Canton of Glarus: observed built density
Canton · 3 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 24’652
1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 144
- Median utilization
- 69 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.34
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Glarus
The parcel data covers 3 municipalities of the canton of Glarus: 24’652 parcels in 144 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Glarus Süd, Glarus Nord and Glarus.
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 69 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 129 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, so Glarus sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.34. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 133 % (1’666 parcels), lower than the 139 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 3’722 | - |
| Dorfkernzone | 3’615 | - |
| Wohnzone 2 | 2’472 | - |
| Wald | 1’498 | - |
| Wohnzone 2b | 791 | 93 % |
| Kernzone Ennenda | 750 | 196 % |
| Land- und Alpirtschaftszone | 709 | 7 % |
| Wohnzone 2a | 695 | 77 % |
| Wohnzone | 597 | - |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 538 | - |
| Kernzone Altquartierzone Glarus | 527 | 132 % |
| Kernzone Netstal | 493 | 98 % |
| Other zones (110) | 8’245 | - |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 24’424 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 129 %. The median is 69 % and the mean 123 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above20 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 24’424 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.77. The median is 0.34 and the mean 0.55.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5060 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 16’609 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m28 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 11’777 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 346 %
- 3 to below 542 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 24’652 | 139 % |
| Last 60 years | 9’420 | 159 % |
| Last 40 years | 7’014 | 161 % |
| Last 20 years | 1’666 | 133 % |
| Last 15 years | 1’133 | 141 % |
| Last 10 years | 775 | 144 % |
| Last 5 years | 296 | 161 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Glarus
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glarus Süd | 10’191 | 46 | 54 % | 9.0 m | 2.3 |
| Glarus Nord | 8’722 | 68 | 66 % | 9.3 m | 2.3 |
| Glarus | 5’739 | 30 | 85 % | 9.7 m | 2.7 |
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).