Nidau: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 743 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’043
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 44
- Median utilization
- 92 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.50
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 10.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.8
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Nidau
Nidau is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’043 parcels in 44 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 2 / Mischzone A (ES II) (271), TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 3 / Mischzone A (ES II) (173) and TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Verkehrszone (81).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 92 %; half of the parcels lie between 42 % and 128 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Nidau sits above it.
The median building height is 10.7 m at 2.8 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.50. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 106 % (49 parcels), close to the 108 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 2 / Mischzone A (ES II) | 271 | 107 % |
| TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 3 / Mischzone A (ES II) | 173 | 85 % |
| TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Verkehrszone | 81 | 0 % |
| TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone Bestand / Mischzone A (ES II) | 80 | 109 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone, 3 Geschosse | 64 | 113 % |
| Uferschutzplan vom 16.09.2022: Bauzone 2 / Mischzone A (ES II) | 54 | 111 % |
| TGO Altstadt: Bauzone B-A / Mischzone B (ES III) | 48 | 94 % |
| Wohnzone, 4 Geschosse | 47 | 97 % |
| TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Bauzone 3 / Mischzone B (ES III) | 31 | 111 % |
| TGO Altstadt: Bauzone K / Grünzone | 16 | 97 % |
| TGO weiteres Stadtgebiet: Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen | 15 | 46 % |
| TGO Altstadt: Zone mit Planungspflicht ZPP 5 Bahnhofgebiet | 13 | 0 % |
| Other zones (32) | 150 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 991 parcels with a value, half lie between 42 % and 128 %. The median is 92 % and the mean 93 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %27 %
- 50 % to below 100 %29 %
- 100 % to below 150 %29 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 990 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.22 and 0.86. The median is 0.50 and the mean 0.66.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5050 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0031 %
- 1.00 to below 1.509 %
- 1.50 and above10 %
Building height
Of the 748 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.8 m and 12.8 m. The median is 10.7 m and the mean 11.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m16 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m27 %
- 20 m and above3 %
Number of floors
Of the 630 parcels with a value, half lie between 2.0 and 3.4. The median is 2.8 and the mean 3.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 334 %
- 3 to below 552 %
- 5 and above8 %
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 | 1’043 | 108 % |
| Last 60 years | 340 | 158 % |
| Last 40 years | 182 | 189 % |
| Last 20 years | 49 | 106 % |
| Last 15 years | 33 | 114 % |
| Last 10 years | 24 | 94 % |
| Last 5 years | 10 | 71 % |
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).