Rickenbach (ZH): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 225 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’540
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 16
- Median utilization
- 43 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.27
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rickenbach (ZH)
Rickenbach (ZH) is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’540 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2/50 (431), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (353) and Kernzone überkommunal (193).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 43 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 103 %. The canton median is 40 %, close to the level of Rickenbach (ZH).
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.27. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 109 % (100 parcels), higher than the 59 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2/50 | 431 | 108 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 353 | 0 % |
| Kernzone überkommunal | 193 | 57 % |
| Kernzone kommunal | 139 | 102 % |
| Wald | 103 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/35 | 92 | 61 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 86 | 49 % |
| Freihaltezone kommunal | 74 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung | 21 | 43 % |
| Gewerbezone Z | 15 | 85 % |
| Erholungszone Erholungszone | 13 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 10 | 64 % |
| Other zones (4) | 10 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’524 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 103 %. The median is 43 % and the mean 57 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %53 %
- 50 % to below 100 %20 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’523 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.61. The median is 0.27 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5067 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0025 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 818 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 11.2 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m61 %
- 12 m to below 20 m14 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 605 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 362 %
- 3 to below 532 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 1’540 | 59 % |
| Last 60 years | 597 | 110 % |
| Last 40 years | 349 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 100 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 68 | 117 % |
| Last 10 years | 49 | 116 % |
| Last 5 years | 27 | 123 % |
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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).