Neckertal

Municipality in the canton of St. Gallen · FSO no. 3396

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

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The parcel data lists 4’826 parcels in Neckertal, covering 82.9 km². 59% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’938 m².

Key figures

Parcels
4’826
2.5% of the canton
Total area
82.9 km²
4.2% of the canton
Median area
1’938 m²
Canton: 950 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
59%
Canton: 66.4%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1970
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1975

About Neckertal

Neckertal ranks 6th of 75 municipalities in the canton of St. Gallen by number of parcels and holds 2.5% of the canton's parcels on 4.2% of its area. The median parcel in Neckertal measures 1’938 m², larger than the canton median of 950 m². Neckertal is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 59% of its parcels have a building, against 66.4% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are BauG Landwirtschaftszone (25.1%), Hinweis.Wald (18.5%) and Landwirtschaftszone (10.2%). In total, Neckertal uses 41 zone designations.

According to the building register, Neckertal has 5’792 buildings with 3’496 dwellings, 0.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (80.2%). Non-residential buildings account for 51.6% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (18.4% of them), and 8.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1970, is earlier than in the canton as a whole (1977).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 2’847 (59%)

Unbuilt: 1’979 (41%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
BauG_Landwirtschaftszone1’21241.74 km²51.8%
Hinweis.Wald89318.53 km²64.5%
Landwirtschaftszone49216.03 km²87.4%
BauG_Wohnzone WE3910.33 km²58.1%
BauG_Wohnzone W23380.27 km²37.9%
BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG21550.18 km²62.6%
BauG_Dorfkernzone DK31490.09 km²32.9%
BauG_Kernzone K31310.09 km²55.7%
BauG_Wohn-Gewerbezone WG3950.14 km²55.8%
BauG_Kernzone K2880.09 km²45.5%
BauG_übriges Gemeindegebiet allg860.55 km²43.0%
BauG_Grünzone vor III Nachtrag zu BauG780.56 km²51.3%
Other zones (29 labels)7184.30 km²65.3%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 5’792 buildings with 3’496 dwellings here; 1’886 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
5’792
Dwellings
3’496
Single-family houses
1’886
Building volume
10.9 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential2’352
  • Mixed use141
  • Non-residential2’987
  • Other312

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 1920523
  • 1920-1945102
  • 1946-196076
  • 1961-1980348
  • 1981-2000405
  • 2001-201094
  • 2011-202097
  • 2021 and later52
  • Unknown year1’150

Maps and geodata for Neckertal

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