Canton of Aargau: building age and utilization

311'428 parcels in municipal zones across all municipalities · Parcel data of September 2026

Parcels in zones
311'428
Municipalities
195
Median utilization (ratioV)
35%
Newest building from 2006 or later
11%
Median building height
9.3 m
Median floors
0.9

Overview

Canton of Aargau: the parcel data lists 311'428 parcels in 195 municipalities.

The median volume utilization (ratioV, as built today) is 35%, the average 67%. For comparison: Switzerland, median 10%.

11% of the parcels have a newest building from 2006 or later. Their average utilization is 119%, against 194% for all parcels.

The median building height is 9.3 m and the median number of floors is 0.9.

Building age

Each parcel is counted by the construction year of its newest building. The oldest band also holds parcels without a building year, such as unbuilt land.

Newest buildingParcelsShare
2021 or later5'5342%
2016-20207'4562%
2011-20159'2523%
2006-201010'7043%
1986-200545'42215%
1966-198532'75111%
1965 or earlier, or no year200'30964%

Utilization by construction window

Newest buildingParcelsAverage utilization
Built 2021 or later5'534122%
Built 2016 or later12'990121%
Built 2011 or later22'242124%
Built 2006 or later32'946119%
Built 1986 or later78'368124%
Built 1966 or later111'119125%
All parcels311'428194%

Utilization (ratioV)

ratioV is the volume utilization of a parcel in percent, as built today; values above 100% occur on densely built parcels. The lowest bucket is mostly land with little or no building volume.

Utilization (ratioV)ParcelsShare
Under 10%145'62347%
10-50%18'4826%
50-100%74'16624%
100-150%45'14715%
150-200%13'6104%
200% or more10'5523%

Median: 35% · Average: 67% · Based on 307'580 parcels with a value.

Building height

Building height in meters, for parcels with a height value.

Building heightParcelsShare
Under 6 m10'5617%
6-10 m86'21055%
10-16 m55'38835%
16-30 m3'9423%
30 m or more1530.1%

Median: 9.3 m · Average: 9.6 m · Based on 156'254 parcels with a value.

Floors

Number of floors, for parcels with a floor count.

FloorsParcelsShare
1162'40061%
263'74424%
332'48912%
46'2302%
5-61'7570.7%
7 or more2290.1%

Median: 0.9 · Average: 1 · Based on 266'849 parcels with a value.

Municipalities

Method and data

The figures come from the Swiss parcel data (zone statistics of the RES service, pulled in September 2026). Each municipal zone is summarized on its own; a municipality is the sum of its zones, a canton the sum of its municipalities and Switzerland the sum of the cantons. Parcels outside a municipal zone are not counted.

Age uses the construction year of the newest building on a parcel. The distributions leave out the most extreme values, so the parcels with a value can be fewer than all parcels. Percentages are shares of the counts shown; medians are read from the buckets and are exact to within one bucket.

The pages describe what has been built and measured. They are not a forecast, a valuation or a statement of what may be built.