Rickenbach (SO): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2582 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 533
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 26
- Median utilization
- 44 %
Canton: 29 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.16
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.2 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rickenbach (SO)
Rickenbach (SO) is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn. The parcel data lists 533 parcels in 26 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone Hang WH (138), Wohnzone W2 (85) and Landwirtschaftszone (78).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 44 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 105 %. The canton median is 29 %, so Rickenbach (SO) sits above it.
The median building height is 9.2 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.16. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 103 % (61 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone Hang WH | 138 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 85 | 145 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 78 | 0 % |
| Wald | 39 | 0 % |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 34 | 0 % |
| Kernzone Entwicklung | 27 | 58 % |
| Grünzone | 20 | 0 % |
| Industriezone | 19 | 72 % |
| Kernzone Erhaltung | 14 | 120 % |
| Zentrumszone | 12 | 22 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 11 | 22 % |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 10 | 0 % |
| Other zones (14) | 46 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 514 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 105 %. The median is 44 % and the mean 66 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %51 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 514 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.44. The median is 0.16 and the mean 0.26.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 271 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 10.7 m. The median is 9.2 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 207 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 369 %
- 3 to below 522 %
- 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 | 533 | 70 % |
| Last 60 years | 210 | 107 % |
| Last 40 years | 145 | 107 % |
| Last 20 years | 61 | 103 % |
| Last 15 years | 49 | 104 % |
| Last 10 years | 35 | 108 % |
| Last 5 years | 8 | 106 % |
Open the map at Rickenbach (SO)
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).