Canton of Nidwalden: observed built density
Canton · 11 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 12’269
< 1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 268
- Median utilization
- 60 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.29
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- -
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Nidwalden
The parcel data covers 11 municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden: 12’269 parcels in 268 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Stans, Beckenried and Ennetbürgen.
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 60 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 108 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, so Nidwalden sits above it.
Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 150 % (1’691 parcels), lower than the 215 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 2’906 | - |
| Wald | 724 | - |
| Wohnzone 11a | 513 | - |
| Wohnzone 12a | 482 | 50 % |
| Wohnzone 11b | 475 | - |
| Verkehrszone | 451 | - |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig | 431 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone 11 | 402 | - |
| Wohnzone 14b | 395 | - |
| Wohnzone 14 | 392 | - |
| Wohnzone 14a | 281 | - |
| Kernzone 14a | 261 | - |
| Other zones (132) | 4’556 | - |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 11’965 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 108 %. The median is 60 % and the mean 154 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %26 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 11’965 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.67. The median is 0.29 and the mean 0.43.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5065 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.
Number of floors
Of the 6’519 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.5. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 332 %
- 3 to below 553 %
- 5 and above6 %
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 | 12’269 | 215 % |
| Last 60 years | 6’119 | 184 % |
| Last 40 years | 3’806 | 166 % |
| Last 20 years | 1’691 | 150 % |
| Last 15 years | 1’139 | 156 % |
| Last 10 years | 688 | 162 % |
| Last 5 years | 298 | 145 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Nidwalden
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stans | 1’496 | 29 | 72 % | - | 3.2 |
| Beckenried | 1’358 | 21 | 58 % | - | 2.4 |
| Ennetbürgen | 1’350 | 24 | 50 % | - | 3.1 |
| Hergiswil (NW) | 1’313 | 29 | 62 % | - | 3.1 |
| Buochs | 1’164 | 29 | 70 % | - | 2.9 |
| Stansstad | 1’122 | 31 | 58 % | - | 3.0 |
| Emmetten | 1’037 | 25 | 43 % | - | 2.0 |
| Wolfenschiessen | 1’022 | 19 | 46 % | - | 2.2 |
| Oberdorf (NW) | 839 | 17 | 59 % | - | 3.0 |
| Dallenwil | 792 | 21 | 70 % | - | 2.2 |
| Ennetmoos | 776 | 23 | 69 % | - | 2.5 |
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).