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Kaisten: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4169 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’517

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
31
Median utilization
8 %

Canton: 35 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.13

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
8.9 m

Canton: 9.3 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.1

Canton: 2.2

Switzerland: 2.3

About Kaisten

Kaisten is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. The parcel data lists 2’517 parcels in 31 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’038), Wohnzone 2b (408) and Wohnzone 2a (331).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 76 %. The canton median is 35 %, so Kaisten sits below it.

The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 121 % (234 parcels), higher than the 54 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone1’0380 %
Wohnzone 2b40884 %
Wohnzone 2a33183 %
Wald2890 %
Dorfkernzone 112182 %
Dorfkernzone 211767 %
Wohnzone 34148 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen370 %
Kantons- und Nationalstrasse ausserhalb der Bauzone250 %
Magerwiese / Trockenstandort160 %
Materialabbauzone140 %
Arbeitszone 11118 %
Other zones (19)69-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’486 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 76 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 47 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %67 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %17 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %10 %
  • 150 % and above6 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’486 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.37. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.20.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5083 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.503 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

Of the 929 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 10.7 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 8.9 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m37 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m52 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m11 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 718 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 211 %
  • 2 to below 363 %
  • 3 to below 525 %
  • 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 years2’51754 %
Last 60 years724114 %
Last 40 years514124 %
Last 20 years234121 %
Last 15 years161114 %
Last 10 years121116 %
Last 5 years50100 %

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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).