Ballwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1023 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 814
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 63 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.26
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Ballwil
Ballwil is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 814 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone C (267), Landwirtschaftszone (181) and Wald (130).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 63 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 106 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Ballwil sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 132 % (134 parcels), higher than the 101 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone C | 267 | 94 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 181 | 11 % |
| Wald | 130 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone 1 | 40 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone B | 39 | 73 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 25 | 88 % |
| Wohnzone D | 25 | 84 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone B | 17 | 60 % |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone C | 15 | 131 % |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 12 | 48 % |
| Verkehrszone | 10 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone 2 | 9 | 144 % |
| Other zones (10) | 44 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 786 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 106 %. The median is 63 % and the mean 95 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 786 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.50. The median is 0.26 and the mean 0.32.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 395 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 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 | 814 | 101 % |
| Last 60 years | 426 | 123 % |
| Last 40 years | 299 | 126 % |
| Last 20 years | 134 | 132 % |
| Last 15 years | 70 | 161 % |
| Last 10 years | 32 | 179 % |
| Last 5 years | 19 | 162 % |
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).