Wädenswil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 293 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 7’541
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 48
- Median utilization
- 20 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.1 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wädenswil
Wädenswil is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 7’541 parcels in 48 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (2’342), Wohnzone 2/40% (1’199) and Wald (701).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 20 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 91 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Wädenswil sits below it.
The median building height is 11.1 m at 2.6 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 % (482 parcels), lower than the 144 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 2’342 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/40% | 1’199 | 58 % |
| Wald | 701 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2/30% | 615 | 83 % |
| Wohnzone 3/55% | 537 | 68 % |
| Kernzone B | 432 | 86 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig A | 168 | 76 % |
| Kernzone C | 120 | 76 % |
| Wohnzone G3/55% | 116 | 38 % |
| Kernzone A | 99 | 53 % |
| Industriezone A | 97 | 33 % |
| Gewässer | 94 | 0 % |
| Other zones (36) | 1’021 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 7’471 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 91 %. The median is 20 % and the mean 80 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %58 %
- 50 % to below 100 %21 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 7’471 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.59. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5070 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0020 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 3’890 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.0 m and 13.2 m. The median is 11.1 m and the mean 11.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m14 %
- 8 m to below 12 m48 %
- 12 m to below 20 m36 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 3’234 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.4. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 330 %
- 3 to below 548 %
- 5 and above7 %
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 | 7’541 | 144 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’549 | 301 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’493 | 422 % |
| Last 20 years | 482 | 121 % |
| Last 15 years | 330 | 127 % |
| Last 10 years | 207 | 129 % |
| Last 5 years | 86 | 111 % |
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).