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Aristau: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4222 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
923

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
14
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 35 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.09

Canton: 0.13

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.2 m

Canton: 9.3 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.4

Canton: 2.2

Switzerland: 2.3

About Aristau

Aristau is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. The parcel data lists 923 parcels in 14 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (338), Wohnzone 2b (245) and Dorfzone (144).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 99 %. The canton median is 35 %, so Aristau sits below it.

The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 112 % (135 parcels), higher than the 63 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone3380 %
Wohnzone 2b24597 %
Dorfzone14483 %
Wald820 %
Wohnzone 2a27100 %
Kantonsstrasse200 %
Naturschutzzone gemäss Reusstaldekret170 %
Gewässer110 %
Ufer- und Dammschutzzone110 %
Übergangszone90 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen858 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2678 %
Other zones (2)5-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 908 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 99 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 55 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %58 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %18 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %17 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 908 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.49. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.25.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5076 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 407 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 11.9 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.3 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m15 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m61 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m24 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 322 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 25 %
  • 2 to below 350 %
  • 3 to below 545 %
  • 5 and above0 %

Building age cohorts

Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.

Built inParcelsMean utilization
All years92363 %
Last 60 years379114 %
Last 40 years314111 %
Last 20 years135112 %
Last 15 years86114 %
Last 10 years50113 %
Last 5 years19104 %

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How to read this page

room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).