Buch (SH): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen · FSO no. 2961 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 590
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 14
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 9 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 10.0 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Buch (SH)
Buch (SH) is a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen. The parcel data lists 590 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone 1 (181), Dorfkernzone (105) and Verkehrsflächen (101).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 58 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Buch (SH) sits below it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 112 % (32 parcels), higher than the 46 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone 1 | 181 | 0 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 105 | 173 % |
| Verkehrsflächen | 101 | 0 % |
| Wald | 77 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 1-2 Geschosse | 34 | 100 % |
| Verkehrsflächen Baugebiet | 30 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone 2 | 29 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 14 | 102 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 9 | 79 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 4 | 67 % |
| Freihaltezone | 2 | 0 % |
| Naturschutzzone | 2 | 0 % |
| Other zones (2) | 2 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 579 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 58 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 43 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %74 %
- 50 % to below 100 %8 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 578 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.20. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.16.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 154 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 102 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 372 %
- 3 to below 519 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 590 | 46 % |
| Last 60 years | 93 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 70 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 32 | 112 % |
| Last 15 years | 18 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 8 | 135 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 194 % |
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).