St. Stephan: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 793 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’753
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 22
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About St. Stephan
St. Stephan is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’753 parcels in 22 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LZ (1’348), Wohnzone WZ (146) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG A (124).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 68 %. The canton median is 32 %, so St. Stephan sits below it.
The median building height is 8.4 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 148 % (90 parcels), higher than the 79 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LZ | 1’348 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone WZ | 146 | 78 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG A | 124 | 86 % |
| Kernzone KZ | 81 | 158 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG B | 13 | 78 % |
| Gewerbezone GZ | 12 | 799 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN L | 6 | 44 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN A | 4 | 43 % |
| Ferienhauszone | 2 | 100 % |
| Lagerzone LZ | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN D | 2 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen ZöN F | 2 | 50 % |
| Other zones (10) | 11 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’728 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 68 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 70 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %72 %
- 50 % to below 100 %10 %
- 100 % to below 150 %7 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’728 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.10. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.12.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5091 %
- 0.50 to below 1.008 %
- 1.00 to below 1.501 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 936 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.9 m and 9.6 m. The median is 8.4 m and the mean 8.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m40 %
- 8 m to below 12 m57 %
- 12 m to below 20 m3 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 490 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.5 and 2.7. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 223 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 529 %
- 5 and above< 1 %
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 | 1’753 | 79 % |
| Last 60 years | 378 | 159 % |
| Last 40 years | 243 | 162 % |
| Last 20 years | 90 | 148 % |
| Last 15 years | 61 | 155 % |
| Last 10 years | 43 | 149 % |
| Last 5 years | 12 | 134 % |
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).