Opfikon: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 66 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’947
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 35
- Median utilization
- 65 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.48
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.3 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Opfikon
Opfikon is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’947 parcels in 35 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2L (448), Wohnzone 3 (355) and Wohnzone 2D (155).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 65 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 100 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Opfikon sits above it.
The median building height is 11.3 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.48. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 104 % (206 parcels), lower than the 184 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2L | 448 | 86 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 355 | 80 % |
| Wohnzone 2D | 155 | 90 % |
| Gewerbezonen Arbeitsplatzgebiete | 141 | 21 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 101 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 1 | 85 | 58 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 | 69 | 64 % |
| Zentrumszone Schaffhauserstrasse 5 | 62 | 49 % |
| Zentrumszone 4 | 46 | 84 % |
| Zentrumszone Schaffhauserstrasse 6 | 42 | 42 % |
| Wald | 41 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten B | 41 | 9 % |
| Other zones (23) | 361 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’913 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 100 %. The median is 65 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %43 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’913 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.88. The median is 0.48 and the mean 0.62.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5051 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5011 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 1’250 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.9 m and 14.0 m. The median is 11.3 m and the mean 12.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m41 %
- 12 m to below 20 m36 %
- 20 m and above7 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’021 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.1 and 3.7. The median is 2.9 and the mean 3.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 332 %
- 3 to below 551 %
- 5 and above12 %
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 | 1’947 | 184 % |
| Last 60 years | 763 | 393 % |
| Last 40 years | 474 | 112 % |
| Last 20 years | 206 | 104 % |
| Last 15 years | 155 | 105 % |
| Last 10 years | 90 | 106 % |
| Last 5 years | 41 | 113 % |
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).