Walperswil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 754 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 713
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 17
- Median utilization
- 10 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.1 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Walperswil
Walperswil is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 713 parcels in 17 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone A (294), Wohnzone 2, Geschosse (163) and Kernzone (159).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 10 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 111 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Walperswil sits below it.
The median building height is 9.1 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 121 % (80 parcels), higher than the 112 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone A | 294 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2, Geschosse | 163 | 102 % |
| Kernzone | 159 | 100 % |
| Wohn- u. Gewerbezone | 42 | 93 % |
| Abbau- und Ablagerungszone | 21 | 0 % |
| Übriges Gebiet | 13 | 0 % |
| Intensivlandwirtschaftszone ILW | 4 | 0 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone C | 4 | 31 % |
| Gewerbezone | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung Nr. 1 "Schule, Mehrzweckhalle mit Aussensportanlage | 2 | 100 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung Nr. 5 "Friedhof" | 2 | 50 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung Nr. 6 "Spiel-, Sport- und Freizeitbereich" | 2 | 50 % |
| Other zones (5) | 5 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 695 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 111 %. The median is 10 % and the mean 80 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %54 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above15 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 695 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.05 and 0.40. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.23.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5082 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0015 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 339 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.4 m and 11.2 m. The median is 9.1 m and the mean 9.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m33 %
- 8 m to below 12 m50 %
- 12 m to below 20 m18 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 229 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.1.
Share of parcels by range
- below 211 %
- 2 to below 371 %
- 3 to below 517 %
- 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 | 713 | 112 % |
| Last 60 years | 266 | 163 % |
| Last 40 years | 206 | 150 % |
| Last 20 years | 80 | 121 % |
| Last 15 years | 56 | 124 % |
| Last 10 years | 28 | 110 % |
| Last 5 years | 10 | 84 % |
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).