Rüschlikon: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 139 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’457
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 58 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.42
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.6 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.9
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Rüschlikon
Rüschlikon is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’457 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone B, 2 Geschosse (351), Wohnzone A, 2 Geschosse (235) and Kernzone, 3 Geschosse (161).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 58 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 94 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Rüschlikon sits above it.
The median building height is 11.6 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.42. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 92 % (190 parcels), higher than the 60 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone B, 2 Geschosse | 351 | 66 % |
| Wohnzone A, 2 Geschosse | 235 | 69 % |
| Kernzone, 3 Geschosse | 161 | 77 % |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse | 155 | 76 % |
| Strassen (HLS) | 118 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone C, 2 Geschosse | 103 | 72 % |
| Wald | 73 | 0 % |
| Freihaltezone | 52 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone A, 1 Geschoss | 38 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone B, 1 Geschoss | 38 | 74 % |
| Wohnzone D, 2 Geschosse | 30 | 79 % |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 30 | 68 % |
| Other zones (12) | 73 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’431 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 94 %. The median is 58 % and the mean 58 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %45 %
- 50 % to below 100 %34 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above4 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’430 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.76. The median is 0.42 and the mean 0.47.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5057 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0031 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 887 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.6 m and 13.7 m. The median is 11.6 m and the mean 11.6 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m11 %
- 8 m to below 12 m44 %
- 12 m to below 20 m45 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 780 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.6. The median is 2.9 and the mean 2.9.
Share of parcels by range
- below 28 %
- 2 to below 325 %
- 3 to below 562 %
- 5 and above5 %
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 | 1’457 | 60 % |
| Last 60 years | 588 | 88 % |
| Last 40 years | 357 | 97 % |
| Last 20 years | 190 | 92 % |
| Last 15 years | 143 | 95 % |
| Last 10 years | 84 | 101 % |
| Last 5 years | 42 | 110 % |
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).