Wangen (SZ): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Schwyz · FSO no. 1349 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’684
3 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 27
- Median utilization
- 79 %
Canton: 62 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.51
Canton: 0.37
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 10.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.6
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wangen (SZ)
Wangen (SZ) is a municipality in the canton of Schwyz. The parcel data lists 1’684 parcels in 27 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (782), Landwirtschaftszone (249) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 (191).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 79 %; half of the parcels lie between 32 % and 109 %. The canton median is 62 %, so Wangen (SZ) sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.51. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 142 % (329 parcels), higher than the 104 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 782 | 86 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 249 | 26 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 191 | 81 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2 | 78 | 82 % |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 76 | 111 % |
| Kernzone | 50 | 62 % |
| Gewerbezone 3 | 40 | 54 % |
| Industriezone | 40 | 97 % |
| Verkehrsflächen innerhalb der Bauzone | 38 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse Ochsenboden | 21 | 98 % |
| Wald | 20 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffetliche Bauten und Anlagen | 18 | 65 % |
| Other zones (15) | 81 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’652 parcels with a value, half lie between 32 % and 109 %. The median is 79 % and the mean 96 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %30 %
- 50 % to below 100 %38 %
- 100 % to below 150 %22 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’652 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.74. The median is 0.51 and the mean 0.50.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5049 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0042 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’299 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.0 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m68 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’066 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 549 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 1’684 | 104 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’027 | 128 % |
| Last 40 years | 799 | 126 % |
| Last 20 years | 329 | 142 % |
| Last 15 years | 254 | 151 % |
| Last 10 years | 121 | 198 % |
| Last 5 years | 60 | 280 % |
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).