Pratteln: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2831 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’002
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 59
- Median utilization
- 62 %
Canton: 41 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.41
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.9 m
Canton: 9.6 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.1
Switzerland: 2.3
About Pratteln
Pratteln is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The parcel data lists 4’002 parcels in 59 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2b (775), Wohnzone W1b (416) and Wohnzone W2a (340).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 62 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 104 %. The canton median is 41 %, so Pratteln sits above it.
The median building height is 9.9 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.41. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 166 % (452 parcels), higher than the 87 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2b | 775 | 81 % |
| Wohnzone W1b | 416 | 80 % |
| Wohnzone W2a | 340 | 79 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 322 | 0 % |
| Strasse innerhalb ZPS | 299 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 254 | 94 % |
| Kernzone K | 227 | 100 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone WG2 | 207 | 84 % |
| Spezialzonen | 145 | 0 % |
| Wald | 123 | 0 % |
| Wohnzonen | 94 | 89 % |
| Oeffentliche Werke und Anlagen (OeWA) mit Zweckbestimmungen | 89 | 9 % |
| Other zones (47) | 711 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’932 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 104 %. The median is 62 % and the mean 77 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’931 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.73. The median is 0.41 and the mean 0.47.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5058 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0030 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 2’431 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.9 m and the mean 10.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m62 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’317 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 3.0. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 224 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 4’002 | 87 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’651 | 128 % |
| Last 40 years | 934 | 144 % |
| Last 20 years | 452 | 166 % |
| Last 15 years | 293 | 113 % |
| Last 10 years | 161 | 105 % |
| Last 5 years | 66 | 101 % |
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).