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Rüderswil: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 905 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
1’502

< 1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
20
Median utilization
9 %

Canton: 32 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.08

Canton: 0.09

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
10.2 m

Canton: 9.5 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.1

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Rüderswil

Rüderswil is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’502 parcels in 20 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (719), Übriges Gebiet (293) and Wohnzone A (163).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 102 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Rüderswil sits below it.

The median building height is 10.2 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 245 % (131 parcels), higher than the 178 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone7190 %
Übriges Gebiet2930 %
Wohnzone A16397 %
Wohn- und Gewerbezone9790 %
Dorfzone82130 %
Kernzone5697 %
Weilerzone3192 %
Verkehrszone300 %
Wohnzone B130 %
Gewerbezone3105 %
ZÖN 1 Pfarrhaus/Friedhof/Aufbahrungshalle/Parkplatz35 %
ZÖN 2 Kirchliche Nutzung2100 %
Other zones (8)10-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 1’479 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 102 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 116 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %60 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %14 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %10 %
  • 150 % and above15 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 1’479 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.31. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.17.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5087 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.501 %
  • 1.50 and above< 1 %

Building height

Of the 676 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.5 m and 12.0 m. The median is 10.2 m and the mean 10.3 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m17 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m58 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m25 %
  • 20 m and above0 %

Number of floors

Of the 444 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 27 %
  • 2 to below 367 %
  • 3 to below 526 %
  • 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 inParcelsMean utilization
All years1’502178 %
Last 60 years431204 %
Last 40 years313210 %
Last 20 years131245 %
Last 15 years98281 %
Last 10 years45182 %
Last 5 years25171 %

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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).