Muralto: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5120 · 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
- 620
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 67 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.86
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 14.4 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Muralto
Muralto is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 620 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona residenziale semintensiva (188), Vuoto pianificatorio (98) and Zona residenziale intensiva (78).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 67 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 108 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Muralto sits above it.
The median building height is 14.4 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.86.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona residenziale semintensiva | 188 | 79 % |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 98 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale intensiva | 78 | 76 % |
| Nucleo tradizionale | 56 | 79 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 44 | 90 % |
| Zona residenziale commerciale semintensiva | 33 | 97 % |
| Zona residenziale turistica | 28 | 140 % |
| Bosco | 18 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale R5 | 17 | 92 % |
| Zona residenziale commerciale RC6 | 13 | 84 % |
| Atrezzature pubbliche | 11 | 100 % |
| Edifici pubblici | 11 | 45 % |
| Other zones (6) | 25 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 601 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 108 %. The median is 67 % and the mean 105 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 601 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 1.73. The median is 0.86 and the mean 1.18.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5037 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5015 %
- 1.50 and above29 %
Building height
Of the 405 parcels with a value, half lie between 11.3 m and 17.7 m. The median is 14.4 m and the mean 14.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m6 %
- 8 m to below 12 m24 %
- 12 m to below 20 m58 %
- 20 m and above12 %
Number of floors
Of the 424 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 4.3. The median is 2.9 and the mean 3.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 221 %
- 2 to below 321 %
- 3 to below 536 %
- 5 and above22 %
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 | 620 | 213 % |
| Last 60 years | 134 | 250 % |
| Last 40 years | 82 | 276 % |
| Last 20 years | 26 | 103 % |
| Last 15 years | 21 | 109 % |
| Last 10 years | 13 | 105 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 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).