Riviera: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5287 · 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
- 3’594
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 72
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.5 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.7
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Riviera
Riviera is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 3’594 parcels in 72 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona agricola (440), Zona residenziale estensiva (258) and Zona agricola (pascoli alpestri) (224).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 89 %. The canton median is 10 %, close to the level of Riviera.
The median building height is 7.5 m at 1.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 107 % (221 parcels), higher than the 60 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona agricola | 440 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva | 258 | 61 % |
| Zona agricola (pascoli alpestri) | 224 | 0 % |
| Zona agricola - altri terreni idonei all'utilizzazione agricola | 223 | 0 % |
| R2 Zona residenziale estensiva | 209 | 68 % |
| Zona forestale | 208 | 0 % |
| NV Zona del nucleo tradizionale | 178 | 129 % |
| Area forestale | 157 | 0 % |
| Zona del nucleo tradizionale | 149 | 33 % |
| Zona del nucleo tradizionale - zona edificabile | 144 | 100 % |
| Bosco | 141 | 0 % |
| Monti, radure all'interno dell'area forestale | 140 | 4 % |
| Other zones (60) | 1’123 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’531 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 89 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 54 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %65 %
- 50 % to below 100 %12 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’531 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.47. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above7 %
Building height
Of the 1’485 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.3 m and 9.2 m. The median is 7.5 m and the mean 7.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m61 %
- 8 m to below 12 m34 %
- 12 m to below 20 m4 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’564 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.1 and 2.3. The median is 1.7 and the mean 1.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 241 %
- 2 to below 343 %
- 3 to below 516 %
- 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 | 3’594 | 60 % |
| Last 60 years | 697 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 452 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 221 | 107 % |
| Last 15 years | 176 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 121 | 113 % |
| Last 5 years | 47 | 123 % |
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).