Mönchaltorf: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 196 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’652
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 19
- Median utilization
- 30 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Mönchaltorf
Mönchaltorf is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’652 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (491), Wohnzone 2/30 (455) and Kernzone 1/50 (146).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 30 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 98 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Mönchaltorf sits below it.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 102 % (106 parcels), higher than the 60 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 491 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/30 | 455 | 88 % |
| Kernzone 1/50 | 146 | 70 % |
| Wald | 123 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2E/30 | 77 | 94 % |
| Wohnzone 3/50 | 52 | 82 % |
| Quartiererhaltungszone EZ | 48 | 94 % |
| Freihaltezone b | 43 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2/50 | 40 | 51 % |
| Quartiererhaltungszone EZ 2 | 35 | 114 % |
| Industriezone 2/6 | 33 | 73 % |
| Industriezone 1/4 | 31 | 75 % |
| Other zones (7) | 78 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’630 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 98 %. The median is 30 % and the mean 56 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %53 %
- 50 % to below 100 %23 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’629 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.54. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.33.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5072 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 832 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.2 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m21 %
- 8 m to below 12 m66 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 670 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 337 %
- 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 | 1’652 | 60 % |
| Last 60 years | 661 | 100 % |
| Last 40 years | 303 | 103 % |
| Last 20 years | 106 | 102 % |
| Last 15 years | 76 | 100 % |
| Last 10 years | 37 | 109 % |
| Last 5 years | 18 | 117 % |
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).