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Uttwil: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Thurgau · FSO no. 4451 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
831

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
21
Median utilization
65 %

Canton: 24 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.27

Canton: 0.10

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.6 m

Canton: 9.7 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.3

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Uttwil

Uttwil is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau. The parcel data lists 831 parcels in 21 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Dorfzone (153), Wohnzone W2b (137) and Wohnzone W2a (131).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 65 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 109 %. The canton median is 24 %, so Uttwil sits above it.

The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.27. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 114 % (122 parcels), higher than the 79 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Dorfzone15396 %
Wohnzone W2b13791 %
Wohnzone W2a131101 %
Wohn- und Arbeitszone10081 %
Landwirtschaftszone760 %
Strasse innerhalb Bauzone720 %
Wald420 %
Strasse ausserhalb Bauzone340 %
Landschaftsschutzzone170 %
Seeuferschutzzone1676 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen13103 %
Wohnzone W11188 %
Other zones (9)29-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 811 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 109 %. The median is 65 % and the mean 74 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %45 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %24 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %22 %
  • 150 % and above10 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 811 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.52. The median is 0.27 and the mean 0.32.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5074 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 504 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m23 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m60 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m17 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 399 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 29 %
  • 2 to below 350 %
  • 3 to below 541 %
  • 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 years83179 %
Last 60 years391110 %
Last 40 years299116 %
Last 20 years122114 %
Last 15 years65117 %
Last 10 years43127 %
Last 5 years5138 %

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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).