Seftigen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 883 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’137
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 9
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.10
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.5 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.3
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Seftigen
Seftigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’137 parcels in 9 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone, übrige (435), Wohnzone 2 (295) and Wohnzone 1 (135).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 112 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Seftigen sits below it.
The median building height is 9.5 m at 2.3 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.10. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 114 % (106 parcels), higher than the 70 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone, übrige | 435 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2 | 295 | 110 % |
| Wohnzone 1 | 135 | 93 % |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen | 120 | 0 % |
| Dorfkernzone | 51 | 139 % |
| Zone Alter Dorfkern | 42 | 114 % |
| Gewerbezone | 39 | 78 % |
| Wohnzone 3 | 15 | 87 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 5 | 53 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’125 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 112 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 65 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %53 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %17 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’125 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.53. The median is 0.10 and the mean 0.29.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5073 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0022 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 559 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.2 m and 11.1 m. The median is 9.5 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m68 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 416 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.3 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 27 %
- 2 to below 353 %
- 3 to below 540 %
- 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 | 1’137 | 70 % |
| Last 60 years | 416 | 133 % |
| Last 40 years | 290 | 136 % |
| Last 20 years | 106 | 114 % |
| Last 15 years | 45 | 115 % |
| Last 10 years | 25 | 117 % |
| Last 5 years | 19 | 123 % |
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).