Russikon: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 178 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’672
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 18
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Russikon
Russikon is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 2’672 parcels in 18 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (707), Wohnzone 2 (518) and Wald (395).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 87 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Russikon sits below it.
The median building height is 9.4 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 121 % (292 parcels), higher than the 58 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 707 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 518 | 68 % |
| Wald | 395 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 327 | 74 % |
| Kernzone 1 | 241 | 82 % |
| Kernzone 2 | 114 | 78 % |
| Wohnzone G2 | 106 | 94 % |
| Kernzone W | 104 | 84 % |
| Wohnzone G3 | 77 | 70 % |
| Reservezone | 22 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone | 20 | 74 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 14 | 52 % |
| Other zones (6) | 27 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’647 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 87 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 54 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %57 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above7 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’647 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.48. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.27.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0018 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’274 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 956 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 546 %
- 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 | 2’672 | 58 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’022 | 106 % |
| Last 40 years | 589 | 119 % |
| Last 20 years | 292 | 121 % |
| Last 15 years | 187 | 132 % |
| Last 10 years | 126 | 130 % |
| Last 5 years | 47 | 100 % |
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).