Grossaffoltern: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 303 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’365
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 11
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Grossaffoltern
Grossaffoltern is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’365 parcels in 11 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’330), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (W2) (530) and Dorfzone 2-geschossig (D2) (296).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 89 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Grossaffoltern sits below it.
The median building height is 9.3 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 116 % (167 parcels), higher than the 51 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’330 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig (W2) | 530 | 89 % |
| Dorfzone 2-geschossig (D2) | 296 | 106 % |
| Wohnzone 1-geschossig (W1) | 63 | 100 % |
| Verkehrsfläche | 62 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone (A) | 34 | 70 % |
| Weilerzone | 18 | 122 % |
| Zone für öff. Nutzungen (ZöN) | 15 | 28 % |
| Hofstattzone (H) | 12 | 22 % |
| Zone für Kleintierhaltung und Gartenbau | 3 | 100 % |
| Gartenbauzone (GBZ) | 2 | 82 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’342 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 89 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 48 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %61 %
- 50 % to below 100 %18 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above8 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’342 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.37. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.19.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5087 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 1’025 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m14 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 724 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 369 %
- 3 to below 519 %
- 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 | 2’365 | 51 % |
| Last 60 years | 689 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 468 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 167 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 131 | 116 % |
| Last 10 years | 58 | 111 % |
| Last 5 years | 18 | 104 % |
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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).