Glarus Süd: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Glarus · FSO no. 1631 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 10’191
41 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 46
- Median utilization
- 54 %
Canton: 69 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.15
Canton: 0.34
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Glarus Süd
Glarus Süd is a municipality in the canton of Glarus. The parcel data lists 10’191 parcels in 46 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Dorfkernzone (2’269), Landwirtschaftszone (1’972) and Wald (870).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 54 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 135 %. The canton median is 69 %, so Glarus Süd sits below it.
The median building height is 9.0 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.15. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 143 % (564 parcels), lower than the 150 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Dorfkernzone | 2’269 | 102 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’972 | 16 % |
| Wald | 870 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2b | 791 | 93 % |
| Land- und Alpirtschaftszone | 709 | 7 % |
| Wohnzone 2a | 695 | 77 % |
| Wohnzone | 451 | 81 % |
| Wohnzone 3a | 308 | 98 % |
| Landwirtschaft | 307 | 13 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 276 | 112 % |
| Ferienhauszone | 234 | 65 % |
| Dorfzone | 140 | 101 % |
| Other zones (34) | 1’169 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 10’106 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 135 %. The median is 54 % and the mean 132 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %49 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above22 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 10’106 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.62. The median is 0.15 and the mean 0.41.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5068 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above6 %
Building height
Of the 6’559 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 10.7 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m32 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 4’612 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 538 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 10’191 | 150 % |
| Last 60 years | 3’529 | 182 % |
| Last 40 years | 2’705 | 179 % |
| Last 20 years | 564 | 143 % |
| Last 15 years | 403 | 148 % |
| Last 10 years | 274 | 139 % |
| Last 5 years | 95 | 131 % |
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).