Businesses in Rafz

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Rafz

Industry Description	Number of Establishments	Average Age of Business
Corporate management	33	35 years
Other membership organizations	14	—
Construction of buildings	14	—
Shopping	13	—
Shopping other	12	—
Real estate	11	—
Car repair	11	51 years
Restaurants	10	—
Household appliances and goods	10	—
Electronics stores	9	—
Wholesale of construction supplies	9	—
Technical construction services	8	—

Rafz Facts

Area	12.9 km²
Population	4,634
Male Population	2,305 (49.7%)
Female Population	2,329 (50.3%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+104.3%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+35.7%
Median Age	41.5 years (Male: 41.6, Female: 41.3)
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	47.60438, 8.54305

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Rafz Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	2,268	2,842	3,415	4,526	4,634
Population Density	176.2 / km²	220.7 / km²	265.2 / km²	351.5 / km²	359.9 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Rafz Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 32.5% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Rafz	+99.6%	+59.3%	+32.5%
Canton of Zürich	+50.9%	+35.6%	+21.7%
Switzerland	+30.6%	+24.4%	+15.8%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Rafz Median Age

Median Age: 41.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Rafz	41.5 yrs	41.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Canton of Zürich	40.8 yrs	41.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Switzerland	41.4 yrs	42.3 yrs	40.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Rafz Population Density

Population Density: 360 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Rafz	4,634	12.9 km²	360 / km²
Canton of Zürich	1.5 million	1,728.8 km²	851 / km²
Switzerland	8.3 million	41,281.4 km²	200 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Rafz Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Rafz

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Rafz

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Rafz CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Rafz	56,784 tn	12.25 tn	4,410.4 tons/km²
Canton of Zürich	18,651,067 tn	12.68 tn	10,788.5 tons/km²
Switzerland	96,432,235 tn	11.67 tn	2,336 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Rafz CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	56,784 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	12.25 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	4,410.4 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	Low (2.8)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
3/6/17	8:12 PM	4.1	79.8 km	10,000 m	8km SSE of Muotathal, Switzerland	usgs.gov
7/20/13	3:30 AM	3.6	62 km	4,200 m	3km ESE of Andwil, Switzerland	usgs.gov
2/11/12	10:45 PM	4.2	51 km	32,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
12/16/08	12:34 AM	3.1	52.3 km	7,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
8/16/07	9:36 AM	3.4	73.6 km	6,000 m	Germany	usgs.gov
7/12/07	12:09 AM	3.1	74.8 km	1,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
11/12/05	7:31 PM	4.4	28.3 km	22,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
8/22/05	3:13 PM	3	79.1 km	2,000 m	Switzerland	usgs.gov
5/13/05	7:44 PM	3.5	64.9 km	11,000 m	Germany	usgs.gov
12/5/04	7:45 PM	3.1	64.1 km	14,000 m	Germany	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Rafz

Rafz is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the northwest of the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

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