Kappel am Albis: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 6 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 955
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.9 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Kappel am Albis
Kappel am Albis is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 955 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (415), Kernzone B (248) and Wohnzone 2 (128).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 72 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Kappel am Albis sits below it.
The median building height is 10.9 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 108 % (126 parcels), higher than the 46 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 415 | 0 % |
| Kernzone B | 248 | 74 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 128 | 74 % |
| Wald | 118 | 0 % |
| Kernzone A | 34 | 121 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 6 | 0 % |
| Kernzone W | 3 | 92 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 2 | 100 % |
| Gewässer | 1 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 943 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 72 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 41 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %67 %
- 50 % to below 100 %17 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 943 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.46. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5077 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 374 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.2 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.9 m and the mean 10.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m12 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m31 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 270 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 551 %
- 5 and above0 %
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 | 955 | 46 % |
| Last 60 years | 252 | 99 % |
| Last 40 years | 206 | 107 % |
| Last 20 years | 126 | 108 % |
| Last 15 years | 102 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 67 | 119 % |
| Last 5 years | 23 | 118 % |
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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).