Hittnau

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 173

Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.

Open map at the Hittnau center

The parcel data lists 2’486 parcels in Hittnau, covering 13 km². 41.8% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 888 m².

Key figures

Parcels
2’486
0.6% of the canton
Total area
13 km²
0.7% of the canton
Median area
888 m²
Canton: 815 m²
Switzerland: 881 m²
Built share
41.8%
Canton: 56.7%
Switzerland: 51%
Median year built
1988
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1975

About Hittnau

Hittnau ranks 51st of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.6% of the canton's parcels on 0.7% of its area. The median parcel in Hittnau measures 888 m², about the same as the canton median of 815 m². Hittnau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 41.8% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (30.6%), Kernzone (21.8%) and Wald (20.6%). In total, Hittnau uses 16 zone designations.

According to the building register, Hittnau has 1’599 buildings with 1’791 dwellings, 1.1 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (75.1%). Non-residential buildings account for 33.6% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (38.7% of them), and 26.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1988, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 1’040 (41.8%)

Unbuilt: 1’446 (58.2%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcelsAreaBuilt
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone7607.15 km²19.9%
Kernzone5410.31 km²72.3%
Wald5114.30 km²2.5%
Wohnzone G2.32100.15 km²78.6%
Wohnzone 2.01740.11 km²84.5%
Wohnzone 1.61720.09 km²66.9%
Gewerbezone I290.04 km²82.8%
Reservezone230.07 km²34.8%
Erholungszone 1200.53 km²25.0%
Freihaltezone120.06 km²8.3%
Wohnzone G 2.9100.02 km²50.0%
Wohnzone 2.590.02 km²77.8%
Other zones (4 labels)150.09 km²53.3%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 1’599 buildings with 1’791 dwellings here; 692 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’599
Dwellings
1’791
Single-family houses
692
Building volume
1.8 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential921
  • Mixed use31
  • Non-residential537
  • Other110

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building

  • Before 1920195
  • 1920-194529
  • 1946-196043
  • 1961-198087
  • 1981-2000402
  • 2001-2010143
  • 2011-2020103
  • 2021 and later29
  • Unknown year9

Maps and geodata for Hittnau

geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Hittnau. 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.

More municipalities in the canton of Zurich

Open the geopool map