Rickenbach (TG): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4751 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 550
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 80 %
Canton: 24 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.43
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.0 m
Canton: 9.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rickenbach (TG)
Rickenbach (TG) is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 550 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2a (124), Dorfzone 2 (100) and Strassenfläche innerhalb Bauzone (50).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 80 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 112 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Rickenbach (TG) sits above it.
The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.43. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 104 % (86 parcels), higher than the 73 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2a | 124 | 87 % |
| Dorfzone 2 | 100 | 95 % |
| Strassenfläche innerhalb Bauzone | 50 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 4 | 39 | 114 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 3 | 25 | 128 % |
| Landschaftsschutzzone | 23 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 23 | 0 % |
| Strassenfläche ausserhalb Bauzone | 22 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2b | 19 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 19 | 105 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 4 | 18 | 102 % |
| Arbeitszone Gewerbe | 17 | 112 % |
| Other zones (10) | 71 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 529 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 112 %. The median is 80 % and the mean 70 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %38 %
- 50 % to below 100 %28 %
- 100 % to below 150 %27 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 529 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.75. The median is 0.43 and the mean 0.45.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5057 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0032 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 341 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.2 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 10.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m56 %
- 12 m to below 20 m26 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 280 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.3. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 23 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 542 %
- 5 and above6 %
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 | 550 | 73 % |
| Last 60 years | 260 | 107 % |
| Last 40 years | 152 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 86 | 104 % |
| Last 15 years | 61 | 101 % |
| Last 10 years | 33 | 105 % |
| Last 5 years | 18 | 109 % |
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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).