Huttwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 954 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’534
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 52 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.13
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Huttwil
Huttwil is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’534 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (684), Landwirtschaftszone (666) and Übriges Gebiet (366).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 52 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 119 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Huttwil sits above it.
The median building height is 10.4 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.13. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 131 % (242 parcels), higher than the 91 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 684 | 89 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 666 | 0 % |
| Übriges Gebiet | 366 | 0 % |
| Wohn-/ Dienstleistungszone 3-geschossig | 162 | 130 % |
| Strassen- und Verkehrsflächen | 131 | 0 % |
| Wohn-/ Dienstleistungszone 2-geschossig | 110 | 93 % |
| Kernschutzzone 3-geschossig | 79 | 327 % |
| Kernerweiterungszone | 64 | 136 % |
| Wohnzone 1-geschossig | 59 | 92 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 45 | 73 % |
| Gewerbezone | 43 | 100 % |
| Industriezone | 34 | 74 % |
| Other zones (16) | 91 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’499 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 119 %. The median is 52 % and the mean 86 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %49 %
- 50 % to below 100 %20 %
- 100 % to below 150 %13 %
- 150 % and above18 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’499 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.51. The median is 0.13 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5075 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above5 %
Building height
Of the 1’387 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.6 m and 12.2 m. The median is 10.4 m and the mean 10.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m17 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m26 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’006 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 351 %
- 3 to below 537 %
- 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 | 2’534 | 91 % |
| Last 60 years | 753 | 123 % |
| Last 40 years | 509 | 131 % |
| Last 20 years | 242 | 131 % |
| Last 15 years | 189 | 133 % |
| Last 10 years | 109 | 151 % |
| Last 5 years | 54 | 151 % |
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).