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Pfungen: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 224 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’420

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
22
Median utilization
54 %

Canton: 40 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.26

Canton: 0.22

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.1 m

Canton: 10.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.5

Canton: 2.8

Switzerland: 2.3

About Pfungen

Pfungen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’420 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (219), Wohnzone 1.6 (189) and Wohnzone b1.3 (167).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 54 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 122 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Pfungen sits above it.

The median building height is 10.1 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.26. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (211 parcels), higher than the 99 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone2190 %
Wohnzone 1.6189204 %
Wohnzone b1.316788 %
Kernzone A14975 %
Wald1190 %
Wohnzone 1.111766 %
Wohnzone 2.48090 %
Wohnzone G 2.47773 %
Wohnzone 1.36192 %
Kernzone B5949 %
Wohnzone G 3.04782 %
Wohnzone G 2.03280 %
Other zones (10)104-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’397 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 122 %. The median is 54 % and the mean 94 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %49 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %18 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %13 %
  • 150 % and above20 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’397 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.60. The median is 0.26 and the mean 0.37.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5068 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above3 %

Building height

Of the 761 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 11.7 m. The median is 10.1 m and the mean 10.1 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m17 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m62 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m21 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 546 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.1. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 26 %
  • 2 to below 343 %
  • 3 to below 549 %
  • 5 and above2 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years1’42099 %
Last 60 years542139 %
Last 40 years379140 %
Last 20 years211116 %
Last 15 years155123 %
Last 10 years44165 %
Last 5 years9130 %

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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).