Burgdorf: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 404 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 3’776
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 35
- Median utilization
- 90 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.46
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Burgdorf
Burgdorf is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 3’776 parcels in 35 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 (1’770), Mischzone 3a (465) and Wohnzone 3 (331).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 90 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 130 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Burgdorf sits above it.
The median building height is 10.3 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.46. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 129 % (337 parcels), higher than the 120 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 | 1’770 | 101 % |
| Mischzone 3a | 465 | 87 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 331 | 96 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 204 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone 20m | 159 | 57 % |
| Mischzone 4 | 95 | 92 % |
| Mischzone Altstadt Wohnen | 93 | 112 % |
| Mischzone Altstadt | 72 | 98 % |
| Wald | 69 | 0 % |
| Gruenzone | 68 | 0 % |
| Mischzone 5 | 62 | 49 % |
| Mischzone 3b | 61 | 73 % |
| Other zones (23) | 327 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’726 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 130 %. The median is 90 % and the mean 98 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %31 %
- 50 % to below 100 %26 %
- 100 % to below 150 %24 %
- 150 % and above19 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’726 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.79. The median is 0.46 and the mean 0.68.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5055 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0028 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above9 %
Building height
Of the 2’761 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 12.9 m. The median is 10.3 m and the mean 10.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m21 %
- 8 m to below 12 m46 %
- 12 m to below 20 m30 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’063 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.3. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.7.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 544 %
- 5 and above6 %
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 | 3’776 | 120 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’423 | 138 % |
| Last 40 years | 748 | 135 % |
| Last 20 years | 337 | 129 % |
| Last 15 years | 222 | 120 % |
| Last 10 years | 151 | 128 % |
| Last 5 years | 85 | 137 % |
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).