Otelfingen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 94 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’282
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.4 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Otelfingen
Otelfingen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’282 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (321), zweigeschossige Wohnzone B (181) and Wald (138).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 87 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Otelfingen sits below it.
The median building height is 10.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (148 parcels), higher than the 47 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 321 | 0 % |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone B | 181 | 70 % |
| Wald | 138 | 0 % |
| Kernzone I | 127 | 85 % |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone C | 124 | 82 % |
| Industriezone | 83 | 64 % |
| Kernzone II | 68 | 87 % |
| Reservezone | 50 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone | 36 | 0 % |
| dreigeschossige Wohnzone | 36 | 1 % |
| zweigeschossige Wohnzone A | 31 | 92 % |
| Erholungszone Golf | 29 | 0 % |
| Other zones (6) | 58 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’264 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 87 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 43 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %62 %
- 50 % to below 100 %19 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’264 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.54. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.28.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5073 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 556 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.4 m and 11.7 m. The median is 10.4 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 437 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 352 %
- 3 to below 542 %
- 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 in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 1’282 | 47 % |
| Last 60 years | 450 | 98 % |
| Last 40 years | 326 | 101 % |
| Last 20 years | 148 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 114 | 104 % |
| Last 10 years | 39 | 105 % |
| Last 5 years | 16 | 111 % |
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).