Kloten
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 62
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Kloten centerThe parcel data lists 3’264 parcels in Kloten, covering 19.3 km². 55.4% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’078 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 3’264
- 0.8% of the canton
- Total area
- 19.3 km²
- 1.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 1’078 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 55.4%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Kloten
Kloten ranks 30th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.8% of the canton's parcels on 1.1% of its area. The median parcel in Kloten measures 1’078 m², larger than the canton median of 815 m². Kloten is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 55.4% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (18.6%), Landhauszone, 2-geschossig (17.2%) and Wohnzone, 2-geschossig a (10%). In total, Kloten uses 32 zone designations.
According to the building register, Kloten has 3’247 buildings with 11’251 dwellings, 3.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 41.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 31.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (29.5% of them), and 16.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’809 (55.4%)
Unbuilt: 1’455 (44.6%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 606 | 5.07 km² | 15.8% |
| Landhauszone, 2-geschossig | 563 | 0.37 km² | 85.8% |
| Wohnzone, 2-geschossig a | 327 | 0.47 km² | 78.0% |
| Wald | 293 | 4.53 km² | 5.8% |
| Wohnzone, 4-geschossig | 264 | 0.46 km² | 72.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 4-geschossig | 213 | 0.31 km² | 74.2% |
| Wohnzone, 2-geschossig b | 140 | 0.12 km² | 85.7% |
| Kernzone 2 | 116 | 0.16 km² | 79.3% |
| Freihaltezone | 86 | 0.88 km² | 12.8% |
| Quartiererhaltungszone | 84 | 0.10 km² | 58.3% |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 2-geschossig b | 76 | 0.13 km² | 78.9% |
| Industriezone | 70 | 0.35 km² | 65.7% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 426 | 6.32 km² | 54.2% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’247 buildings with 11’251 dwellings here; 814 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’247
- Dwellings
- 11’251
- Single-family houses
- 814
- Building volume
- 17.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Kloten
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Kloten. 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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