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Hettlingen

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 221

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

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The parcel data lists 1’519 parcels in Hettlingen, covering 5.9 km². 59% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 765 m².

Key figures

Parcels
1’519
0.4% of the canton
Total area
5.9 km²

0.3% of the canton

Median area
765 m²

Canton: 814 m²

Switzerland: 870 m²

Built share
59%

Canton: 56.8%

Switzerland: 52%

Median year built
1987

Canton: 1977

Switzerland: 1976

About Hettlingen

Hettlingen is a municipality in the canton of Zurich and holds 0.4% of the canton's parcels on 0.3% of its area. The median parcel in Hettlingen measures 765 m², about the same as the canton median of 814 m². Hettlingen is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 59% of its parcels have a building, against 56.8% across the canton.

The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 1/20 (26.3%), Wohnzone 2/35 (22.4%) and Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (22.1%). In total, Hettlingen uses 12 zone designations.

According to the building register, Hettlingen has 1’348 buildings with 1’369 dwellings, 1.0 dwellings per building on average. Most residential buildings are single-family houses (84%). Non-residential buildings account for 32.3% of all buildings.

Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1981 to 2000 (35% of them), and 24.3% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1987, is more recent than in the canton as a whole (1977).

Built and unbuilt parcels

Built: 896 (59%)Unbuilt: 623 (41%)

Parcels by zone

Parcels by zone, the 12 largest zones first
ZoneParcels
Wohnzone 1/204000.30 km²88.0%
Wohnzone 2/353400.21 km²85.6%
Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone3353.47 km²15.5%
Kernzone2370.17 km²73.0%
Wald1291.25 km²5.4%
Reservezone450.34 km²17.8%
Gewerbezone 2120.08 km²50.0%
Zone für öffentliche Bauten70.05 km²28.6%
Gewerbezone 150.01 km²60.0%
Bahnareal40.02 km²0.0%
Freihaltezone Birch40.01 km²25.0%
Freihaltezone Friedhof1< 0.01 km²100.0%

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

Building stock

The building register lists 1’348 buildings with 1’369 dwellings here; 707 of them are single-family houses.

Buildings
1’348
Dwellings
1’369
Single-family houses
707
Building volume
1.2 million m³

Buildings by category

  • Residential842
  • Mixed use7
  • Non-residential435
  • Other64

Construction periods

Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
  • Before 192055
  • 1920-194525
  • 1946-196082
  • 1961-1980194
  • 1981-2000314
  • 2001-2010127
  • 2011-202054
  • 2021 and later37
  • Unknown year8

Maps and geodata for Hettlingen

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