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Paudex: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Vaud · FSO no. 5588 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
292

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
17
Median utilization
63 %

Canton: 9 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.25

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
-

Canton: -

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.9

Canton: 2.4

Switzerland: 2.3

About Paudex

Paudex is a municipality in the canton of Vaud. The parcel data lists 292 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT - A (125), Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT (56) and Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT - B (24).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 63 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 102 %. The canton median is 9 %, so Paudex sits above it.

Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 96 % (33 parcels), higher than the 72 % 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 faible densité 15 LAT - A12571 %
Zone d'habitation de moyenne densité 15 LAT5682 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT - B2497 %
Zone de desserte 15 LAT170 %
Zone d'habitation de forte densité 15 LAT130 %
Zone d'habitation de faible densité 15 LAT1274 %
Zone centrale 15 LAT1060 %
Zone de verdure 15 LAT100 %
Zone d'activités économiques 15 LAT7103 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT - B60 %
Zone affectée à des besoins publics 15 LAT30 %
Zone d'habitation de très faible densité 15 LAT20 %
Other zones (5)7-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 278 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 102 %. The median is 63 % and the mean 68 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %40 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %35 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %17 %
  • 150 % and above9 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 278 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.57. The median is 0.25 and the mean 0.39.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5071 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.5011 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

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

Number of floors

Of the 157 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.7. The median is 2.9 and the mean 2.9.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 21 %
  • 2 to below 338 %
  • 3 to below 556 %
  • 5 and above5 %

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 years29272 %
Last 60 years116114 %
Last 40 years74130 %
Last 20 years3396 %
Last 15 years2599 %
Last 10 years1190 %
Last 5 years277 %

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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).