Höchstetten: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 410 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 276
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 6
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 1.8
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Höchstetten
Höchstetten is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 276 parcels in 6 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (138), Übriges Gebiet (45) and Dorfzone (36).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 69 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Höchstetten sits below it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 1.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 138 | 0 % |
| Übriges Gebiet | 45 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone | 36 | 78 % |
| Wohnzone | 33 | 71 % |
| Gewerbezone | 19 | 55 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 5 | 82 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 271 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 69 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 38 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %69 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %10 %
- 150 % and above6 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 271 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.26. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.15.
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 91 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.0 m and 11.8 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 9.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m25 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m23 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 75 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.2 and 2.3. The median is 1.8 and the mean 1.8.
Share of parcels by range
- below 237 %
- 2 to below 348 %
- 3 to below 515 %
- 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 | 276 | 42 % |
| Last 60 years | 58 | 105 % |
| Last 40 years | 43 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 12 | 109 % |
| Last 15 years | 10 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 3 | 131 % |
| Last 5 years | 2 | 152 % |
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).