Wetzikon (ZH)
Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 121
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
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The parcel data lists 5’458 parcels in Wetzikon (ZH), covering 16.8 km². 61.2% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 780 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 5’458
- 1.4% of the canton
- Total area
- 16.8 km²
1% of the canton
- Median area
- 780 m²
Canton: 814 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 61.2%
Canton: 56.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1980
Canton: 1977
Switzerland: 1976
About Wetzikon (ZH)
Wetzikon (ZH) ranks 7th of 160 municipalities in the canton of Zurich by number of parcels and holds 1.4% of the canton's parcels on 1% of its area. The median parcel in Wetzikon (ZH) measures 780 m², about the same as the canton median of 814 m². Wetzikon (ZH) is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 61.2% of its parcels have a building, against 56.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 1.6 (19.5%), Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone (16.6%) and Wohnzone G 2.9 (10.1%). In total, Wetzikon (ZH) uses 32 zone designations.
According to the building register, Wetzikon (ZH) has 5’529 buildings with 13’160 dwellings, 2.4 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.6% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 32.4% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (21.2% of them), and 27.9% 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: 3’340 (61.2%)Unbuilt: 2’118 (38.8%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 1.6 | 1’062 | 0.69 km² | 83.8% |
| Kantonale Landwirtschaftszone | 905 | 7.52 km² | 22.2% |
| Wohnzone G 2.9 | 553 | 0.74 km² | 75.4% |
| Wohnzone 1.3A | 366 | 0.25 km² | 83.3% |
| Wald | 362 | 2.56 km² | 3.9% |
| Wohnzone 2.4 | 360 | 0.40 km² | 80.3% |
| Kernzone C | 274 | 0.15 km² | 74.8% |
| Wohnzone 2.8 | 253 | 0.41 km² | 75.9% |
| Wohnzone 1.3B | 215 | 0.15 km² | 78.6% |
| Wohnzone G3.3 | 187 | 0.24 km² | 80.7% |
| Kernzone B | 167 | 0.09 km² | 68.3% |
| Industriezone A | 146 | 0.54 km² | 62.3% |
| Other zones (20 labels) | 608 | 3.07 km² | 49.7% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 5’529 buildings with 13’160 dwellings here; 1’881 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 5’529
- Dwellings
- 13’160
- Single-family houses
- 1’881
- Building volume
- 10.6 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Wetzikon (ZH)
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Wetzikon (ZH). 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.