Niederbipp: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 981 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’484
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 33
- Median utilization
- 57 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.21
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.9 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Niederbipp
Niederbipp is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’484 parcels in 33 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (709), Wohnzone 2 klein (483) and Wohnzone 2 gross (273).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 57 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 106 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Niederbipp sits above it.
The median building height is 8.9 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.21. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 122 % (336 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 709 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 klein | 483 | 92 % |
| Wohnzone 2 gross | 273 | 99 % |
| Mischzone 2 | 190 | 83 % |
| übriges Gebiet | 157 | 0 % |
| Erhaltungszone | 127 | 104 % |
| Mischzone 3 | 112 | 88 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 111 | 86 % |
| Arbeitszone | 80 | 0 % |
| Kernzone A | 67 | 52 % |
| Dorfzone | 30 | 80 % |
| Kernzone B | 27 | 103 % |
| Other zones (21) | 118 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’443 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 106 %. The median is 57 % and the mean 66 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %48 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above12 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’443 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.45. The median is 0.21 and the mean 0.28.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5080 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0016 %
- 1.00 to below 1.503 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’393 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 10.7 m. The median is 8.9 m and the mean 9.0 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m54 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’023 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 215 %
- 2 to below 366 %
- 3 to below 519 %
- 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 | 2’484 | 70 % |
| Last 60 years | 977 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 679 | 115 % |
| Last 20 years | 336 | 122 % |
| Last 15 years | 231 | 128 % |
| Last 10 years | 130 | 131 % |
| Last 5 years | 87 | 121 % |
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).