Kappel am Albis
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 6
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Kappel am Albis centerThe parcel data lists 956 parcels in Kappel am Albis, covering 7.9 km². 42.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’029 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 956
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 7.9 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’029 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 42.6%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1988
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Kappel am Albis
Kappel am Albis ranks 130th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Kappel am Albis measures 1’029 m², larger than the canton median of 815 m². Kappel am Albis is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 42.6% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (43.4%), Kernzone B (25.9%) and Wohnzone 2 (13.4%). In total, Kappel am Albis uses 9 zone designations.
According to the building register, Kappel am Albis has 663 buildings with 624 dwellings, 0.9 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (71.5%). Non-residential buildings account for 40% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from before 1920 (24.8% of them), and 31.7% 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: 407 (42.6%)
Unbuilt: 549 (57.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 415 | 5.89 km² | 14.2% |
| Kernzone B | 248 | 0.19 km² | 79.0% |
| Wohnzone 2 | 128 | 0.10 km² | 88.3% |
| Wald | 119 | 1.55 km² | 3.4% |
| Kernzone A | 34 | 0.04 km² | 85.3% |
| Kantonale Freihaltezone | 6 | 0.12 km² | 16.7% |
| Kernzone W | 3 | < 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 2 | 0.01 km² | 100.0% |
| Gewässer | 1 | < 0.01 km² | 0.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 663 buildings with 624 dwellings here; 256 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 663
- Dwellings
- 624
- Single-family houses
- 256
- Building volume
- 811’717 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Kappel am Albis
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Kappel am Albis. 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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