Canton of Schwyz: observed built density
Canton · 30 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 49’955
1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 648
- Median utilization
- 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Schwyz
The parcel data covers 30 municipalities of the canton of Schwyz: 49’955 parcels in 648 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Einsiedeln, Schwyz and Küssnacht (SZ).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 62 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 105 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, so Schwyz sits above it.
The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.37. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 192 % (7’429 parcels), lower than the 256 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 11’972 | - |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 5’324 | - |
| Wald | 3’279 | - |
| Wohnzone 2 | 2’309 | - |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 1’672 | - |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 1’562 | - |
| Wohnzone 3 | 1’437 | - |
| Kernzone | 1’184 | - |
| Wohnzone mit 2 Geschossen | 1’024 | 83 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’008 | - |
| Wohnzone mit mittlerer Aunützung | 819 | 73 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 814 | - |
| Other zones (264) | 17’551 | - |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 49’209 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 105 %. The median is 62 % and the mean 217 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %29 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 49’192 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.72. The median is 0.37 and the mean 0.46.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5059 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 33’836 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.0 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m18 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 26’433 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 210 %
- 2 to below 336 %
- 3 to below 549 %
- 5 and above5 %
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 | 49’955 | 256 % |
| Last 60 years | 24’029 | 198 % |
| Last 40 years | 17’702 | 186 % |
| Last 20 years | 7’429 | 192 % |
| Last 15 years | 5’158 | 210 % |
| Last 10 years | 3’055 | 246 % |
| Last 5 years | 1’395 | 320 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Schwyz
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Einsiedeln | 5’724 | 24 | 62 % | 9.6 m | 2.5 |
| Schwyz | 4’521 | 36 | 62 % | 10.6 m | 2.7 |
| Küssnacht (SZ) | 3’695 | 37 | 56 % | 10.6 m | 2.7 |
| Freienbach | 3’355 | 30 | 65 % | 10.6 m | 2.6 |
| Arth | 3’336 | 30 | 64 % | 10.2 m | 2.6 |
| Schübelbach | 2’266 | 20 | 74 % | 10.2 m | 2.7 |
| Wollerau | 2’062 | 27 | 71 % | 11.0 m | 2.7 |
| Ingenbohl | 2’045 | 39 | 59 % | 10.3 m | 2.9 |
| Muotathal | 2’032 | 24 | 46 % | 9.9 m | 2.6 |
| Altendorf | 1’828 | 27 | 71 % | 10.5 m | 2.6 |
| Wangen (SZ) | 1’684 | 27 | 79 % | 9.4 m | 2.5 |
| Feusisberg | 1’632 | 22 | 53 % | 11.0 m | 2.6 |
| Galgenen | 1’541 | 24 | 77 % | 9.9 m | 2.5 |
| Lachen | 1’425 | 19 | 67 % | 10.8 m | 3.0 |
| Reichenburg | 1’365 | 25 | 61 % | 9.7 m | 2.4 |
| Sattel | 1’326 | 18 | 24 % | 10.0 m | 2.1 |
| Steinen | 1’161 | 16 | 59 % | 10.6 m | 2.6 |
| Tuggen | 1’143 | 21 | 60 % | 10.1 m | 2.5 |
| Unteriberg | 1’131 | 13 | 69 % | 9.6 m | 2.7 |
| Rothenthurm | 1’073 | 17 | 41 % | 10.0 m | 2.7 |
| Gersau | 1’070 | 22 | 63 % | 10.6 m | 2.7 |
| Morschach | 780 | 19 | 52 % | 10.1 m | 2.6 |
| Oberiberg | 762 | 20 | 59 % | 9.4 m | 2.5 |
| Vorderthal | 674 | 17 | 68 % | 10.2 m | 2.3 |
| Lauerz | 623 | 18 | 14 % | 9.6 m | 2.4 |
| Alpthal | 565 | 13 | 31 % | 9.1 m | 2.3 |
| Illgau | 458 | 15 | 10 % | 10.1 m | 2.9 |
| Steinerberg | 454 | 14 | 50 % | 10.9 m | 2.3 |
| Innerthal | 222 | 12 | 61 % | 9.4 m | 2.1 |
| Riemenstalden | 2 | 2 | 10 % | 9.0 m | - |
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).