Toffen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 884 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’045
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 12
- Median utilization
- 56 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.32
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Toffen
Toffen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’045 parcels in 12 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2-geschossig (465), Landwirtschaftszone (377) and Mischzone 3-geschossig (80).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 56 %; half of the parcels lie between 7 % and 98 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Toffen sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.32. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 108 % (101 parcels), higher than the 68 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 465 | 80 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 377 | 0 % |
| Mischzone 3-geschossig | 80 | 68 % |
| Mischzone Dorfkern | 53 | 90 % |
| Mischzone 2-geschossig | 42 | 69 % |
| Arbeitszone | 15 | 331 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung | 5 | 140 % |
| Bestandeszone | 3 | 100 % |
| Zone für Sport und Freizeitanlagen | 2 | 100 % |
| Bauernhofzone | 1 | 100 % |
| Mischzone 4-geschossig | 1 | 0 % |
| Zone für Bauten und Anlagen auf Bahnareal | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’029 parcels with a value, half lie between 7 % and 98 %. The median is 56 % and the mean 65 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %46 %
- 50 % to below 100 %30 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above9 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’029 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.57. The median is 0.32 and the mean 0.36.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0025 %
- 1.00 to below 1.506 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 645 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.3 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 9.9 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m20 %
- 8 m to below 12 m62 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 487 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.9. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 360 %
- 3 to below 533 %
- 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 | 1’045 | 68 % |
| Last 60 years | 521 | 102 % |
| Last 40 years | 315 | 110 % |
| Last 20 years | 101 | 108 % |
| Last 15 years | 60 | 111 % |
| Last 10 years | 33 | 120 % |
| Last 5 years | 9 | 148 % |
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).