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Gingins: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5719 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
560

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
15
Median utilization
47 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.10

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.2

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Gingins

Gingins is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 560 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT (182), Zone agricole 16 LAT (100) and Zone centrale 15 LAT (90).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 47 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 98 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Gingins sits above it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 102 % (50 parcels), higher than the 73 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT18261 %
Zone agricole 16 LAT1000 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT90105 %
Aire forestière 18 LAT410 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT31115 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT280 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT2249 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT1823 %
Zone intermédiaire 18 LAT170 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT11172 %
Zone agricole protégée 16 LAT834 %
Zone de protection de la nature et du paysage 17 LAT70 %
Other zones (3)5-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 550 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 98 %. The median is 47 % and the mean 68 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %51 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %25 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %14 %
  • 150 % and above11 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 549 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.30. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.24.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5085 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above2 %

Building height

The parcel data has too few values for this measure here.

Number of floors

Of the 205 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 211 %
  • 2 to below 353 %
  • 3 to below 536 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years56073 %
Last 60 years206100 %
Last 40 years106120 %
Last 20 years50102 %
Last 15 years28101 %
Last 10 years2098 %
Last 5 years790 %

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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).