Canton of Zug: building age and utilization

20'115 parcels in municipal zones across all municipalities · Parcel data of September 2026

Parcels in zones
20'115
Municipalities
10
Median utilization (ratioV)
59%
Newest building from 2006 or later
13%
Median building height
11.1 m
Median floors
2.5

Overview

Canton of Zug: the parcel data lists 20'115 parcels in 10 municipalities.

The median volume utilization (ratioV, as built today) is 59%, the average 106%. For comparison: Switzerland, median 10%.

13% of the parcels have a newest building from 2006 or later. Their average utilization is 143%, against 128% for all parcels.

The median building height is 11.1 m and the median number of floors is 2.5.

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 later3752%
2016-20205393%
2011-20157724%
2006-20108304%
1986-20054'17921%
1966-19853'46617%
1965 or earlier, or no year9'95449%

Utilization by construction window

Newest buildingParcelsAverage utilization
Built 2021 or later375144%
Built 2016 or later914147%
Built 2011 or later1'686146%
Built 2006 or later2'516143%
Built 1986 or later6'695150%
Built 1966 or later10'161148%
All parcels20'115128%

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%6'71634%
10-50%2'15911%
50-100%5'90030%
100-150%2'89715%
150-200%7594%
200% or more1'4037%

Median: 59% · Average: 106% · Based on 19'834 parcels with a value.

Building height

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

Building heightParcelsShare
Under 6 m6875%
6-10 m4'19332%
10-16 m6'75852%
16-30 m1'37511%
30 m or more620.5%

Median: 11.1 m · Average: 11.6 m · Based on 13'075 parcels with a value.

Floors

Number of floors, for parcels with a floor count.

FloorsParcelsShare
16'75340%
23'06518%
33'94123%
41'88311%
5-61'0226%
7 or more1891%

Median: 2.5 · Average: 2 · Based on 16'853 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.