Zofingen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Aargau · FSO no. 4289 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’247
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 21
- Median utilization
- 75 %
Canton: 35 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.44
Canton: 0.13
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.5 m
Canton: 9.3 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Zofingen
Zofingen is a municipality in the canton of Aargau. The parcel data lists 3’247 parcels in 21 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (1’097), Wohnzone W3 (613) and Altstadtzone (289).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 75 %; half of the parcels lie between 11 % and 119 %. The canton median is 35 %, so Zofingen sits above it.
The median building height is 10.5 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.44. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 118 % (364 parcels), lower than the 124 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’097 | 88 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 613 | 64 % |
| Altstadtzone | 289 | 264 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 255 | 0 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeiszone WA3 | 244 | 74 % |
| Wohn- und Arbeiszone WA4 | 149 | 57 % |
| Arbeitszone | 114 | 81 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 113 | 74 % |
| Wald | 80 | 0 % |
| Grabengartenzone | 73 | 90 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 64 | 24 % |
| Neuquartierzone | 53 | 115 % |
| Other zones (9) | 103 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’218 parcels with a value, half lie between 11 % and 119 %. The median is 75 % and the mean 102 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %34 %
- 50 % to below 100 %33 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’218 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.76. The median is 0.44 and the mean 0.70.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5057 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 2’379 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.9 m. The median is 10.5 m and the mean 10.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m19 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m31 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’833 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 542 %
- 5 and above6 %
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 | 3’247 | 124 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’403 | 135 % |
| Last 40 years | 812 | 121 % |
| Last 20 years | 364 | 118 % |
| Last 15 years | 268 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 185 | 121 % |
| Last 5 years | 67 | 101 % |
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).