Küsnacht (ZH): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 154 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’244
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 41
- Median utilization
- 62 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.35
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.7 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Küsnacht (ZH)
Küsnacht (ZH) is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 4’244 parcels in 41 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2/1.40 (797), Wohnzone 2/1.50 (496) and Wohnzone 2/1.20 (441).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 62 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 99 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Küsnacht (ZH) sits above it.
The median building height is 10.7 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.35. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 103 % (408 parcels), higher than the 67 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2/1.40 | 797 | 75 % |
| Wohnzone 2/1.50 | 496 | 83 % |
| Wohnzone 2/1.20 | 441 | 79 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 420 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2-geschossig | 331 | 66 % |
| Wald | 271 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/1.75 | 247 | 68 % |
| kommunale Freihaltezone | 222 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig 2.40 | 219 | 75 % |
| Kernzone 3-geschossig | 138 | 100 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig 2.75 | 138 | 72 % |
| Wohnzone 2/1.15 | 134 | 66 % |
| Other zones (29) | 390 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’196 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 99 %. The median is 62 % and the mean 64 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %31 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’196 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.62. The median is 0.35 and the mean 0.39.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5065 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 2’570 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.7 m and 12.8 m. The median is 10.7 m and the mean 10.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m33 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’102 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.3. The median is 2.8 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 331 %
- 3 to below 558 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 4’244 | 67 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’273 | 101 % |
| Last 40 years | 834 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 408 | 103 % |
| Last 15 years | 252 | 101 % |
| Last 10 years | 160 | 107 % |
| Last 5 years | 55 | 115 % |
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).