Fällanden: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 193 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’191
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 53 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.26
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Fällanden
Fällanden is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 2’191 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone eingeschossig (457), Wohnzone zweigeschossig D (315) and Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (282).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 53 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 99 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Fällanden sits above it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.26. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 111 % (152 parcels), higher than the 64 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone eingeschossig | 457 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig D | 315 | 110 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 282 | 0 % |
| Wald | 245 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig D | 214 | 68 % |
| Kernzone KA | 132 | 69 % |
| Wohnzone zweigeschossig L | 89 | 67 % |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig L | 77 | 76 % |
| Kernzone KB | 61 | 81 % |
| Wohnzone dreigeschossig mit Gewerbeanteil L | 61 | 78 % |
| Gewerbezone 1 | 54 | 107 % |
| Freihaltezone | 53 | 0 % |
| Other zones (8) | 151 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’167 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 99 %. The median is 53 % and the mean 61 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %49 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’167 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.62. The median is 0.26 and the mean 0.37.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5068 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’215 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 11.7 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 991 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.3. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 335 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 2’191 | 64 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’042 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 419 | 113 % |
| Last 20 years | 152 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 111 | 111 % |
| Last 10 years | 71 | 114 % |
| Last 5 years | 31 | 127 % |
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).