Dänikon: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 85 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 658
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 50 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.22
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.4 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Dänikon
Dänikon is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 658 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (157), Quartiererhaltungszone E (127) and Wohnzone W 1.2 (88).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 50 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 114 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Dänikon sits above it.
The median building height is 10.4 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.22. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 98 % (54 parcels), higher than the 72 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 157 | 0 % |
| Quartiererhaltungszone E | 127 | 177 % |
| Wohnzone W 1.2 | 88 | 68 % |
| Wald | 73 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 61 | 92 % |
| Wohnzone W 1.7 | 55 | 94 % |
| Wohnzone W 2.0 | 27 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone W 2.2 | 26 | 89 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG 2.0 | 18 | 76 % |
| Gewerbezone | 10 | 5 % |
| Reservezone | 7 | 0 % |
| Erholungszone G | 4 | 0 % |
| Other zones (4) | 5 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 646 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 114 %. The median is 50 % and the mean 70 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %50 %
- 50 % to below 100 %17 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 646 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.60. The median is 0.22 and the mean 0.33.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5066 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 335 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.8 m and 11.7 m. The median is 10.4 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m13 %
- 8 m to below 12 m68 %
- 12 m to below 20 m19 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 303 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 334 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 658 | 72 % |
| Last 60 years | 328 | 132 % |
| Last 40 years | 245 | 147 % |
| Last 20 years | 54 | 98 % |
| Last 15 years | 27 | 102 % |
| Last 10 years | 22 | 104 % |
| Last 5 years | 12 | 116 % |
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).