Faido: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5072 · 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
- 954
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 35
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Faido
Faido is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 954 parcels in 35 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona edificabile estensiva (265), Zona agricola (224) and Agglomerato storico del villaggio (201).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 104 %. The canton median is 10 %, close to the level of Faido.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona edificabile estensiva | 265 | 86 % |
| Zona agricola | 224 | 0 % |
| Agglomerato storico del villaggio | 201 | 100 % |
| Zona forestale | 121 | 0 % |
| Zona edificabile intensiva R3 | 30 | 88 % |
| Zona edificabile mista: artigianale e commerciale | 25 | 56 % |
| Strada di servizio | 17 | 0 % |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 12 | 68 % |
| Strada pedonale | 8 | 0 % |
| Zona di completazione del nucleo | 8 | 0 % |
| Corsi d'acqua | 5 | 0 % |
| Ferrovia | 5 | 19 % |
| Other zones (23) | 33 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 933 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 104 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 64 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %61 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 933 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.51. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.46.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 426 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 12.4 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 10.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m29 %
- 8 m to below 12 m43 %
- 12 m to below 20 m26 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 444 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.4 and 2.8. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 227 %
- 2 to below 341 %
- 3 to below 530 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 954 | 69 % |
| Last 60 years | 190 | 111 % |
| Last 40 years | 127 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 25 | 108 % |
| Last 15 years | 17 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 6 | 93 % |
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).