Oetwil an der Limmat
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 246
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Oetwil an der Limmat centerThe parcel data lists 850 parcels in Oetwil an der Limmat, covering 2.8 km². 49.6% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 945 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 850
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 2.8 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 945 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 49.6%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1979
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Oetwil an der Limmat
Oetwil an der Limmat ranks 139th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Oetwil an der Limmat measures 945 m², larger than the canton median of 815 m². Oetwil an der Limmat is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 49.6% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (20.5%), Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 a (16.9%) and Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.6 b (11.5%). In total, Oetwil an der Limmat uses 17 zone designations.
According to the building register, Oetwil an der Limmat has 668 buildings with 1’326 dwellings, 2.0 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 57.8% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 25% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (36% of them), and 12.1% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1979, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 422 (49.6%)
Unbuilt: 428 (50.4%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 174 | 1.00 km² | 9.2% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 a | 144 | 0.12 km² | 79.2% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.6 b | 98 | 0.10 km² | 77.6% |
| Wald | 92 | 0.98 km² | 6.5% |
| Kernzone | 86 | 0.05 km² | 68.6% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 b | 62 | 0.06 km² | 82.3% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.6 a | 49 | 0.04 km² | 71.4% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.2 c | 40 | 0.04 km² | 75.0% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 2.8 | 36 | 0.06 km² | 47.2% |
| Reservezone | 23 | 0.09 km² | 0.0% |
| Wohnzone mit Baumassenziffer 1.8 | 23 | 0.04 km² | 60.9% |
| Gewässer | 7 | 0.15 km² | 0.0% |
| Other zones (5 labels) | 16 | 0.04 km² | 25.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 668 buildings with 1’326 dwellings here; 255 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 668
- Dwellings
- 1’326
- Single-family houses
- 255
- Building volume
- 866’476 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Oetwil an der Limmat
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Oetwil an der Limmat. 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
- Bauma4’838 parcels
- Dübendorf5’124 parcels
- Hinwil4’928 parcels
- Horgen6’320 parcels
- Illnau-Effretikon5’623 parcels
- Pfäffikon4’708 parcels
- Uster8’124 parcels
- Wädenswil7’542 parcels
- Wald (ZH)4’542 parcels
- Wetzikon (ZH)5’458 parcels
- Winterthur21’729 parcels
- Zürich39’697 parcels