Grosshöchstetten: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 608 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’573
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 49
- Median utilization
- 61 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Grosshöchstetten
Grosshöchstetten is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’573 parcels in 49 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 Geschosse (411), Landwirtschaftszone (278) and Ortsteil Schlosswil - Landwirtschaftszone (227).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 61 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 101 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Grosshöchstetten sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 126 % (159 parcels), higher than the 80 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2 Geschosse | 411 | 71 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 278 | 0 % |
| Ortsteil Schlosswil - Landwirtschaftszone | 227 | 0 % |
| Kernzone 2 Geschosse | 105 | 78 % |
| Wohnzone Hang, 2 Geschosse | 94 | 104 % |
| Ortsteil Schlosswil - Wohnzone Nest WN2 | 57 | 94 % |
| Gewerbezone | 49 | 70 % |
| Wohnzone 3 Geschosse | 43 | 158 % |
| Ortsteil Schlosswil - Wohnzone W2 | 39 | 191 % |
| UeO Erlessehoger, M2 | 33 | 94 % |
| Wohn-/Gewerbezone 3 Geschosse | 28 | 73 % |
| ZPP C Sonnhalde, W2 Hang | 25 | 67 % |
| Other zones (37) | 184 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’519 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 101 %. The median is 61 % and the mean 74 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %44 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %15 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’518 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.58. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.37.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5068 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0024 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 933 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.6 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m55 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 691 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 354 %
- 3 to below 540 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 1’573 | 80 % |
| Last 60 years | 706 | 118 % |
| Last 40 years | 394 | 127 % |
| Last 20 years | 159 | 126 % |
| Last 15 years | 110 | 133 % |
| Last 10 years | 46 | 108 % |
| Last 5 years | 15 | 89 % |
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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).