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Building age in Bellinzona

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5002

Building register (GWR) export of September 2026, parcel data of July 2025.

Key figures

Parcels with a building
14’490
14’120 of them with a known construction year
Median construction year
1965Canton: 1965Switzerland: 1976
Median building age
61 yearsCanton: 61 yearsSwitzerland: 50 years
Built 1960 or earlier
45.0%Canton: 47.8%Switzerland: 32.5%
Built after 2000
17.0%Canton: 14.6%Switzerland: 23.3%

About the building stock in Bellinzona

The parcel data lists 14’490 parcels with a building in Bellinzona. For 14’120 of them (97.4%) the federal building register (GWR) gives a construction year, taken from the newest building on the parcel. The median construction year is 1965, so the median parcel with a building is 61 years old. 45.0% of the parcels with a known year were built in 1960 or earlier and 17.0% after 2000. The largest period is 1946-1960 with 27.3%. For comparison, the median construction year is 1965 in the canton of Ticino and 1976 in Switzerland. 370 parcels with a building have no usable construction year and are left out of the shares.

Construction-year histogram

Parcels with a building by construction period, as a share of the 14’120 parcels with a known year. The periods are not equally long, so read the bars as shares of the stock, not as building activity per year.

  1. 4.6%before 1920: 4.6%, 653 parcels
  2. 13.0%1920-1945: 13.0%, 1’840 parcels
  3. 27.3%1946-1960: 27.3%, 3’856 parcels
  4. 18.1%1961-1980: 18.1%, 2’556 parcels
  5. 19.9%1981-2000: 19.9%, 2’814 parcels
  6. 8.7%2001-2010: 8.7%, 1’225 parcels
  7. 6.5%2011-2020: 6.5%, 917 parcels
  8. 1.8%2021 and later: 1.8%, 259 parcels

Building age distribution

The same parcels grouped by the age of their newest building in 2026.

  • 66 years or older (built 1960 or earlier)45.0%6’349 parcels
  • 46 to 65 years (built 1961-1980)18.1%2’556 parcels
  • 26 to 45 years (built 1981-2000)19.9%2’814 parcels
  • Up to 25 years (built 2001 or later)17.0%2’401 parcels

How to read these figures

The parcel data links every parcel to the federal building register (GWR). A parcel counts once, with the construction year of its newest building. Where the register gives only a construction period, the middle of the period is used.

The figures count parcels with a building, not individual buildings. A parcel with several buildings counts once, and a parcel without a building is not counted.

Building age is 2026 minus the construction year. Every share divides by the parcels with a known construction year.

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