Rheinau
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 38
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Rheinau centerThe parcel data lists 858 parcels in Rheinau, covering 8.9 km². 51.3% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 868 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 858
- 0.2% of the canton
- Total area
- 8.9 km²
- 0.5% of the canton
- Median area
- 868 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 51.3%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Rheinau
Rheinau ranks 138th 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 Rheinau measures 868 m², about the same as the canton median of 815 m². Rheinau is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 51.3% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (23.1%), Wohnzone 2/30 (21.9%) and Kernzone 2 (12.5%). In total, Rheinau uses 15 zone designations.
According to the building register, Rheinau has 954 buildings with 692 dwellings, 0.7 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.6%). Non-residential buildings account for 51.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (24.1% of them), and 17.5% 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: 440 (51.3%)
Unbuilt: 418 (48.7%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 198 | 2.12 km² | 10.1% |
| Wohnzone 2/30 | 188 | 0.13 km² | 85.6% |
| Kernzone 2 | 107 | 0.08 km² | 74.8% |
| Wald | 78 | 4.83 km² | 17.9% |
| Freihaltezone | 68 | 0.43 km² | 33.8% |
| Wohnzone 1/25 | 52 | 0.05 km² | 67.3% |
| Kernzone 3 | 50 | 0.06 km² | 78.0% |
| Wohnzone 1/20 | 31 | 0.02 km² | 87.1% |
| Gewässer | 26 | 0.71 km² | 23.1% |
| Wohnzone G2/35 | 21 | 0.03 km² | 61.9% |
| Reservezone | 14 | 0.05 km² | 21.4% |
| Wohnzone 2/35 | 12 | 0.01 km² | 91.7% |
| Other zones (3 labels) | 13 | 0.43 km² | 61.5% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 954 buildings with 692 dwellings here; 285 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 954
- Dwellings
- 692
- Single-family houses
- 285
- Building volume
- 993’687 m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Rheinau
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Rheinau. 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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