Bauma is a municipality in the district of Pfäffikon in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 8.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

As of 2007[update] 6.9% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

[6] Bauma is situated in the upper Töss Valley at the foot of the Hörnli ridge.

It consists of two sections Bauma and Saland and about 80 hamlets and individual houses scattered throughout the valley and hillside.

The localities within the municipality besides the villages of Bauma and Saland include the formerly independent village of Hörnen (first mentioned in 869 as Huornomarcha), Altlandenberg, Juckern, Blitterswil, Dillhaus, Undalen, Blitterswil, Bliggenswil, Wolfensberg, Wellenau, Lipperschwendi, Laubberg and Schindlet.

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (92.0%), with Italian being second most common (1.8%) and Albanian being third (1.8%).