Brütten: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 213 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 990
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 12
- Median utilization
- 36 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Brütten
Brütten is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 990 parcels in 12 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (265), Wohnzone 2/40 (175) and Wohnzone 2/30 (147).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 36 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 89 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Brütten sits below it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 136 % (72 parcels), higher than the 55 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 265 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/40 | 175 | 66 % |
| Wohnzone 2/30 | 147 | 72 % |
| Wald | 126 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 1 | 115 | 70 % |
| Kernzone 2 | 81 | 85 % |
| Wohnzone 1/20 | 33 | 116 % |
| Wohnzone 3/60 | 21 | 102 % |
| kommunale Freihaltezone | 11 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 9 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone | 6 | 0 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 1 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 980 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 89 %. The median is 36 % and the mean 50 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %54 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above3 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 978 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.56. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 513 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m17 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 385 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 343 %
- 3 to below 546 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 990 | 55 % |
| Last 60 years | 439 | 94 % |
| Last 40 years | 251 | 108 % |
| Last 20 years | 72 | 136 % |
| Last 15 years | 56 | 141 % |
| Last 10 years | 30 | 100 % |
| Last 5 years | 11 | 105 % |
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).