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Rickenbach (BL): observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft · FSO no. 2857 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
475

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
14
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 41 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.22

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.6 m

Canton: 9.6 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.0

Canton: 2.1

Switzerland: 2.3

About Rickenbach (BL)

Rickenbach (BL) is a municipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft. The parcel data lists 475 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (137), Wohnzone W1 (93) and Kernzone K2 (45).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 89 %. The canton median is 41 %, so Rickenbach (BL) sits below it.

The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 119 % (42 parcels), higher than the 56 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone1370 %
Wohnzone W19384 %
Kernzone K24593 %
Wohnzone W24389 %
Wald400 %
Strasse ausserhalb ZPS330 %
Wohn-/Geschäftszone WG22587 %
Strasse innerhalb ZPS240 %
Gewässer90 %
Zone für öffentliche Werke und Anlagen OeWA915 %
Gewerbezone G852 %
Kernrandzone KR399 %
Other zones (2)6-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 463 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 89 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 51 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %60 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %21 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %15 %
  • 150 % and above5 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 462 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.43. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.27.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5081 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above4 %

Building height

Of the 202 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.9 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m19 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m59 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m22 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 205 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.2 and 2.8. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 235 %
  • 2 to below 332 %
  • 3 to below 533 %
  • 5 and above0 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years47556 %
Last 60 years152108 %
Last 40 years109113 %
Last 20 years42119 %
Last 15 years26135 %
Last 10 years14110 %
Last 5 years1302 %

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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).