Kirchberg (BE): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 412 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’042
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 63 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.33
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.2 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Kirchberg (BE)
Kirchberg (BE) is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’042 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (875), übriges Gebiet (274) and Landwirtschaftszone (269).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 63 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 104 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Kirchberg (BE) sits above it.
The median building height is 9.2 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.33. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 119 % (230 parcels), higher than the 81 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 875 | 76 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 274 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 269 | 0 % |
| Dorfzone 3-geschossig | 239 | 84 % |
| Dorfzone 2-geschossig | 105 | 84 % |
| Kernzone 3-geschossig | 88 | 97 % |
| Industriezone max. 22 m Höhe | 74 | 95 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 55 | 97 % |
| Wohnzone 6-geschossig | 11 | 94 % |
| Wohnzone 4-geschossig | 9 | 91 % |
| ZöN Kirchliche Bauten | 9 | 13 % |
| Weilerzonen | 8 | 82 % |
| Other zones (12) | 26 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’009 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 104 %. The median is 63 % and the mean 73 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %41 %
- 50 % to below 100 %31 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’009 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.07 and 0.58. The median is 0.33 and the mean 0.38.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0023 %
- 1.00 to below 1.505 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 1’304 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.8 m and 11.0 m. The median is 9.2 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m27 %
- 8 m to below 12 m58 %
- 12 m to below 20 m15 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 982 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.0. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 345 %
- 3 to below 547 %
- 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 | 2’042 | 81 % |
| Last 60 years | 996 | 118 % |
| Last 40 years | 680 | 130 % |
| Last 20 years | 230 | 119 % |
| Last 15 years | 155 | 131 % |
| Last 10 years | 67 | 156 % |
| Last 5 years | 19 | 175 % |
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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).