Serravalle: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5050 · 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
- 5’807
4 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 51
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 10 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.0 m
Canton: 8.7 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.8
Canton: 1.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Serravalle
Serravalle is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. The parcel data lists 5’807 parcels in 51 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zona agricola (1’884), Area forestale indicativa (800) and Zona dei nuclei NV (596).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 94 %. The canton median is 10 %, so Serravalle sits below it.
The median building height is 8.0 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 114 % (98 parcels), higher than the 104 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Zona agricola | 1’884 | 0 % |
| Area forestale indicativa | 800 | 0 % |
| Zona dei nuclei NV | 596 | 113 % |
| Zona residenziale estensiva R2 | 358 | 80 % |
| Zona senza destinazione specifica | 216 | 0 % |
| Bosco | 209 | 0 % |
| Zona residenziale semi intensiva R3 | 201 | 81 % |
| Vuoto pianificatorio | 183 | 0 % |
| Nt Zona del nucleo tradizionale | 133 | 70 % |
| Pascoli | 107 | 0 % |
| CI Zona di completazione degli insediamenti | 91 | 59 % |
| Nm nucleo monti | 82 | 101 % |
| Other zones (39) | 947 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’746 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 94 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 95 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %67 %
- 50 % to below 100 %9 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’745 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.47. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.38.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above10 %
Building height
Of the 2’322 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.7 m and 9.7 m. The median is 8.0 m and the mean 8.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m51 %
- 8 m to below 12 m42 %
- 12 m to below 20 m7 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’366 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.3 and 2.3. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 232 %
- 2 to below 354 %
- 3 to below 514 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 5’807 | 104 % |
| Last 60 years | 492 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 307 | 120 % |
| Last 20 years | 98 | 114 % |
| Last 15 years | 74 | 111 % |
| Last 10 years | 41 | 106 % |
| Last 5 years | 14 | 81 % |
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).