Laufen-Uhwiesen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 34 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’158
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 13
- Median utilization
- 10 %
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
- 2.2
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Laufen-Uhwiesen
Laufen-Uhwiesen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’158 parcels in 13 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (317), Wohnzone 1/20 (217) and Kernzone (196).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 98 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Laufen-Uhwiesen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 143 % (102 parcels), higher than the 89 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 317 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 1/20 | 217 | 82 % |
| Kernzone | 196 | 71 % |
| Wohnzone 2/30 | 108 | 97 % |
| Wald | 99 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone G2/40 | 96 | 65 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 47 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/40 | 45 | 57 % |
| Freihaltezone kommunal | 14 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 13 | 0 % |
| Gewässer | 4 | 0 % |
| Bahnareal | 1 | 0 % |
| Other zones (1) | 1 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’145 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 98 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 71 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %57 %
- 50 % to below 100 %19 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’145 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.45. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.27.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5078 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 548 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m56 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 447 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 534 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 1’158 | 89 % |
| Last 60 years | 389 | 128 % |
| Last 40 years | 231 | 152 % |
| Last 20 years | 102 | 143 % |
| Last 15 years | 76 | 123 % |
| Last 10 years | 44 | 132 % |
| Last 5 years | 16 | 130 % |
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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).