Greifensee: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 194 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 724
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 55 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.31
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Greifensee
Greifensee is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 724 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 (221), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (92) and Kernzone II (74).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 55 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 102 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Greifensee sits above it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.31. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 103 % (47 parcels), higher than the 69 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 | 221 | 67 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 92 | 0 % |
| Kernzone II | 74 | 110 % |
| Wohnzone 1 Ost | 71 | 81 % |
| Quartiererhaltungszone EZ | 48 | 79 % |
| Wohnzone G2 | 37 | 62 % |
| Wohnzone 1 West | 34 | 77 % |
| Kernzone I | 33 | 46 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 28 | 2 % |
| Wald | 21 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone G3 | 20 | 74 % |
| Erholungszone 1 Freizeit- und Sportzentrum | 10 | 0 % |
| Other zones (12) | 35 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 703 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 102 %. The median is 55 % and the mean 62 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %47 %
- 50 % to below 100 %27 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 703 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.66. The median is 0.31 and the mean 0.40.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5065 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0025 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 429 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m19 %
- 8 m to below 12 m65 %
- 12 m to below 20 m14 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 380 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 344 %
- 3 to below 543 %
- 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 | 724 | 69 % |
| Last 60 years | 402 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 231 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 47 | 103 % |
| Last 15 years | 30 | 98 % |
| Last 10 years | 15 | 102 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 145 % |
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).