Grüningen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 116 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’872
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.3 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Grüningen
Grüningen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’872 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (657), zweigeschossige Wohnzone /50 (406) and Wald (169).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 76 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Grüningen sits below it.
The median building height is 10.3 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 137 % (143 parcels), higher than the 54 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 657 | 0 % |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone /50 | 406 | 64 % |
| Wald | 169 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2/65 Stedtli/Binzikon | 154 | 64 % |
| Kernzone 2/50 Itzikon/Büel | 128 | 68 % |
| dreigeschossige Wohnzone /65 | 68 | 58 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 66 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 1 | 53 | 43 % |
| Gewerbezone/5 | 37 | 76 % |
| Weilerzone | 34 | 107 % |
| Reservezone | 32 | 0 % |
| Gewässer | 25 | 0 % |
| Other zones (4) | 43 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’852 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 76 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 49 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %63 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’852 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.50. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0017 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 883 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.0 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m18 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 612 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.2. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 23 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 556 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’872 | 54 % |
| Last 60 years | 619 | 99 % |
| Last 40 years | 415 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 143 | 137 % |
| Last 15 years | 112 | 151 % |
| Last 10 years | 58 | 181 % |
| Last 5 years | 19 | 274 % |
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).