Morcote: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5203 · 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
- 863
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 21
- Median utilization
- 56 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.2 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Morcote
Morcote is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 863 parcels in 21 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA (247), NUCLEO TRADIZIONALE (180) and AREA FORESTALE (110).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 56 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 112 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Morcote sits above it.
The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.31. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 113 % (34 parcels), higher than the 75 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA | 247 | 77 % |
| NUCLEO TRADIZIONALE | 180 | 94 % |
| AREA FORESTALE | 110 | 0 % |
| RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA (comprensorio lago) | 85 | 158 % |
| RIVA PROTETTA (riservata a svago privato) | 63 | 0 % |
| ATTREZZATURE PUBBLICHE | 40 | 0 % |
| RESIDENZIALE SEMI-INTENSIVA | 34 | 110 % |
| PERCORSO PEDONALE | 33 | 0 % |
| NUCLEO DEI GROTTI | 27 | 93 % |
| POSTEGGIO ESTERNO PUBBLICO | 7 | 0 % |
| RESIDENZIALE ESTENSIVA (con prescrizioni speciali) | 7 | 104 % |
| EDIFICI PUBBLICI | 6 | 41 % |
| Other zones (9) | 24 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 844 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 112 %. The median is 56 % and the mean 71 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %48 %
- 50 % to below 100 %20 %
- 100 % to below 150 %21 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 844 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.89. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.85.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5059 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above18 %
Building height
Of the 483 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 12.5 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m24 %
- 8 m to below 12 m47 %
- 12 m to below 20 m29 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 480 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.7. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 222 %
- 2 to below 349 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 863 | 75 % |
| Last 60 years | 154 | 103 % |
| Last 40 years | 86 | 98 % |
| Last 20 years | 34 | 113 % |
| Last 15 years | 23 | 113 % |
| Last 10 years | 4 | 100 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 107 % |
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).