Bonstetten
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 3
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Bonstetten centerThe parcel data lists 1’596 parcels in Bonstetten, covering 7.4 km². 59.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 684 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’596
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.4 km²
- 0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 684 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 59.8%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1981
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Bonstetten
Bonstetten ranks 85th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.4% of its area. The median parcel in Bonstetten measures 684 m², smaller than the canton median of 815 m². Bonstetten is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 59.8% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2/30 (25.5%), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (25.2%) and Wohnzone 2/45 (9.7%). In total, Bonstetten uses 21 zone designations.
According to the building register, Bonstetten has 1’592 buildings with 2’549 dwellings, 1.6 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.9%). Non-residential buildings account for 22% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (31.4% of them), and 21.5% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1981, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 954 (59.8%)
Unbuilt: 642 (40.2%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2/30 | 407 | 0.31 km² | 81.3% |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 402 | 4.15 km² | 24.9% |
| Wohnzone 2/45 | 155 | 0.05 km² | 67.1% |
| Kernzone D | 124 | 0.11 km² | 82.3% |
| Wohnzone 2/40 | 118 | 0.07 km² | 82.2% |
| Wohnzone 2/25 | 95 | 0.07 km² | 86.3% |
| Wald | 71 | 2.02 km² | 5.6% |
| Wohnzone G3/55 | 46 | 0.09 km² | 76.1% |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 39 | 0.22 km² | 7.7% |
| Kernzone H | 38 | 0.06 km² | 68.4% |
| Kernzone U | 31 | 0.02 km² | 80.6% |
| Kernzone B | 26 | 0.02 km² | 84.6% |
| Other zones (9 labels) | 44 | 0.23 km² | 52.3% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’592 buildings with 2’549 dwellings here; 829 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’592
- Dwellings
- 2’549
- Single-family houses
- 829
- Building volume
- 1.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Bonstetten
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Bonstetten. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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