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Bachs

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 81

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.

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The parcel data lists 862 parcels in Bachs, covering 9.1 km². 26.5% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 1’946 m².

Key figures

Parcels
862
0.2% of the canton
Total area
9.1 km²

0.5% of the canton

Median area
1’946 m²

Canton: 814 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
26.5%

Canton: 56.8%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1978

Canton: 1977

Switzerland: 1976

About Bachs

Bachs is a municipality in the canton of Zurich and holds 0.2% of the canton's parcels on 0.5% of its area. The median parcel in Bachs measures 1’946 m², larger than the canton median of 814 m². Bachs is less built-up than the canton as a whole: 26.5% of its parcels have a building, against 56.8% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (44.8%), Wald (29.8%) and Kernzone (11.1%). In total, Bachs uses 10 zone designations.

According to the building register, Bachs has 420 buildings with 341 dwellings, 0.8 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (62.8%). Non-residential buildings account for 53.3% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (24.1% of them), and 20.6% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1978, is close to that of the canton as a whole (1977).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 228 (26.5%)Unbuilt: 634 (73.5%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 10 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone3864.94 km²22.8%
Wald2573.85 km²2.3%
Kernzone960.09 km²69.8%
Wohnzone 2550.05 km²81.8%
Reservezone290.06 km²13.8%
Wohnzone mit Gewerbeerleichterung210.03 km²61.9%
kommunale Freihaltezone90.02 km²22.2%
Kantonale Freihaltezone70.10 km²14.3%
Erholungszone1< 0.01 km²100.0%
Zone für öffentliche Bauten B1< 0.01 km²100.0%

Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.

Building stock

The building register lists 420 buildings with 341 dwellings here; 115 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
420
Dwellings
341
Single-family houses
115
Building volume
537’468 m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential183
  • Mixed use3
  • Non-residential224
  • Other10

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192046
  • 1920-194511
  • 1946-196022
  • 1961-198036
  • 1981-200055
  • 2001-201021
  • 2011-202021
  • 2021 and later5
  • Unknown year11

Maps and geodata for Bachs

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