Canton of Zug: observed built density
Canton · 10 municipalities with parcel data · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 20’115
1 % of Switzerland
- Municipal zones
- 255
- Median utilization
- 59 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.45
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.1 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Canton of Zug
The parcel data covers 10 municipalities of the canton of Zug: 20’115 parcels in 255 municipal zone records. The municipalities with the most parcels are Zug, Baar and Cham.
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 59 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 101 %. The Swiss median is 10 %, so Zug sits above it.
The median building height is 11.1 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.45. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 143 % (2’516 parcels), higher than the 128 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 3’094 | - |
| Wohnzone 2b | 3’022 | - |
| Wohnzone 3 | 1’896 | - |
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’537 | - |
| Wohnzone 2a | 1’468 | - |
| Wald | 975 | - |
| Verkehrsflaeche | 844 | - |
| Wohnzone 4 | 751 | - |
| Wohnzone 1 | 635 | - |
| Kernzone A | 610 | - |
| Wohnzone 3a | 566 | 74 % |
| Wohn und Arbeitszone 3 | 303 | - |
| Other zones (108) | 4’414 | - |
Zone labels are municipal spellings, so one zone type can appear under several names.
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 19’834 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 101 %. The median is 59 % and the mean 106 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %45 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 19’825 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.88. The median is 0.45 and the mean 0.65.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5053 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5011 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 13’075 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 13.6 m. The median is 11.1 m and the mean 11.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m15 %
- 8 m to below 12 m45 %
- 12 m to below 20 m36 %
- 20 m and above4 %
Number of floors
Of the 10’568 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.7. The median is 2.9 and the mean 3.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 24 %
- 2 to below 329 %
- 3 to below 555 %
- 5 and above11 %
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 | 20’115 | 128 % |
| Last 60 years | 10’161 | 148 % |
| Last 40 years | 6’695 | 150 % |
| Last 20 years | 2’516 | 143 % |
| Last 15 years | 1’686 | 146 % |
| Last 10 years | 914 | 147 % |
| Last 5 years | 375 | 144 % |
Municipalities of the canton of Zug
| Name | Parcels | Zones | Median utilization | Median height | Median floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zug | 4’283 | 40 | 67 % | 12.3 m | 3.2 |
| Baar | 3’973 | 37 | 59 % | 11.2 m | 3.0 |
| Cham | 2’883 | 34 | 59 % | 11.1 m | 3.1 |
| Hünenberg | 2’064 | 28 | 67 % | 9.8 m | 2.7 |
| Risch | 1’778 | 33 | 57 % | 10.8 m | 2.7 |
| Menzingen | 1’615 | 21 | 34 % | 11.1 m | 2.5 |
| Walchwil | 1’396 | 20 | 47 % | 10.5 m | 2.8 |
| Steinhausen | 1’305 | 21 | 68 % | 11.1 m | 3.1 |
| Neuheim | 816 | 19 | 38 % | 10.6 m | 2.7 |
| Oberägeri | 2 | 2 | 5 % | - | - |
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).