0% |
| BauG_Kernzone K4 | 119 | 0.10 km² | 83.2% |
| Hinweis.Verkehrsflaeche iB | 96 | 0.27 km² | 5.2% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG2 | 69 | 0.02 km² | 91.3% |
| BauG_Grünzone Freihaltung | 56 | 0.23 km² | 19.6% |
| BauG_Landwirtschaftszone | 52 | 1.19 km² | 53.8% |
| BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG4 | 49 | 0.09 km² | 73.5% |
| BauG_Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 37 | 0.19 km² | 70.3% |
| BauG_Industriezone IA | 35 | 0.36 km² | 77.1% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 120 | 1.18 km² | 48.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 2’641 buildings with 4’899 dwellings here; 991 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 2’641
- Dwellings
- 4’899
- Single-family houses
- 991
- Building volume
- 5.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Goldach
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Goldach. 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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