Schmerikon: building age and utilization
Canton of St. Gallen · 1'104 parcels in municipal zones · Parcel data of September 2026
- Parcels in zones
- 1'104
- Municipal zones
- 21
- Median utilization (ratioV)
- 66%
- Newest building from 2006 or later
- 12%
- Median building height
- 10.4 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Overview
Schmerikon: the parcel data lists 1'104 parcels in 21 municipal zones.
The median volume utilization (ratioV, as built today) is 66%, the average 85%. For comparison: canton of St. Gallen, median 58%.
12% of the parcels have a newest building from 2006 or later. Their average utilization is 109%, against 89% for all parcels.
The median building height is 10.4 m and the median number of floors is 2.6.
Building age
Each parcel is counted by the construction year of its newest building. The oldest band also holds parcels without a building year, such as unbuilt land.
| Newest building | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 or later | 17 | 2% |
| 2016-2020 | 28 | 3% |
| 2011-2015 | 40 | 4% |
| 2006-2010 | 48 | 4% |
| 1986-2005 | 191 | 17% |
| 1966-1985 | 184 | 17% |
| 1965 or earlier, or no year | 596 | 54% |
Utilization by construction window
| Newest building | Parcels | Average utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2021 or later | 17 | 104% |
| Built 2016 or later | 45 | 114% |
| Built 2011 or later | 85 | 117% |
| Built 2006 or later | 133 | 109% |
| Built 1986 or later | 324 | 114% |
| Built 1966 or later | 508 | 115% |
| All parcels | 1'104 | 89% |
Utilization (ratioV)
ratioV is the volume utilization of a parcel in percent, as built today; values above 100% occur on densely built parcels. The lowest bucket is mostly land with little or no building volume.
| Utilization (ratioV) | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 10% | 308 | 28% |
| 10-50% | 127 | 12% |
| 50-100% | 365 | 34% |
| 100-150% | 202 | 19% |
| 150-200% | 47 | 4% |
| 200% or more | 33 | 3% |
Median: 66% · Average: 85% · Based on 1'082 parcels with a value.
Building height
Building height in meters, for parcels with a height value.
| Building height | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 6 m | 25 | 3% |
| 6-10 m | 305 | 40% |
| 10-16 m | 426 | 56% |
| 16-30 m | 6 | 0.8% |
| 30 m or more | 0 | 0% |
Median: 10.4 m · Average: 10.3 m · Based on 762 parcels with a value.
Floors
Number of floors, for parcels with a floor count.
| Floors | Parcels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 310 | 35% |
| 2 | 206 | 23% |
| 3 | 288 | 33% |
| 4 | 70 | 8% |
| 5-6 | 6 | 0.7% |
| 7 or more | 0 | 0% |
Median: 2.6 · Average: 1.8 · Based on 880 parcels with a value.
Other municipalities in the canton
| Place | Parcels | Median utilization | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaltbrunn | 1'615 | 69% | 2.4 |
| Rorschach | 1'512 | 86% | 3.5 |
| Mörschwil | 1'404 | 62% | 2.3 |
| Eggersriet | 1'339 | 49% | 1.9 |
| Benken (SG) | 1'313 | 55% | 2.2 |
| Marbach (SG) | 1'290 | 47% | 1.5 |
| Niederbüren | 1'094 | 9% | 0.8 |
| Eichberg | 1'084 | 20% | 1 |
| Rheineck | 1'066 | 85% | 2.7 |
| Lütisburg | 982 | 44% | 0.9 |
| Steinach | 954 | 68% | 2.4 |
| Muolen | 894 | 9% | 0.7 |
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Method and data
The figures come from the Swiss parcel data (zone statistics of the RES service, pulled in September 2026). Each municipal zone is summarized on its own; a municipality is the sum of its zones, a canton the sum of its municipalities and Switzerland the sum of the cantons. Parcels outside a municipal zone are not counted.
Age uses the construction year of the newest building on a parcel. The distributions leave out the most extreme values, so the parcels with a value can be fewer than all parcels. Percentages are shares of the counts shown; medians are read from the buckets and are exact to within one bucket.
The pages describe what has been built and measured. They are not a forecast, a valuation or a statement of what may be built.