Thun: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 942 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 8’362
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 30
- Median utilization
- 83 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.49
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.5
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Thun
Thun is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 8’362 parcels in 30 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnen W3 (4’068), Wohnen W2 (1’433) and Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (554).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 83 %; half of the parcels lie between 47 % and 124 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Thun sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.5 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.49. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 121 % (835 parcels), higher than the 106 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnen W3 | 4’068 | 91 % |
| Wohnen W2 | 1’433 | 78 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 554 | 0 % |
| Wohnen W4 | 419 | 88 % |
| Wohnen/Arbeiten WA4 | 272 | 90 % |
| Bestandeszone | 261 | 93 % |
| Arbeiten | 249 | 65 % |
| Wohnen/Arbeiten WA5 | 226 | 66 % |
| Wohnzone W3+ | 156 | 113 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 121 | 127 % |
| Wald | 119 | 0 % |
| Wohnen/Arbeiten WA3 | 94 | 80 % |
| Other zones (18) | 390 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 8’295 parcels with a value, half lie between 47 % and 124 %. The median is 83 % and the mean 99 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %26 %
- 50 % to below 100 %36 %
- 100 % to below 150 %22 %
- 150 % and above16 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 8’295 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.26 and 0.78. The median is 0.49 and the mean 0.66.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5052 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0034 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above6 %
Building height
Of the 6’720 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 11.8 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 10.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m23 %
- 8 m to below 12 m55 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 5’023 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.5 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 25 %
- 2 to below 346 %
- 3 to below 545 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 8’362 | 106 % |
| Last 60 years | 3’845 | 127 % |
| Last 40 years | 2’467 | 129 % |
| Last 20 years | 835 | 121 % |
| Last 15 years | 537 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 228 | 114 % |
| Last 5 years | 87 | 98 % |
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).