Steinen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1373 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’161
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 59 %
Canton: 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.29
Canton: 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.6 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Steinen
Steinen is a municipality in the canton of Schwyz. The parcel data lists 1’161 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (373), Wohnzone 2 (191) and Wohnzone 3 (170).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 59 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 101 %. The canton median is 62 %, close to the level of Steinen.
The median building height is 10.6 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.29. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 143 % (182 parcels), higher than the 109 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 373 | 22 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 191 | 79 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 170 | 79 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 109 | 98 % |
| Wald | 101 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 69 | 81 % |
| übriges Gemeindegebiet | 51 | 0 % |
| Naturschutzzone | 30 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone 1 | 16 | 78 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2 | 13 | 91 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 13 | 94 % |
| Gewerbezone 2 | 12 | 76 % |
| Other zones (4) | 13 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’141 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 101 %. The median is 59 % and the mean 104 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’141 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.77. The median is 0.29 and the mean 0.45.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5057 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 745 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 12.3 m. The median is 10.6 m and the mean 10.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m11 %
- 8 m to below 12 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m27 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 510 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 27 %
- 2 to below 340 %
- 3 to below 550 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 1’161 | 109 % |
| Last 60 years | 529 | 123 % |
| Last 40 years | 427 | 128 % |
| Last 20 years | 182 | 143 % |
| Last 15 years | 145 | 140 % |
| Last 10 years | 100 | 139 % |
| Last 5 years | 26 | 95 % |
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).