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Fehraltorf: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 172 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’817

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
18
Median utilization
13 %

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
2.8

Canton: 2.8

Switzerland: 2.3

About Fehraltorf

Fehraltorf is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’817 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (448), Wohnzone 1.5 (285) and Wohnzone 2.7 (265).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 13 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 92 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Fehraltorf sits below it.

The median building height is 10.0 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 117 % (204 parcels), higher than the 54 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone4480 %
Wohnzone 1.528573 %
Wohnzone 2.726581 %
Wohnzone 2.121089 %
Wald1940 %
Wohnzone G2.714872 %
Kernzone A5881 %
Kernzone B5681 %
Industriezone5413 %
Gewerbezone 13664 %
Gewässer200 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten130 %
Other zones (6)30-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’797 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 92 %. The median is 13 % and the mean 51 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %56 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %24 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %14 %
  • 150 % and above6 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’797 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.63. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.35.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5069 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.507 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

Of the 915 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.0 m and the mean 10.5 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m17 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m52 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m31 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 701 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.3. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.8.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 25 %
  • 2 to below 329 %
  • 3 to below 564 %
  • 5 and above2 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years1’81754 %
Last 60 years759104 %
Last 40 years494110 %
Last 20 years204117 %
Last 15 years118127 %
Last 10 years71143 %
Last 5 years34146 %

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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).