Sursee: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1103 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’926
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 40
- Median utilization
- 63 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.46
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Sursee
Sursee is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 1’926 parcels in 40 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone C (397), Wohnzone B (335) and Verkehrszone Strassen (156).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 63 %; half of the parcels lie between 9 % and 105 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Sursee sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 118 % (252 parcels), lower than the 276 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone C | 397 | 76 % |
| Wohnzone B | 335 | 66 % |
| Verkehrszone Strassen | 156 | 0 % |
| Mischzone A | 130 | 68 % |
| Altstadtzone B | 110 | 3’286 % |
| Wohnzone D | 101 | 62 % |
| Arbeitszone | 96 | 72 % |
| Wohnzone A | 88 | 94 % |
| Kernzone B | 77 | 60 % |
| Übriges Gebiet C | 58 | 0 % |
| Altstadtzone A | 52 | 74 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Zwecke | 52 | 82 % |
| Other zones (28) | 274 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’887 parcels with a value, half lie between 9 % and 105 %. The median is 63 % and the mean 258 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %31 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’887 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.09 and 0.84. The median is 0.46 and the mean 0.71.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5053 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above12 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 1’062 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.6. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 335 %
- 3 to below 550 %
- 5 and above9 %
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 | 1’926 | 276 % |
| Last 60 years | 904 | 137 % |
| Last 40 years | 617 | 137 % |
| Last 20 years | 252 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 168 | 128 % |
| Last 10 years | 100 | 153 % |
| Last 5 years | 49 | 168 % |
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).