Davos: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3851 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 6’913
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 37
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 8 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.08
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Davos
Davos is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 6’913 parcels in 37 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’963), Wald (1’080) and Ortsrandzone II (443).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 89 %. The canton median is 8 %, so Davos sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 162 % (540 parcels), lower than the 207 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’963 | 0 % |
| Wald | 1’080 | 0 % |
| Ortsrandzone II | 443 | 77 % |
| Berglandwirtschaftszone | 395 | 0 % |
| Zone übriges Gemeindegebiet | 391 | 0 % |
| Ortsrandzone I | 378 | 80 % |
| Wohnzone Dorf/Platz | 366 | 80 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 264 | 0 % |
| Zone für städtisches Wohnen | 259 | 81 % |
| Zentrumszone | 235 | 78 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 202 | 76 % |
| Forstwirtschaftszone | 136 | 0 % |
| Other zones (25) | 801 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 6’851 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 89 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 124 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %62 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 6’850 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.46. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 3’431 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.2 m and 12.3 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 10.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m32 %
- 8 m to below 12 m41 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’312 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.5. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 337 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 5 and above8 %
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 | 6’913 | 207 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’794 | 311 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’120 | 195 % |
| Last 20 years | 540 | 162 % |
| Last 15 years | 355 | 175 % |
| Last 10 years | 223 | 197 % |
| Last 5 years | 84 | 167 % |
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).