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Morbio Inferiore: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5257 · 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
1’635

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
32
Median utilization
77 %

Canton: 10 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.42

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.1 m

Canton: 8.7 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.1

Canton: 1.9

Switzerland: 2.3

About Morbio Inferiore

Morbio Inferiore is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 1’635 parcels in 32 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona residenziale R2 (591), Zona residenziale R3 (399) and Territorio disciplinato dal PR di Morbio in senso LALPT (258).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 77 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 118 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Morbio Inferiore sits above it.

The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.42. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (183 parcels), higher than the 84 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zona residenziale R259191 %
Zona residenziale R339996 %
Territorio disciplinato dal PR di Morbio in senso LALPT25886 %
Altri terreni idonei all'agricoltura1340 %
Zona forestale960 %
Strada di servizio250 %
Corso d'acqua140 %
Zona artigianale1494 %
Zona del nucleo di Fontanella13102 %
Strada di collegamento120 %
Strada di raccolta120 %
Zona residenziale R41230 %
Other zones (20)55-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’612 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 118 %. The median is 77 % and the mean 81 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %40 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %23 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %22 %
  • 150 % and above15 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’612 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.67. The median is 0.42 and the mean 0.53.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5057 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0030 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above8 %

Building height

Of the 1’050 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.5 m and 10.9 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.5 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m31 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m54 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m14 %
  • 20 m and above2 %

Number of floors

Of the 1’061 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.7. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 217 %
  • 2 to below 354 %
  • 3 to below 526 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years1’63584 %
Last 60 years762110 %
Last 40 years488106 %
Last 20 years183106 %
Last 15 years99111 %
Last 10 years33110 %
Last 5 years4137 %

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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).