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Uerkheim: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4286 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’000

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 35 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.13

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
9.3 m

Canton: 9.3 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.1

Canton: 2.2

Switzerland: 2.3

About Uerkheim

Uerkheim is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. The parcel data lists 1’000 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (460), Wohnzone am Hang (176) and Wald (136).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 93 %. The canton median is 35 %, so Uerkheim sits below it.

The median building height is 9.3 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 118 % (118 parcels), higher than the 62 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone4600 %
Wohnzone am Hang17680 %
Wald1360 %
Wohnzone W2118101 %
Kernzone4075 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG22675 %
Gewerbezone981 %
Kantonsstrasse90 %
Uferschutzzone90 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen5100 %
Artenreiche Wiese30 %
Wohnzone Bestand387 %
Other zones (4)6-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 981 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 93 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 57 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %60 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %17 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %12 %
  • 150 % and above11 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 981 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.35. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.19.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5087 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.501 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 445 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 11.0 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.3 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m28 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m60 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m12 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 316 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 210 %
  • 2 to below 363 %
  • 3 to below 525 %
  • 5 and above1 %

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 years1’00062 %
Last 60 years343120 %
Last 40 years230121 %
Last 20 years118118 %
Last 15 years82117 %
Last 10 years54117 %
Last 5 years25130 %

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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).