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Schüpfheim: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1008 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’503

2 % of the canton

Municipal zones
31
Median utilization
10 %

Canton: 49 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.13

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Schüpfheim

Schüpfheim is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 2’503 parcels in 31 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (877), Wald (648) and Wohnzone 2c (160).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 93 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Schüpfheim sits below it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 161 % (253 parcels), higher than the 101 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone8777 %
Wald6480 %
Wohnzone 2c160103 %
Kernzone13887 %
Wohnzone 2b112113 %
Wohnzone 18854 %
Wohnzone 3b5180 %
Verkehrszone Strasse430 %
Wohn- und Arbeitszone 44368 %
Wohnzone 2d38133 %
Wohn- und Arbeitszone 33395 %
Zone für öffentliche Zwecke3363 %
Other zones (19)239-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’464 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 93 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 89 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %61 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %16 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %11 %
  • 150 % and above11 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’463 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.33. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.20.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5085 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
  • 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 814 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 358 %
  • 3 to below 532 %
  • 5 and above2 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years2’503101 %
Last 60 years822145 %
Last 40 years580151 %
Last 20 years253161 %
Last 15 years183171 %
Last 10 years95177 %
Last 5 years41154 %

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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).