Glattfelden: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 58 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’951
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Glattfelden
Glattfelden is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 2’951 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (993), Wohnzone A (531) and Wald (474).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 78 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Glattfelden sits below it.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 114 % (255 parcels), higher than the 48 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 993 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone A | 531 | 73 % |
| Wald | 474 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 381 | 96 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 171 | 85 % |
| Erholungszone B | 141 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone B | 117 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone C | 42 | 111 % |
| Gewerbezone B | 21 | 4 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 19 | 44 % |
| Gewässer | 15 | 0 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 13 | 0 % |
| Other zones (8) | 33 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’921 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 78 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 45 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %66 %
- 50 % to below 100 %15 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’920 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.39. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.22.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’156 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m59 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 815 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 543 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 2’951 | 48 % |
| Last 60 years | 801 | 106 % |
| Last 40 years | 592 | 113 % |
| Last 20 years | 255 | 114 % |
| Last 15 years | 139 | 118 % |
| Last 10 years | 78 | 121 % |
| Last 5 years | 39 | 124 % |
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).