Baden: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4021 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’934
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 37
- Median utilization
- 68 %
Canton: 35 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.60
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.2 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Baden
Baden is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. The parcel data lists 3’934 parcels in 37 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 (1’525), Wohnzone 3 (710) and Dorfzone (126).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 68 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 110 %. The canton median is 35 %, so Baden sits above it.
The median building height is 11.2 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.60. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (350 parcels), higher than the 81 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’525 | 69 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 710 | 82 % |
| Dorfzone | 126 | 87 % |
| Altstadtzone a | 123 | 204 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 122 | 5 % |
| Wald | 112 | 0 % |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone 4 | 109 | 70 % |
| Wohnzone 4 | 86 | 65 % |
| Kernzone 4 | 84 | 79 % |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone 3 | 81 | 88 % |
| Zentrumszone 5 | 80 | 91 % |
| Gewerbezone 4 | 72 | 53 % |
| Other zones (25) | 704 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’889 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 110 %. The median is 68 % and the mean 75 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %37 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %21 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’887 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.09 and 1.08. The median is 0.60 and the mean 0.92.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5043 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5014 %
- 1.50 and above15 %
Building height
Of the 2’742 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.0 m and 14.6 m. The median is 11.2 m and the mean 12.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m14 %
- 8 m to below 12 m46 %
- 12 m to below 20 m34 %
- 20 m and above7 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’221 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.5. The median is 2.9 and the mean 3.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 24 %
- 2 to below 331 %
- 3 to below 556 %
- 5 and above9 %
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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 3’934 | 81 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’647 | 103 % |
| Last 40 years | 990 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 350 | 110 % |
| Last 15 years | 214 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 139 | 104 % |
| Last 5 years | 63 | 118 % |
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).