Knutwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1089 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’126
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 23
- Median utilization
- 37 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Knutwil
Knutwil is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 1’126 parcels in 23 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone (405), Landwirtschaftszone (322) and Wald (132).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 37 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 93 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Knutwil sits below it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 113 % (196 parcels), higher than the 66 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone | 405 | 83 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 322 | 0 % |
| Wald | 132 | 0 % |
| Uebriges Gebiet A | 48 | 0 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone | 41 | 65 % |
| Kernzone St. Erhard | 27 | 100 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 21 | 97 % |
| Dorfzone St. Erhard | 19 | 71 % |
| Kernzone West St. Erhard | 17 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone Knutwil | 14 | 64 % |
| Uebriges Gebiet B | 12 | 65 % |
| 1-geschossige Wohnzone | 11 | 85 % |
| Other zones (11) | 57 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’098 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 93 %. The median is 37 % and the mean 59 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %54 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’098 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.44. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 461 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 353 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 1’126 | 66 % |
| Last 60 years | 531 | 107 % |
| Last 40 years | 400 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 196 | 113 % |
| Last 15 years | 115 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 58 | 111 % |
| Last 5 years | 18 | 96 % |
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).