Hettlingen
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 221
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Hettlingen centerThe parcel data lists 1’519 parcels in Hettlingen, covering 5.9 km². 59% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 765 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’519
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 5.9 km²
- 0.3% of the canton
- Median area
- 765 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 59%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1987
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Hettlingen
Hettlingen ranks 93rd of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Hettlingen measures 765 m², about the same as the canton median of 815 m². Hettlingen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 59% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 1/20 (26.3%), Wohnzone 2/35 (22.4%) and Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (22.1%). In total, Hettlingen uses 12 zone designations.
According to the building register, Hettlingen has 1’351 buildings with 1’372 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (84%). Non-residential buildings account for 32.2% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (35% of them), and 24.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1987, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 896 (59%)
Unbuilt: 623 (41%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 1/20 | 400 | 0.30 km² | 88.0% |
| Wohnzone 2/35 | 340 | 0.21 km² | 85.6% |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 335 | 3.47 km² | 15.5% |
| Kernzone | 237 | 0.17 km² | 73.0% |
| Wald | 129 | 1.25 km² | 5.4% |
| Reservezone | 45 | 0.34 km² | 17.8% |
| Gewerbezone 2 | 12 | 0.08 km² | 50.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 7 | 0.05 km² | 28.6% |
| Gewerbezone 1 | 5 | 0.01 km² | 60.0% |
| Bahnareal | 4 | 0.02 km² | 0.0% |
| Freihaltezone Birch | 4 | 0.01 km² | 25.0% |
| Freihaltezone Friedhof | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’351 buildings with 1’372 dwellings here; 710 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’351
- Dwellings
- 1’372
- Single-family houses
- 710
- Building volume
- 1.2 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Hettlingen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Hettlingen. 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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