Canton of Schaffhausen: observed built density
Canton · 26 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 46’054
1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 487
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.0 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Schaffhausen
The parcel data covers 26 municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen: 46’054 parcels in 487 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Schaffhausen, Thayngen and Beringen.
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 94 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, close to the level of Schaffhausen.
The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 119 % (3’550 parcels), higher than the 89 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 8’860 | - |
| Wald | 4’379 | - |
| Strassenareal | 2’886 | - |
| Wohnzone mit 2 Vollgeschossen | 2’487 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone mit 3 Vollgeschossen | 2’057 | 98 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 1’572 | - |
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’563 | - |
| allgemeine Landwirtschaftszone | 1’236 | - |
| Kernzone | 1’230 | - |
| Wohnzone 1 | 1’178 | - |
| Strassenzone | 1’166 | - |
| Rebbauzone | 1’111 | - |
| Other zones (173) | 16’329 | - |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 45’535 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 94 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 66 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %60 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 45’525 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.51. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 20’586 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 12.1 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 15’107 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 351 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 46’054 | 89 % |
| Last 60 years | 12’502 | 171 % |
| Last 40 years | 8’200 | 137 % |
| Last 20 years | 3’550 | 119 % |
| Last 15 years | 2’434 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 1’432 | 134 % |
| Last 5 years | 637 | 132 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Schaffhausen
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffhausen | 10’508 | 37 | 62 % | 10.9 m | 2.6 |
| Thayngen | 4’078 | 43 | 8 % | 10.1 m | 2.3 |
| Beringen | 2’592 | 26 | 10 % | 9.3 m | 2.2 |
| Neunkirch | 2’499 | 29 | 7 % | 9.1 m | 2.2 |
| Hallau | 2’231 | 24 | 17 % | 9.6 m | 2.3 |
| Neuhausen am Rheinfall | 2’170 | 29 | 86 % | 10.6 m | 2.6 |
| Wilchingen | 2’136 | 23 | 8 % | 9.4 m | 2.3 |
| Schleitheim | 1’873 | 16 | 8 % | 9.8 m | 2.1 |
| Ramsen | 1’811 | 16 | 7 % | 9.3 m | 2.0 |
| Stein am Rhein | 1’691 | 20 | 66 % | 10.1 m | 2.4 |
| Löhningen | 1’429 | 13 | 8 % | 9.0 m | 2.1 |
| Merishausen | 1’214 | 16 | 7 % | 8.8 m | 2.1 |
| Lohn (SH) | 1’208 | 14 | 7 % | 9.0 m | 2.1 |
| Gächlingen | 1’192 | 13 | 8 % | 9.4 m | 2.1 |
| Dörflingen | 1’021 | 16 | 8 % | 9.2 m | 2.3 |
| Buchberg | 999 | 15 | 8 % | 9.3 m | 2.1 |
| Siblingen | 997 | 15 | 8 % | 9.3 m | 2.1 |
| Büttenhardt | 972 | 10 | 6 % | 8.9 m | 2.1 |
| Beggingen | 878 | 15 | 7 % | 10.6 m | 2.2 |
| Stetten (SH) | 836 | 11 | 10 % | 8.7 m | 2.1 |
| Rüdlingen | 830 | 13 | 8 % | 9.6 m | 2.2 |
| Oberhallau | 759 | 15 | 7 % | 9.2 m | 2.2 |
| Trasadingen | 665 | 16 | 8 % | 9.9 m | 2.2 |
| Buch (SH) | 590 | 14 | 7 % | 9.8 m | 2.1 |
| Hemishofen | 472 | 15 | 9 % | 9.3 m | 2.0 |
| Bargen (SH) | 403 | 13 | 8 % | 8.9 m | 2.1 |
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).