Niederglatt: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 89 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’213
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 20
- Median utilization
- 69 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.37
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.6 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Niederglatt
Niederglatt is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’213 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (671), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (153) and Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse (103).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 69 %; half of the parcels lie between 8 % and 100 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Niederglatt sits above it.
The median building height is 9.6 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.37. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 121 % (95 parcels), higher than the 67 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 671 | 80 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 153 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse | 103 | 71 % |
| WG, 3 Geschosse | 98 | 94 % |
| Kernzone | 43 | 60 % |
| Wald | 39 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone 3 | 35 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone 4 | 18 | 63 % |
| Industriezone A | 11 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone | 8 | 0 % |
| Gewässer | 6 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten B | 6 | 118 % |
| Other zones (8) | 22 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’192 parcels with a value, half lie between 8 % and 100 %. The median is 69 % and the mean 65 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %37 %
- 50 % to below 100 %38 %
- 100 % to below 150 %18 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’191 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.08 and 0.61. The median is 0.37 and the mean 0.39.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5067 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 810 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.4 m. The median is 9.6 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m23 %
- 8 m to below 12 m59 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 671 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 538 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 1’213 | 67 % |
| Last 60 years | 648 | 98 % |
| Last 40 years | 380 | 109 % |
| Last 20 years | 95 | 121 % |
| Last 15 years | 71 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 36 | 128 % |
| Last 5 years | 14 | 126 % |
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).