Affoltern im Emmental: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 951 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 757
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 6
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Affoltern im Emmental
Affoltern im Emmental is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 757 parcels in 6 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (530), Dorfzone 2-geschossig (151) and Wohnzone 2-geschossig (66).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 117 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Affoltern im Emmental sits below it.
The median building height is 10.5 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 227 % (72 parcels), higher than the 162 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 530 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone 2-geschossig | 151 | 109 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 66 | 99 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 5 | 66 % |
| Dorfgewerbezone 3-geschossig | 3 | 31 % |
| Dorfzone 3-geschossig | 2 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 746 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 117 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 147 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %58 %
- 50 % to below 100 %13 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 746 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.32. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.16.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5088 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0011 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 352 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 12.6 m. The median is 10.5 m and the mean 10.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m31 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 222 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.6. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 214 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 527 %
- 5 and above0 %
Building age cohorts
Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.
| Built in | Parcels | Mean utilization |
|---|---|---|
| All years | 757 | 162 % |
| Last 60 years | 245 | 230 % |
| Last 40 years | 183 | 238 % |
| Last 20 years | 72 | 227 % |
| Last 15 years | 48 | 251 % |
| Last 10 years | 30 | 210 % |
| Last 5 years | 21 | 246 % |
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How to read this page
room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).