Ballwil
Municipality in the canton of Lucerne · FSO no. 1023
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Ballwil centerThe parcel data lists 814 parcels in Ballwil, covering 8.8 km². 68.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’185 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 814
- 0.7% of the canton
- Total area
- 8.8 km²
- 0.6% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’185 m²
- Canton: 1’199 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 68.2%
- Canton: 63.1%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1988
- Switzerland: 1975
About Ballwil
Ballwil is a municipality in the canton of Lucerne and holds 0.7% of the canton's parcels on 0.6% of its area. The median parcel in Ballwil measures 1’185 m², about the same as the canton median of 1’199 m². Ballwil is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 68.2% of its parcels have a building, against 63.1% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone C (32.8%), Landwirtschaftszone (22.2%) and Wald (16%). In total, Ballwil uses 22 zone designations.
According to the building register, Ballwil has 1’068 buildings with 1’309 dwellings, 1.2 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 55.5% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 46.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (27.7% of them), and 32.8% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 555 (68.2%)
Unbuilt: 259 (31.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone C | 267 | 0.20 km² | 97.4% |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 181 | 6.68 km² | 53.0% |
| Wald | 130 | 0.73 km² | 2.3% |
| Dorfzone 1 | 40 | 0.06 km² | 92.5% |
| Wohnzone B | 39 | 0.06 km² | 94.9% |
| Arbeitszone 1 | 25 | 0.05 km² | 84.0% |
| Wohnzone D | 25 | 0.02 km² | 100.0% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone B | 17 | 0.02 km² | 82.4% |
| Wohn- und Geschäftszone C | 15 | 0.01 km² | 93.3% |
| Arbeitszone 2 | 12 | 0.06 km² | 83.3% |
| Verkehrszone | 10 | 0.04 km² | 20.0% |
| Dorfzone 2 | 9 | 0.01 km² | 88.9% |
| Other zones (10 labels) | 44 | 0.83 km² | 63.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’068 buildings with 1’309 dwellings here; 281 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’068
- Dwellings
- 1’309
- Single-family houses
- 281
- Building volume
- 1.5 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Ballwil
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Ballwil. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.