Vorderthal: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1348 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 674
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 68 %
Canton: 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.2 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Vorderthal
Vorderthal is a municipality in the canton of Schwyz. The parcel data lists 674 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (248), Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (108) and Wald (77).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 68 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 126 %. The canton median is 62 %, close to the level of Vorderthal.
The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 333 % (98 parcels), lower than the 774 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 248 | 25 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 108 | 95 % |
| Wald | 77 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 Geschosse | 75 | 87 % |
| Übriges Gemeindegebiet | 48 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Ferienhauszone | 26 | 97 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Rempen | 26 | 238 % |
| Kernzone | 18 | 89 % |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 17 | 78 % |
| Gewässer | 9 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 6 | 92 % |
| Freihaltezone | 5 | 0 % |
| Other zones (5) | 11 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 656 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 126 %. The median is 68 % and the mean 509 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above20 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 656 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.49. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.26.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 439 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 11.5 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m68 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 254 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 539 %
- 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 | 674 | 774 % |
| Last 60 years | 276 | 415 % |
| Last 40 years | 182 | 235 % |
| Last 20 years | 98 | 333 % |
| Last 15 years | 71 | 381 % |
| Last 10 years | 42 | 521 % |
| Last 5 years | 20 | 149 % |
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).