Gimel: building age and utilization

Canton of Vaud · 1'179 parcels in municipal zones · Parcel data of September 2026

Parcels in zones
1'179
Municipal zones
17
Median utilization (ratioV)
8%
Newest building from 2006 or later
9%
Median floors
0.7

Overview

Gimel: the parcel data lists 1'179 parcels in 17 municipal zones.

The median volume utilization (ratioV, as built today) is 8%, the average 67%. For comparison: canton of Vaud, median 9%.

9% of the parcels have a newest building from 2006 or later. Their average utilization is 113%, against 80% for all parcels.

The median number of floors is 0.7.

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 later151%
2016-2020434%
2011-2015232%
2006-2010252%
1986-2005877%
1966-19851008%
1965 or earlier, or no year88675%

Utilization by construction window

Newest buildingParcelsAverage utilization
Built 2021 or later15105%
Built 2016 or later58111%
Built 2011 or later81114%
Built 2006 or later106113%
Built 1986 or later193152%
Built 1966 or later293147%
All parcels1'17980%

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%71061%
10-50%767%
50-100%15213%
100-150%11610%
150-200%424%
200% or more706%

Median: 8% · Average: 67% · Based on 1'166 parcels with a value.

Floors

Number of floors, for parcels with a floor count.

FloorsParcelsShare
174172%
213713%
313413%
4222%
5-600%
7 or more00%

Median: 0.7 · Average: 0.8 · Based on 1'034 parcels with a value.

Other municipalities in the canton

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.