Wettswil am Albis
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 14
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Wettswil am Albis centerThe parcel data lists 1’553 parcels in Wettswil am Albis, covering 3.8 km². 71.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 596 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 1’553
- 0.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 3.8 km²
- 0.2% of the canton
- Median area
- 596 m²
- Canton: 815 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 71.1%
- Canton: 56.7%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1980
- Canton: 1977
- Switzerland: 1975
About Wettswil am Albis
Wettswil am Albis ranks 89th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.2% of its area. The median parcel in Wettswil am Albis measures 596 m², smaller than the canton median of 815 m². Wettswil am Albis is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 71.1% of its parcels have a building, against 56.7% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2A (38.2%), Wohnzone 1 (20.7%) and Wohnzone 2B (14.4%). In total, Wettswil am Albis uses 14 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wettswil am Albis has 1’588 buildings with 2’392 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (74.3%). Non-residential buildings account for 17.5% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (41.4% of them), and 21% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1980, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 1’104 (71.1%)
Unbuilt: 449 (28.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2A | 593 | 0.33 km² | 86.3% |
| Wohnzone 1 | 321 | 0.27 km² | 83.5% |
| Wohnzone 2B | 223 | 0.25 km² | 80.7% |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 134 | 1.48 km² | 11.2% |
| Kernzone | 94 | 0.09 km² | 70.2% |
| Wald | 60 | 0.72 km² | 8.3% |
| Wohnzone 3 | 43 | 0.12 km² | 74.4% |
| Freihaltezone | 36 | 0.09 km² | 5.6% |
| Gewerbezone | 23 | 0.09 km² | 60.9% |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 14 | 0.08 km² | 42.9% |
| Erholungszone Ättenberg | 4 | 0.03 km² | 50.0% |
| Bahnareal | 3 | 0.03 km² | 33.3% |
| Other zones (2 labels) | 5 | 0.19 km² | 20.0% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 1’588 buildings with 2’392 dwellings here; 813 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 1’588
- Dwellings
- 2’392
- Single-family houses
- 813
- Building volume
- 1.8 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Wettswil am Albis
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wettswil 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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