Salmsach: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4441 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 632
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 25
- Median utilization
- 71 %
Canton: 24 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.30
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Salmsach
Salmsach is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 632 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (112), Wohnzone W 2b (90) and Dorfzone 2 (85).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 71 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 107 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Salmsach sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.30. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (114 parcels), higher than the 79 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 112 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W 2b | 90 | 106 % |
| Dorfzone 2 | 85 | 91 % |
| Wohnzone W 2a | 69 | 88 % |
| Wohnzone W 3 | 44 | 103 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA 3 | 35 | 66 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone WA 2 | 30 | 77 % |
| Wald | 29 | 0 % |
| Strassen und Wege innerhalb von Bauzonen | 28 | 0 % |
| Strassenflächen ausserhalb von Bauzonen | 25 | 0 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 17 | 181 % |
| Landschaftsschutzzone | 15 | 0 % |
| Other zones (13) | 53 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 608 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 107 %. The median is 71 % and the mean 75 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %42 %
- 50 % to below 100 %28 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 608 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.51. The median is 0.30 and the mean 0.33.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5074 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 387 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 10.8 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m65 %
- 12 m to below 20 m8 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 319 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 356 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 632 | 79 % |
| Last 60 years | 290 | 118 % |
| Last 40 years | 224 | 118 % |
| Last 20 years | 114 | 107 % |
| Last 15 years | 70 | 116 % |
| Last 10 years | 47 | 123 % |
| Last 5 years | 21 | 113 % |
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).