Root: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1065 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’248
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 43
- Median utilization
- 56 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.34
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Root
Root is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 1’248 parcels in 43 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone A (198), Landwirtschaftszone (173) and Wald (115).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 56 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 101 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Root sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 127 % (278 parcels), higher than the 74 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone A | 198 | 78 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 173 | 0 % |
| Wald | 115 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone B | 114 | 92 % |
| Mischzone | 88 | 68 % |
| Erhaltungs-/Erneuerungszone Wohnntzg. Kalenbühl | 42 | 97 % |
| Verkehrszone | 40 | 0 % |
| Erhaltungs-/Erneuerungszone Wohnntzg. Kirchpark | 39 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone C | 39 | 33 % |
| Erhaltungs-/Erneuerungszone Wohnntzg. Brunnenmatt | 37 | 100 % |
| Arbeitszone B | 35 | 43 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 33 | 42 % |
| Other zones (31) | 295 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’205 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 101 %. The median is 56 % and the mean 69 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %48 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’202 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.72. The median is 0.34 and the mean 0.44.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5060 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 585 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.5. The median is 2.9 and the mean 3.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 22 %
- 2 to below 331 %
- 3 to below 559 %
- 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 | 1’248 | 74 % |
| Last 60 years | 663 | 110 % |
| Last 40 years | 521 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 278 | 127 % |
| Last 15 years | 158 | 150 % |
| Last 10 years | 84 | 164 % |
| Last 5 years | 32 | 221 % |
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).