Heimberg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 928 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’729
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 70 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.47
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.3 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Heimberg
Heimberg is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’729 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone Wa (647), Hangbauzone H (269) and Landwirtschaftszone (234).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 70 %; half of the parcels lie between 16 % and 108 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Heimberg sits above it.
The median building height is 9.3 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.47. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 129 % (229 parcels), higher than the 88 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone Wa | 647 | 73 % |
| Hangbauzone H | 269 | 91 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 234 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone Wb | 193 | 84 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WGa | 139 | 91 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WGb | 93 | 75 % |
| Gewerbezone Ga | 64 | 74 % |
| Gewerbezone Gb | 19 | 26 % |
| Dorfzone | 15 | 22 % |
| Abbau- und/oder Ablagerungszone | 9 | 0 % |
| Gruenzone | 6 | 58 % |
| Kernzone | 6 | 10 % |
| Other zones (16) | 35 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’696 parcels with a value, half lie between 16 % and 108 %. The median is 70 % and the mean 83 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %35 %
- 50 % to below 100 %35 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’696 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.10 and 0.76. The median is 0.47 and the mean 0.53.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5053 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0036 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 1’270 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.3 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m28 %
- 8 m to below 12 m59 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’021 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 213 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 1’729 | 88 % |
| Last 60 years | 996 | 109 % |
| Last 40 years | 658 | 117 % |
| Last 20 years | 229 | 129 % |
| Last 15 years | 115 | 168 % |
| Last 10 years | 59 | 175 % |
| Last 5 years | 22 | 240 % |
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).