Oetwil an der Limmat: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 246 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 850
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Oetwil an der Limmat
Oetwil an der Limmat is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 850 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (174), Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 a (144) and Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.6 b (98).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 68 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Oetwil an der Limmat sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 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 109 % (44 parcels), higher than the 40 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 174 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 a | 144 | 62 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.6 b | 98 | 56 % |
| Wald | 92 | 0 % |
| Kernzone | 86 | 70 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 b | 62 | 60 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.6 a | 49 | 51 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 c | 40 | 32 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 2.8 | 36 | 0 % |
| Reservezone | 23 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.8 | 23 | 88 % |
| Gewässer | 7 | 0 % |
| Other zones (5) | 16 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 838 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 68 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 38 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %64 %
- 50 % to below 100 %25 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above4 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 838 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.51. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5074 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0019 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 379 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 326 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 850 | 40 % |
| Last 60 years | 319 | 79 % |
| Last 40 years | 124 | 92 % |
| Last 20 years | 44 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 32 | 110 % |
| Last 10 years | 19 | 110 % |
| Last 5 years | 7 | 124 % |
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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).