Malters: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1062 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’301
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 23
- Median utilization
- 49 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.11
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Malters
Malters is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 2’301 parcels in 23 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (LW) (721), Zweigeschossige Wohnzone A (W2A) (410) and Wald (275).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 49 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 102 %. The canton median is 49 %, close to the level of Malters.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 157 % (352 parcels), higher than the 118 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone (LW) | 721 | 9 % |
| Zweigeschossige Wohnzone A (W2A) | 410 | 84 % |
| Wald | 275 | 0 % |
| Zweigeschossige Wohnzone B (W2B) | 239 | 75 % |
| Dreigeschossige Wohnzone (W3) | 117 | 74 % |
| Weilerzone (W) | 104 | 81 % |
| Kernzone (K) | 90 | 51 % |
| Arbeitszone IV (A III) | 64 | 79 % |
| Viergeschossige Wohnzone (W4) | 57 | 82 % |
| Dreigeschossige Wohn- und Arbeitszone (WA3) | 46 | 44 % |
| Übriges Gebiet A (ÜG A) | 40 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone III (A III) | 32 | 36 % |
| Other zones (11) | 106 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’268 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 102 %. The median is 49 % and the mean 106 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %51 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’268 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.46. The median is 0.11 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5078 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 962 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 2’301 | 118 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’007 | 153 % |
| Last 40 years | 766 | 145 % |
| Last 20 years | 352 | 157 % |
| Last 15 years | 241 | 149 % |
| Last 10 years | 131 | 169 % |
| Last 5 years | 63 | 194 % |
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).