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Märstetten: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4941 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’016

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
25
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 24 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.10

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.7 m

Canton: 9.7 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.4

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Märstetten

Märstetten is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 2’016 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszonen (527), Wald (224) and Dorfzonen (177).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 85 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Märstetten sits below it.

The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (164 parcels), higher than the 49 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszonen5270 %
Wald2240 %
Dorfzonen17788 %
Strassenfläche ausserhalb Bauzone1480 %
Wohnzonen 2a14881 %
Wohnzonen 2b134107 %
Strassenfläche innerhalb Bauzone980 %
Wohnzonen E2H9174 %
Landschaftsschutzzonen870 %
Wohn- und Arbeitszonen 37776 %
Rebbauzonen590 %
Wohn- und Arbeitszonen 25585 %
Other zones (13)191-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’991 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 85 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 46 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %64 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %18 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %12 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’991 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.41. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.22.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5081 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.502 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 813 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 9.8 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m21 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m65 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m14 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 616 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 27 %
  • 2 to below 345 %
  • 3 to below 547 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years2’01649 %
Last 60 years611109 %
Last 40 years435112 %
Last 20 years164106 %
Last 15 years104112 %
Last 10 years44123 %
Last 5 years22100 %

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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).