Dübendorf: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 191 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 5’124
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 29
- Median utilization
- 52 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.35
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.3 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Dübendorf
Dübendorf is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 5’124 parcels in 29 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone zweigeschossig b (1’062), Wohnzone zweigeschossig c (994) and Wohnzone dreigeschossig 3 (552).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 52 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 90 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Dübendorf sits above it.
The median building height is 10.3 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.35. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 104 % (415 parcels), higher than the 63 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig b | 1’062 | 69 % |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig c | 994 | 69 % |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig 3 | 552 | 77 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 548 | 0 % |
| Wald | 398 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone viergeschossig | 312 | 71 % |
| Kernzone 3 | 211 | 60 % |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig | 178 | 71 % |
| Freihaltezone | 134 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig a | 115 | 95 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 98 | 0 % |
| Reservezone | 78 | 0 % |
| Other zones (17) | 444 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 5’082 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 90 %. The median is 52 % and the mean 59 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %49 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above5 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 5’082 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.75. The median is 0.35 and the mean 0.45.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5061 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0026 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5010 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 3’027 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 12.8 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m49 %
- 12 m to below 20 m29 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’375 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.4. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 338 %
- 3 to below 549 %
- 5 and above7 %
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 | 5’124 | 63 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’954 | 97 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’106 | 98 % |
| Last 20 years | 415 | 104 % |
| Last 15 years | 278 | 107 % |
| Last 10 years | 157 | 104 % |
| Last 5 years | 72 | 107 % |
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).