Schwanden bei Brienz: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 592 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 527
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 7
- Median utilization
- 42 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.13
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Schwanden bei Brienz
Schwanden bei Brienz is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 527 parcels in 7 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Land- und Alpwirtschaftszone (235), Bestandeszone Unterschwanden (179) and Wohnzone (57).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 42 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 102 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Schwanden bei Brienz sits above it.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.13. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 110 % (36 parcels), higher than the 74 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Land- und Alpwirtschaftszone | 235 | 0 % |
| Bestandeszone Unterschwanden | 179 | 84 % |
| Wohnzone | 57 | 82 % |
| Erhaltungszone Oberschwanden | 50 | 114 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone | 3 | 46 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung D | 2 | 50 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung C | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 518 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 102 %. The median is 42 % and the mean 68 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %51 %
- 50 % to below 100 %23 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 518 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.46. The median is 0.13 and the mean 0.25.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5078 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 330 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.0 m and 9.5 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m41 %
- 8 m to below 12 m58 %
- 12 m to below 20 m1 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 208 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 29 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 544 %
- 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 | 527 | 74 % |
| Last 60 years | 183 | 107 % |
| Last 40 years | 106 | 119 % |
| Last 20 years | 36 | 110 % |
| Last 15 years | 28 | 101 % |
| Last 10 years | 20 | 100 % |
| Last 5 years | 12 | 91 % |
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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).