Oberthal: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 620 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 743
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 6
- Median utilization
- 7 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.06
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 11.0 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Oberthal
Oberthal is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 743 parcels in 6 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (657), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (46) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-geschossig (19).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 7 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 75 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Oberthal sits below it.
The median building height is 11.0 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 210 % (31 parcels), lower than the 256 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 657 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 46 | 88 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone 2-geschossig | 19 | 146 % |
| Weilerzone nach Art. 18 RPG / Art. 33 RPV | 16 | 26 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 4 | 48 % |
| Gewerbezone | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 735 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 75 %. The median is 7 % and the mean 163 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %71 %
- 50 % to below 100 %8 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above14 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 735 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.09.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5094 %
- 0.50 to below 1.005 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 237 parcels with a value, half lie between 9.2 m and 12.7 m. The median is 11.0 m and the mean 10.8 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m14 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m34 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 137 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 212 %
- 2 to below 369 %
- 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 | 743 | 256 % |
| Last 60 years | 154 | 342 % |
| Last 40 years | 93 | 316 % |
| Last 20 years | 31 | 210 % |
| Last 15 years | 22 | 240 % |
| Last 10 years | 10 | 345 % |
| Last 5 years | 8 | 210 % |
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).