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Wallisellen: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 69 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
3’117

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
27
Median utilization
58 %

Canton: 40 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.38

Canton: 0.22

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
11.0 m

Canton: 10.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.7

Canton: 2.8

Switzerland: 2.3

About Wallisellen

Wallisellen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 3’117 parcels in 27 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 1.9 (733), Wohnzone 1.6 (308) and Wohnzone 1.4 (260).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 58 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 96 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Wallisellen sits above it.

The median building height is 11.0 m at 2.7 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.38. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 101 % (231 parcels), higher than the 63 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Wohnzone 1.973381 %
Wohnzone 1.630878 %
Wohnzone 1.426091 %
Kantonale Freihaltezone2510 %
Wald2470 %
Wohnzone 2.723385 %
Wohnzone 2.417985 %
Freihaltezone1240 %
Wohnzone 3.09388 %
Industrie- und Gewerbezone 89130 %
Industrie- und Gewerbezone 6840 %
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone780 %
Other zones (15)436-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 3’084 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 96 %. The median is 58 % and the mean 57 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %47 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %31 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %18 %
  • 150 % and above4 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 3’084 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.71. The median is 0.38 and the mean 0.47.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5059 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0029 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.507 %
  • 1.50 and above4 %

Building height

Of the 1’753 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.0 m and 13.3 m. The median is 11.0 m and the mean 11.4 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m13 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m49 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m35 %
  • 20 m and above3 %

Number of floors

Of the 1’526 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.4. The median is 2.7 and the mean 2.8.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 28 %
  • 2 to below 333 %
  • 3 to below 552 %
  • 5 and above6 %

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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years3’11763 %
Last 60 years927102 %
Last 40 years582104 %
Last 20 years231101 %
Last 15 years165104 %
Last 10 years103110 %
Last 5 years46110 %

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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).