Walchwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zug · FSO no. 1710 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’396
7 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 47 %
Canton: 59 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.29
Canton: 0.45
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.5 m
Canton: 11.1 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Canton: 2.9
Switzerland: 2.3
About Walchwil
Walchwil is a municipality in the canton of Zug. The parcel data lists 1’396 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 1 (408), Landwirtschaftszone (281) and Wohnzone 2 (273).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 47 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 91 %. The canton median is 59 %, so Walchwil sits below it.
The median building height is 10.5 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.29. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 144 % (153 parcels), lower than the 151 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 1 | 408 | 61 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 281 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 273 | 63 % |
| Bauzone mit speziellen Vorschriften Seeufer | 70 | 45 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 2 | 66 | 32 % |
| Verkehrsfläche | 57 | 0 % |
| Wald | 56 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 52 | 68 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeitszone 3 | 38 | 90 % |
| Zone des oeffentlichen Interesses für Bauten und Anlagen | 28 | 141 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 26 | 90 % |
| Naturschutzzone kantonal | 19 | 17 % |
| Other zones (8) | 22 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’375 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 91 %. The median is 47 % and the mean 122 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’374 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.71. The median is 0.29 and the mean 0.42.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5062 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0025 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 836 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 12.8 m. The median is 10.5 m and the mean 10.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m50 %
- 12 m to below 20 m32 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 670 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.4. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 24 %
- 2 to below 333 %
- 3 to below 558 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 1’396 | 151 % |
| Last 60 years | 687 | 233 % |
| Last 40 years | 391 | 278 % |
| Last 20 years | 153 | 144 % |
| Last 15 years | 113 | 118 % |
| Last 10 years | 72 | 129 % |
| Last 5 years | 31 | 88 % |
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).