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Aesch (ZH): observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 241 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
754

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
15
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 40 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.09

Canton: 0.22

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.3 m

Canton: 10.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.4

Canton: 2.8

Switzerland: 2.3

About Aesch (ZH)

Aesch (ZH) is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 754 parcels in 15 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (217), Wald (102) and Wohnzone 1A (97).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 76 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Aesch (ZH) sits below it.

The median building height is 10.3 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 113 % (67 parcels), higher than the 44 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone2170 %
Wald1020 %
Wohnzone 1A9777 %
Wohnzone 2 1/2A7871 %
Wohnzone 27553 %
Wohnzone 2 1/2B7469 %
Kernzone6476 %
Gewerbezone2051 %
Wohnzone 1B85 %
Erholungszone60 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten532 %
Wohnzone 340 %
Other zones (3)4-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 741 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 76 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 40 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %60 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %27 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %10 %
  • 150 % and above2 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 741 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.47. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.26.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5077 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.504 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 328 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 11.7 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.1 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m17 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m63 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m20 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 277 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 29 %
  • 2 to below 344 %
  • 3 to below 546 %
  • 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 years75444 %
Last 60 years30785 %
Last 40 years12795 %
Last 20 years67113 %
Last 15 years58112 %
Last 10 years37105 %
Last 5 years12110 %

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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).