Maur: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 195 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’170
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 19
- Median utilization
- 31 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.11
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.8 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Maur
Maur is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 4’170 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are 1-geschossige Wohnzone (960), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (931) and 2-geschossige Wohnzone (825).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 31 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 79 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Maur sits below it.
The median building height is 9.8 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.11. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (301 parcels), higher than the 53 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| 1-geschossige Wohnzone | 960 | 58 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 931 | 0 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone | 825 | 59 % |
| Wald | 489 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 444 | 78 % |
| 2-geschossige Wohnzone mit Gewerbeanteil | 132 | 62 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone | 122 | 89 % |
| 3-geschossige Wohnzone mit Gewerbeanteil | 76 | 83 % |
| Kernzone A | 52 | 68 % |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 46 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 34 | 7 % |
| Kommunale Freihaltezone | 21 | 0 % |
| Other zones (7) | 38 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’138 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 79 %. The median is 31 % and the mean 50 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %58 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’138 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.55. The median is 0.11 and the mean 0.31.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 2’171 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.8 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m63 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’745 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.1. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 340 %
- 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 | 4’170 | 53 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’761 | 90 % |
| Last 40 years | 906 | 106 % |
| Last 20 years | 301 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 222 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 117 | 116 % |
| Last 5 years | 39 | 113 % |
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).