Hofstetten bei Brienz: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 580 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 631
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 43 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.8 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Hofstetten bei Brienz
Hofstetten bei Brienz is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 631 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (390), Mischzone M2 (133) and Wohnzone W2 (65).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 43 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 123 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Hofstetten bei Brienz sits above it.
The median building height is 7.8 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 330 % (42 parcels), lower than the 428 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 390 | 0 % |
| Mischzone M2 | 133 | 86 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 65 | 99 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeit | 36 | 0 % |
| Arbeitszone A2 | 2 | 50 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung 1, Schulanlage | 2 | 100 % |
| Arbeitszone A1 | 1 | 100 % |
| Felsabbau | 1 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung 2, Wehrdienstgebäude | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 622 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 123 %. The median is 43 % and the mean 374 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above21 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 622 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.34. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.18.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5084 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 335 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.4 m and 9.1 m. The median is 7.8 m and the mean 7.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m54 %
- 8 m to below 12 m44 %
- 12 m to below 20 m2 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 187 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 219 %
- 2 to below 344 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 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 | 631 | 428 % |
| Last 60 years | 165 | 681 % |
| Last 40 years | 111 | 462 % |
| Last 20 years | 42 | 330 % |
| Last 15 years | 27 | 215 % |
| Last 10 years | 11 | 268 % |
| Last 5 years | 7 | 347 % |
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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).