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Building age in Lugano

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5192

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

Key figures

Parcels with a building
11’083
10’808 of them with a known construction year
Median construction year
1964Canton: 1965Switzerland: 1976
Median building age
62 yearsCanton: 61 yearsSwitzerland: 50 years
Built 1960 or earlier
46.7%Canton: 47.8%Switzerland: 32.5%
Built after 2000
12.9%Canton: 14.6%Switzerland: 23.3%

About the building stock in Lugano

The parcel data lists 11’083 parcels with a building in Lugano. For 10’808 of them (97.5%) the federal building register (GWR) gives a construction year, taken from the newest building on the parcel. The median construction year is 1964, so the median parcel with a building is 62 years old. 46.7% of the parcels with a known year were built in 1960 or earlier and 12.9% after 2000. The largest period is 1961-1980 with 22.8%. For comparison, the median construction year is 1965 in the canton of Ticino and 1976 in Switzerland. 275 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 10’808 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. 10.3%before 1920: 10.3%, 1’109 parcels
  2. 17.2%1920-1945: 17.2%, 1’854 parcels
  3. 19.3%1946-1960: 19.3%, 2’083 parcels
  4. 22.8%1961-1980: 22.8%, 2’459 parcels
  5. 17.6%1981-2000: 17.6%, 1’907 parcels
  6. 7.3%2001-2010: 7.3%, 787 parcels
  7. 4.5%2011-2020: 4.5%, 490 parcels
  8. 1.1%2021 and later: 1.1%, 119 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)46.7%5’046 parcels
  • 46 to 65 years (built 1961-1980)22.8%2’459 parcels
  • 26 to 45 years (built 1981-2000)17.6%1’907 parcels
  • Up to 25 years (built 2001 or later)12.9%1’396 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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