Egg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 192 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’599
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 11 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.0 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Egg
Egg is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 3’599 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (1’283), Wohnzone W 30 (704) and Wohnzone W 40 (647).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 11 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 79 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Egg sits below it.
The median building height is 10.0 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 123 % (248 parcels), higher than the 65 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 1’283 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W 30 | 704 | 53 % |
| Wohnzone W 40 | 647 | 65 % |
| Wald | 273 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W 60 | 146 | 74 % |
| Kernzone I 65 | 136 | 102 % |
| Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung WG 60 | 110 | 59 % |
| Kernzone II 65 | 66 | 43 % |
| Gewässer | 49 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung WG 40 | 46 | 149 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen | 39 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone G6 | 19 | 87 % |
| Other zones (8) | 81 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’568 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 79 %. The median is 11 % and the mean 59 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %61 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %9 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’568 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.53. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.30.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5073 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’806 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 11.6 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m19 %
- 8 m to below 12 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’448 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 211 %
- 2 to below 338 %
- 3 to below 550 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 3’599 | 65 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’376 | 92 % |
| Last 40 years | 852 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 248 | 123 % |
| Last 15 years | 182 | 126 % |
| Last 10 years | 116 | 139 % |
| Last 5 years | 23 | 104 % |
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).