Laufen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2787 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’587
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 57
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 41 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.1
Switzerland: 2.3
About Laufen
Laufen is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The parcel data lists 2’587 parcels in 57 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszonen (673), Wohnzone W2b (422) and Wohnzone W2a (338).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 94 %. The canton median is 41 %, so Laufen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (237 parcels), higher than the 98 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszonen | 673 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2b | 422 | 88 % |
| Wohnzone W2a | 338 | 80 % |
| Wohn- / Geschäftszone WG2 | 175 | 86 % |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 123 | 0 % |
| Zentrumszone Z1 | 106 | 57 % |
| Wohnzonen | 94 | 71 % |
| Waldareal | 89 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 52 | 100 % |
| Zone mit Quartierplanpflicht | 49 | 19 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 40 | 97 % |
| Privater Freiraum | 39 | 100 % |
| Other zones (45) | 387 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’519 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 94 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 87 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %55 %
- 50 % to below 100 %23 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’518 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.56. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 1’209 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 10.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m18 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m21 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’168 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.9. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 226 %
- 2 to below 341 %
- 3 to below 530 %
- 5 and above3 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 2’587 | 98 % |
| Last 60 years | 882 | 120 % |
| Last 40 years | 619 | 113 % |
| Last 20 years | 237 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 175 | 114 % |
| Last 10 years | 105 | 115 % |
| Last 5 years | 53 | 121 % |
How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).