Steffisburg: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 939 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’181
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 55
- Median utilization
- 80 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.44
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Steffisburg
Steffisburg is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 4’181 parcels in 55 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (1’202), Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Steffisburg (693) and Wohnzone W2L (459).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 80 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 122 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Steffisburg sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.44. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 137 % (393 parcels), higher than the 104 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 1’202 | 90 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Steffisburg | 693 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W2L | 459 | 83 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG2 Steffisburg | 363 | 93 % |
| Wohnzone WH1 | 294 | 88 % |
| Wohn- und Gewerbezone WG3 | 234 | 85 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 185 | 111 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 137 | 77 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ Schwendibach | 130 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone WH2 | 83 | 72 % |
| ZPP Kernschutzzone KS | 69 | 102 % |
| ZPP Kernergänzungszone KE | 53 | 53 % |
| Other zones (43) | 279 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’109 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 122 %. The median is 80 % and the mean 99 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %31 %
- 50 % to below 100 %32 %
- 100 % to below 150 %20 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’109 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.09 and 0.71. The median is 0.44 and the mean 0.48.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5056 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0033 %
- 1.00 to below 1.508 %
- 1.50 and above2 %
Building height
Of the 3’087 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.3 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.5 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m24 %
- 8 m to below 12 m60 %
- 12 m to below 20 m16 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 2’285 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.1. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 342 %
- 3 to below 547 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 4’181 | 104 % |
| Last 60 years | 2’019 | 127 % |
| Last 40 years | 1’295 | 132 % |
| Last 20 years | 393 | 137 % |
| Last 15 years | 282 | 126 % |
| Last 10 years | 144 | 127 % |
| Last 5 years | 66 | 139 % |
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).