Einsiedeln: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1301 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 5’724
11 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 62 %
Canton: 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Einsiedeln
Einsiedeln is a municipality in the canton of Schwyz. The parcel data lists 5’724 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’738), Wohnzone 2 (854) and Wohnzone 3 (834).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 62 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 107 %. The canton median is 62 %, close to the level of Einsiedeln.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 150 % (808 parcels), lower than the 238 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’738 | 15 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 854 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 834 | 79 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 542 | 75 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 470 | 70 % |
| Wald | 332 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 228 | 79 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 217 | 0 % |
| Gewerbe- und Industriezone | 128 | 88 % |
| Verkehrsfläche | 99 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 4 | 99 | 69 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 52 | 63 % |
| Other zones (12) | 131 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’679 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 107 %. The median is 62 % and the mean 194 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’675 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.62. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.44.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5066 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 3’932 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 10.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m24 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 3’062 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 543 %
- 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 | 5’724 | 238 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’548 | 151 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’958 | 140 % |
| Last 20 years | 808 | 150 % |
| Last 15 years | 533 | 152 % |
| Last 10 years | 318 | 153 % |
| Last 5 years | 132 | 142 % |
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).