Bellinzona: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5002 · Parcel data as of July 2025
The parcel data covers only part of the land in the canton of Ticino, so figures here may be incomplete.
- Parcels
- 26’200
18 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 211
- Median utilization
- 21 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.9
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Bellinzona
Bellinzona is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 26’200 parcels in 211 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona agricola (3’424), Zona Forestale (1’990) and Zona residenziale estensiva (1’055).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 21 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 97 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Bellinzona sits above it.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 1.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 111 % (1’780 parcels), higher than the 94 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona agricola | 3’424 | - |
| Zona Forestale | 1’990 | - |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 1’055 | 84 % |
| Altri terreni idonei all'agricoltura | 1’004 | 0 % |
| Zona Residenziale Semi-Estensiva D | 974 | 75 % |
| Bosco misto | 969 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale semi intensiva | 841 | 75 % |
| Zona forestale indicativa | 735 | 0 % |
| Zona Residenziale Estensiva E | 625 | 83 % |
| Zona Residenziale Semi-Intensiva C | 576 | 70 % |
| Zona residenziale del piano | 520 | 72 % |
| Nucleo del villaggio | 501 | 100 % |
| Other zones (196) | 12’986 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 25’945 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 97 %. The median is 21 % and the mean 89 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %57 %
- 50 % to below 100 %19 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 25’944 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.59. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.40.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5071 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 13’484 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 10.5 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m45 %
- 8 m to below 12 m42 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 14’160 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.3 and 2.4. The median is 1.9 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 232 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 520 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 26’200 | 94 % |
| Last 60 years | 7’077 | 120 % |
| Last 40 years | 4’720 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 1’780 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 1’176 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 653 | 109 % |
| Last 5 years | 259 | 102 % |
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).