Lugano
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5192
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
Canton only partly covered
The parcel data covers only about 35% of the area of the canton of Ticino, so the figures for Lugano may be incomplete as well.
The parcel data lists 20’358 parcels in Lugano, covering 77 km². 54.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 748 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 20’358
- 12.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 77 km²
7.8% of the canton
- Median area
- 748 m²
Canton: 708 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 54.4%
Canton: 52%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1964
Canton: 1965
Switzerland: 1976
About Lugano
Lugano is a municipality in the canton of Ticino.
Among the parcels in the data, the most common zones are Zona forestale (9.1%), Area forestale (8.6%) and Zona agricola (7.3%).
According to the building register, Lugano has 15’649 buildings with 42’696 dwellings, 2.7 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.3% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 32.8% of all buildings.
Among the built parcels in the data, the newest building most often dates from 1961 to 1980 (22.2%), and on 12.6% of them it dates from 2001 or later. The median year built is 1964.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 11’083 (54.4%)Unbuilt: 9’275 (45.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zona forestale | 1’854 | 15.10 km² | 10.1% |
| Area forestale | 1’749 | 21.20 km² | 12.3% |
| Zona agricola | 1’491 | 4.76 km² | 45.3% |
| Vuoto Pianificatorio | 681 | 2.25 km² | 57.6% |
| Zona residenziale semi estensiva | 544 | 0.37 km² | 77.0% |
| Zona del nucleo tradizionale NV | 497 | 0.09 km² | 75.1% |
| Zona nucleo tradizionale | 497 | 0.07 km² | 69.8% |
| Zona residenziale estensiva - R2A | 390 | 0.37 km² | 79.0% |
| R2se Zona Residenziale semi-estensiva | 379 | 0.32 km² | 83.6% |
| Zona residenziale R3 | 284 | 0.21 km² | 64.1% |
| Zona residenziale | 256 | 0.21 km² | 82.0% |
| Zona residenziale molto estensiva - R2B | 223 | 0.21 km² | 74.9% |
| Other zones (158 labels) | 4’070 | 10.24 km² | 61.0% |
| No zone | 7’443 | 21.57 km² | 64.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 15’649 buildings with 42’696 dwellings here; 5’834 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 15’649
- Dwellings
- 42’696
- Single-family houses
- 5’834
- Building volume
- 29.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Lugano
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