Kandersteg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 565 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’270
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 28
- Median utilization
- 42 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.1 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Kandersteg
Kandersteg is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’270 parcels in 28 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are uebriges Gebiet (586), Wohnzone 2 (256) and Wohn- Gewerbezone 2 (176).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 42 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 97 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Kandersteg sits above it.
The median building height is 8.1 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 136 % (96 parcels), close to the 136 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| uebriges Gebiet | 586 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 256 | 82 % |
| Wohn- Gewerbezone 2 | 176 | 64 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 85 | 88 % |
| Kernzone B | 64 | 81 % |
| Kernzone A | 50 | 63 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeitanlagen | 8 | 37 % |
| Grünzone | 5 | 0 % |
| Bauernhofzone | 4 | 0 % |
| Gewerbezone | 4 | 22 % |
| Wohnzone ortsansässige | 3 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung Nr. 17 | 3 | 100 % |
| Other zones (16) | 26 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’241 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 97 %. The median is 42 % and the mean 124 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %52 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %12 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’241 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.42. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.24.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5083 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 767 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.7 m and 9.6 m. The median is 8.1 m and the mean 8.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m48 %
- 8 m to below 12 m46 %
- 12 m to below 20 m6 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 570 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.8. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 220 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 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 | 1’270 | 136 % |
| Last 60 years | 411 | 164 % |
| Last 40 years | 239 | 148 % |
| Last 20 years | 96 | 136 % |
| Last 15 years | 57 | 113 % |
| Last 10 years | 28 | 95 % |
| Last 5 years | 13 | 75 % |
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).