Minusio: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5118 · 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
- 3’005
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 56 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.35
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.0 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Minusio
Minusio is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 3’005 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona residenziale estensiva (R2) (1’034), Zona residenziale semi - estensiva (R3) (405) and Zona forestale (324).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 56 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 104 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Minusio sits above it.
The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.35. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (196 parcels), higher than the 81 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona residenziale estensiva (R2) | 1’034 | 76 % |
| Zona residenziale semi - estensiva (R3) | 405 | 73 % |
| Zona forestale | 324 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale intensiva (R5) | 298 | 74 % |
| Zona agricola | 279 | 8 % |
| Zona del nucleo | 261 | 97 % |
| Zona residenziale semi - intensiva (R4) | 105 | 62 % |
| Strada di servizio | 51 | 0 % |
| Zona per attrezzature ed edifici di interesse pubblico (Comune) | 47 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale media (R4) (PR89) | 38 | 52 % |
| Strada pedonale | 33 | 0 % |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 27 | 0 % |
| Other zones (16) | 103 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’971 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 104 %. The median is 56 % and the mean 75 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %47 %
- 50 % to below 100 %26 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’971 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.76. The median is 0.35 and the mean 0.50.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5060 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 1’851 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 12.5 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 10.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m24 %
- 8 m to below 12 m48 %
- 12 m to below 20 m25 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’890 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.4 and 2.9. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 227 %
- 2 to below 340 %
- 3 to below 524 %
- 5 and above9 %
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 | 3’005 | 81 % |
| Last 60 years | 886 | 109 % |
| Last 40 years | 502 | 101 % |
| Last 20 years | 196 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 136 | 110 % |
| Last 10 years | 68 | 112 % |
| Last 5 years | 25 | 131 % |
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).