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Neftenbach: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 223 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’872

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
19
Median utilization
10 %

Canton: 40 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.09

Canton: 0.22

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.2 m

Canton: 10.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.5

Canton: 2.8

Switzerland: 2.3

About Neftenbach

Neftenbach is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 2’872 parcels in 19 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (952), Kernzone (616) and Wald (281).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 91 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Neftenbach sits below it.

The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (360 parcels), higher than the 55 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone9520 %
Kernzone61687 %
Wald2810 %
Wohnzone G2/4524378 %
Wohnzone 2/4024280 %
Wohnzone 2/3022675 %
Wohnzone 2/2515890 %
Kantonale Freihaltezone440 %
Gewerbezone 43575 %
Industriezone 52630 %
Wohnzone 3/601578 %
Gewässer130 %
Other zones (7)21-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’845 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 91 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 51 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %56 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %23 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %14 %
  • 150 % and above7 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’844 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.57. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.30.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5070 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.506 %
  • 1.50 and above1 %

Building height

Of the 1’423 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.4 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 9.7 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m21 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m67 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m12 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 1’032 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 27 %
  • 2 to below 342 %
  • 3 to below 551 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years2’87255 %
Last 60 years1’147100 %
Last 40 years875107 %
Last 20 years360110 %
Last 15 years180113 %
Last 10 years89120 %
Last 5 years40110 %

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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).