Bassersdorf: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 52 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’974
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 40 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.24
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Bassersdorf
Bassersdorf is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 2’974 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are 2-geschossige Wohnzone, locker 1.5 (778), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (472) and 3-geschossige Wohnzone 2.5 (408).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 40 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 92 %. The canton median is 40 %, close to the level of Bassersdorf.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.24. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 108 % (267 parcels), higher than the 52 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone, locker 1.5 | 778 | 78 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 472 | 0 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone 2.5 | 408 | 77 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone, dicht 1.9 | 383 | 75 % |
| Wald | 372 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 175 | 67 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit Gewerbeanteil 1.9 | 77 | 90 % |
| Wohnzone 1 1.1 | 77 | 63 % |
| Gewerbezone | 57 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone | 34 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 25 | 3 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone mit Gewerbeanteil 2.5 | 23 | 100 % |
| Other zones (8) | 93 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’946 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 92 %. The median is 40 % and the mean 50 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %53 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above5 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’946 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.63. The median is 0.24 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5065 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’595 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m22 %
- 8 m to below 12 m56 %
- 12 m to below 20 m22 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’253 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 334 %
- 3 to below 553 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 2’974 | 52 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’259 | 97 % |
| Last 40 years | 907 | 102 % |
| Last 20 years | 267 | 108 % |
| Last 15 years | 130 | 112 % |
| Last 10 years | 65 | 107 % |
| Last 5 years | 28 | 109 % |
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).