Maschwanden: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 8 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 616
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 7
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.7 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Maschwanden
Maschwanden is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 616 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (319), Kernzone (219) and Wald (52).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 65 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Maschwanden sits below it.
The median building height is 10.7 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 130 % (40 parcels), higher than the 48 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 319 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 219 | 75 % |
| Wald | 52 | 0 % |
| Reservezone | 13 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone | 7 | 0 % |
| Gewässer | 4 | 0 % |
| Erholungszone | 2 | 0 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 609 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 65 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 42 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %72 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 609 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.29. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.19.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0013 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 213 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 12.0 m. The median is 10.7 m and the mean 10.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 140 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.2. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 24 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 553 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 616 | 48 % |
| Last 60 years | 115 | 113 % |
| Last 40 years | 87 | 121 % |
| Last 20 years | 40 | 130 % |
| Last 15 years | 17 | 153 % |
| Last 10 years | 8 | 132 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 99 % |
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).