Oberglatt: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 92 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’555
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 26
- Median utilization
- 39 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.23
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.4 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.7
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Oberglatt
Oberglatt is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’555 parcels in 26 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2/40 (347), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (328) and Kernzone 2/20 (190).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 39 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 91 %. The canton median is 40 %, close to the level of Oberglatt.
The median building height is 10.4 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.23. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 111 % (182 parcels), higher than the 56 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2/40 | 347 | 67 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 328 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2/20 | 190 | 82 % |
| Wohnzone 2/30 | 181 | 60 % |
| Wohnzone 3/50 | 96 | 97 % |
| Wald | 88 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/35 | 72 | 78 % |
| Dreigeschossige Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung 3/60 | 55 | 63 % |
| Zweigeschossige Wohnzone mit Gewerberleichterung 2/48 | 47 | 94 % |
| Industriezone 8 | 20 | 37 % |
| Kernzone 2/28 | 19 | 57 % |
| Gewerbezone 5 | 14 | 59 % |
| Other zones (14) | 98 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’528 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 91 %. The median is 39 % and the mean 52 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %54 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’528 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.64. The median is 0.23 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5067 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0027 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 825 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 12.0 m. The median is 10.4 m and the mean 10.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m24 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 634 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.2. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 336 %
- 3 to below 557 %
- 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 | 1’555 | 56 % |
| Last 60 years | 667 | 100 % |
| Last 40 years | 458 | 100 % |
| Last 20 years | 182 | 111 % |
| Last 15 years | 126 | 105 % |
| Last 10 years | 80 | 113 % |
| Last 5 years | 34 | 102 % |
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).