Glarus: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Glarus · FSO no. 1632 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 5’739
23 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 30
- Median utilization
- 85 %
Canton: 69 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.56
Canton: 0.34
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Glarus
Glarus is a municipality in the canton of Glarus. The parcel data lists 5’739 parcels in 30 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 (1’709), Kernzone Ennenda (750) and Landwirtschaftszone (585).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 85 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 152 %. The canton median is 69 %, so Glarus sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.56. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 122 % (304 parcels), lower than the 151 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’709 | 85 % |
| Kernzone Ennenda | 750 | 196 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 585 | 16 % |
| Kernzone Altquartierzone Glarus | 527 | 132 % |
| Kernzone Netstal | 493 | 98 % |
| Kernzone Wiederaufbaugebiet Glarus | 401 | 116 % |
| Verkehrsfläche innerhalb Baugebiet (Strasse) | 219 | 0 % |
| Wald | 177 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 148 | 78 % |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 133 | 84 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 116 | 93 % |
| Kernzone Riedern | 106 | 76 % |
| Other zones (18) | 375 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’690 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 152 %. The median is 85 % and the mean 140 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %34 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above25 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’690 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 1.30. The median is 0.56 and the mean 0.92.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5046 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5010 %
- 1.50 and above22 %
Building height
Of the 4’252 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.9 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’876 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.4. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 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 | 5’739 | 151 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’168 | 146 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’529 | 154 % |
| Last 20 years | 304 | 122 % |
| Last 15 years | 209 | 127 % |
| Last 10 years | 150 | 126 % |
| Last 5 years | 53 | 125 % |
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).