Wolhusen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1107 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’174
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 31
- Median utilization
- 62 %
Canton: 49 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.25
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Canton: -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.4
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wolhusen
Wolhusen is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne. The parcel data lists 1’174 parcels in 31 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone C (320), Landwirtschaftszone (210) and Wald (158).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 62 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 110 %. The canton median is 49 %, so Wolhusen sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 166 % (166 parcels), higher than the 141 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone C | 320 | 86 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 210 | 72 % |
| Wald | 158 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone B | 114 | 58 % |
| Zentrumszone A | 64 | 80 % |
| Zentrumszone F | 49 | 47 % |
| Verkehrszone | 37 | 0 % |
| Zentrumszone C | 33 | 174 % |
| Wohnzone A | 29 | 109 % |
| Zone fuer oeffentliche Zwecke | 27 | 53 % |
| Wohn-/ Arbeitszone 1 | 21 | 63 % |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 13 | 121 % |
| Other zones (19) | 99 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’134 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 110 %. The median is 62 % and the mean 125 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %28 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’134 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.58. The median is 0.25 and the mean 0.39.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5070 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 567 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.3. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 341 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 5 and above7 %
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 | 1’174 | 141 % |
| Last 60 years | 563 | 186 % |
| Last 40 years | 383 | 212 % |
| Last 20 years | 166 | 166 % |
| Last 15 years | 124 | 191 % |
| Last 10 years | 79 | 217 % |
| Last 5 years | 52 | 160 % |
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).