Hinwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 117 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’928
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 25
- Median utilization
- 11 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
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 Hinwil
Hinwil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 4’928 parcels in 25 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (1’695), Wohnzone /1.8 (762) and Wald (565).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 11 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 85 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Hinwil sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 127 % (387 parcels), higher than the 67 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 1’695 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone /1.8 | 762 | 65 % |
| Wald | 565 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2 | 362 | 96 % |
| Wohnzone /2.0 | 357 | 60 % |
| Wohnzone G/2.6 | 326 | 76 % |
| Wohnzone /1.6 | 200 | 76 % |
| Kernzone 3 | 182 | 71 % |
| Wohnzone /2.6 | 109 | 65 % |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone 7 | 107 | 33 % |
| Quartiererhaltungszone | 51 | 41 % |
| Industrie- und Gewerbezone 5 | 43 | 0 % |
| Other zones (13) | 169 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’893 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 85 %. The median is 11 % and the mean 57 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %59 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’892 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.53. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5073 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 2’485 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’929 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 339 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 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 | 4’928 | 67 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’741 | 98 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’023 | 113 % |
| Last 20 years | 387 | 127 % |
| Last 15 years | 287 | 132 % |
| Last 10 years | 196 | 142 % |
| Last 5 years | 88 | 172 % |
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).