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Building age in Winterthur

Municipality in the canton of Zurich · FSO no. 230

Building register (GWR) export of September 2026, parcel data of July 2025.

Key figures

Parcels with a building
14’937
14’759 of them with a known construction year
Median construction year
1963Canton: 1977Switzerland: 1976
Median building age
63 yearsCanton: 49 yearsSwitzerland: 50 years
Built 1960 or earlier
47.5%Canton: 34.9%Switzerland: 32.5%
Built after 2000
18.9%Canton: 21.4%Switzerland: 23.3%

About the building stock in Winterthur

The parcel data lists 14’937 parcels with a building in Winterthur. For 14’759 of them (98.8%) the federal building register (GWR) gives a construction year, taken from the newest building on the parcel. The median construction year is 1963, so the median parcel with a building is 63 years old. 47.5% of the parcels with a known year were built in 1960 or earlier and 18.9% after 2000. The largest period is 1981-2000 with 19.2%. For comparison, the median construction year is 1977 in the canton of Zurich and 1976 in Switzerland. 178 parcels with a building have no usable construction year and are left out of the shares.

Construction-year histogram

Parcels with a building by construction period, as a share of the 14’759 parcels with a known year. The periods are not equally long, so read the bars as shares of the stock, not as building activity per year.

  1. 16.7%before 1920: 16.7%, 2’466 parcels
  2. 17.8%1920-1945: 17.8%, 2’623 parcels
  3. 13.0%1946-1960: 13.0%, 1’926 parcels
  4. 14.4%1961-1980: 14.4%, 2’130 parcels
  5. 19.2%1981-2000: 19.2%, 2’830 parcels
  6. 9.0%2001-2010: 9.0%, 1’333 parcels
  7. 7.5%2011-2020: 7.5%, 1’109 parcels
  8. 2.3%2021 and later: 2.3%, 342 parcels

Building age distribution

The same parcels grouped by the age of their newest building in 2026.

  • 66 years or older (built 1960 or earlier)47.5%7’015 parcels
  • 46 to 65 years (built 1961-1980)14.4%2’130 parcels
  • 26 to 45 years (built 1981-2000)19.2%2’830 parcels
  • Up to 25 years (built 2001 or later)18.9%2’784 parcels

How to read these figures

The parcel data links every parcel to the federal building register (GWR). A parcel counts once, with the construction year of its newest building. Where the register gives only a construction period, the middle of the period is used.

The figures count parcels with a building, not individual buildings. A parcel with several buildings counts once, and a parcel without a building is not counted.

Building age is 2026 minus the construction year. Every share divides by the parcels with a known construction year.

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