Wasterkingen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 70 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’011
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 6 %
Canton: 40 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.22
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.2 m
Canton: 10.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.6
Canton: 2.8
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wasterkingen
Wasterkingen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich. The parcel data lists 1’011 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wald (405), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (334) and Kernzone A (125).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 6 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 10 %. The canton median is 40 %, so Wasterkingen sits below it.
The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.6 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wald | 405 | 0 % |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 334 | 0 % |
| Kernzone A | 125 | 115 % |
| Kernzone B | 58 | 92 % |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 38 | 85 % |
| Wohnzone, 1 Geschoss | 26 | 122 % |
| Freihaltezone | 21 | 0 % |
| Erholungszone Pferdesport | 2 | 52 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten B | 2 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 997 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 10 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 33 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %80 %
- 50 % to below 100 %6 %
- 100 % to below 150 %5 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 997 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.12.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5090 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 231 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.4 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m62 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 157 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.1. The median is 2.6 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 23 %
- 2 to below 344 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 1’011 | 36 % |
| Last 60 years | 155 | 134 % |
| Last 40 years | 99 | 144 % |
| Last 20 years | 28 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 21 | 117 % |
| Last 10 years | 6 | 131 % |
| Last 5 years | 3 | 123 % |
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).