Schlieren: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 247 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’056
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 30
- Median utilization
- 51 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.41
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 12.0 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 3.0
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Schlieren
Schlieren is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 2’056 parcels in 30 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 3 0.60 (268), Wohnzone 2 0.40 (197) and Wohnzone 4 0.80 (171).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 51 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 95 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Schlieren sits above it.
The median building height is 12.0 m at 3.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.41. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 98 % (277 parcels), higher than the 61 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 3 0.60 | 268 | 81 % |
| Wohnzone 2 0.40 | 197 | 62 % |
| Wohnzone 4 0.80 | 171 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone G4 0.80 | 167 | 94 % |
| Industriezone BMZ 8 | 149 | 37 % |
| Wohnzone 2 0.45 | 135 | 71 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 134 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 0.30 | 121 | 60 % |
| Wald | 90 | 0 % |
| kommunale Freihaltezone | 87 | 0 % |
| Reservezone | 82 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3 PBG | 78 | 53 % |
| Other zones (18) | 377 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’027 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 95 %. The median is 51 % and the mean 54 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %50 %
- 50 % to below 100 %29 %
- 100 % to below 150 %19 %
- 150 % and above3 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’027 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.94. The median is 0.41 and the mean 0.57.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5055 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5015 %
- 1.50 and above8 %
Building height
Of the 1’155 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.5 m and 15.3 m. The median is 12.0 m and the mean 13.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m8 %
- 8 m to below 12 m43 %
- 12 m to below 20 m41 %
- 20 m and above9 %
Number of floors
Of the 959 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.2 and 3.9. The median is 3.0 and the mean 3.3.
Share of parcels by range
- below 23 %
- 2 to below 330 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above15 %
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 | 2’056 | 61 % |
| Last 60 years | 690 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 428 | 98 % |
| Last 20 years | 277 | 98 % |
| Last 15 years | 120 | 99 % |
| Last 10 years | 72 | 96 % |
| Last 5 years | 29 | 102 % |
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).