Rickenbach (LU): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1097 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’624
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 27
- Median utilization
- 33 %
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 Rickenbach (LU)
Rickenbach (LU) is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 1’624 parcels in 27 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone (396), Landwirtschaftszone (352) and Wald (238).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 33 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 96 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Rickenbach (LU) sits below it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 114 % (288 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone | 396 | 75 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 352 | 0 % |
| Wald | 238 | 0 % |
| 1½-geschossige Wohnzone | 135 | 88 % |
| Landwirtschaft | 81 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone A | 54 | 64 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone | 53 | 74 % |
| Arbeitszone III | 41 | 113 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 34 | 202 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohn- und Arbeitszone | 31 | 76 % |
| Weilerzone | 30 | 52 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone d | 29 | 97 % |
| Other zones (15) | 150 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’594 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 96 %. The median is 33 % and the mean 63 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %55 %
- 50 % to below 100 %22 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’594 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.40. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 638 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 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 | 1’624 | 70 % |
| Last 60 years | 633 | 114 % |
| Last 40 years | 498 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 288 | 114 % |
| Last 15 years | 216 | 119 % |
| Last 10 years | 132 | 122 % |
| Last 5 years | 69 | 124 % |
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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).