Wattenwil: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 886 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’375
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 24
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.07
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wattenwil
Wattenwil is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 2’375 parcels in 24 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone LWZ (1’666), Wohn-/Arbeitszone W/A2 (261) and Wohnzone W2 (240).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 72 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Wattenwil sits below it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.07. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (186 parcels), higher than the 58 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone LWZ | 1’666 | 0 % |
| Wohn-/Arbeitszone W/A2 | 261 | 78 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 240 | 76 % |
| Wohnzone W1 | 108 | 103 % |
| Arbeitszone A | 34 | 64 % |
| Weilerzone WZ | 26 | 110 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 15 | 56 % |
| Zone für Sport- und Freizeitanlagen ZSF 1 | 3 | 12 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 14 | 3 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 3 | 3 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 6 | 2 | 1’407 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzung ZöN 7 | 2 | 50 % |
| Other zones (12) | 12 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’350 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 72 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 53 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %69 %
- 50 % to below 100 %11 %
- 100 % to below 150 %8 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’350 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.29. The median is 0.07 and the mean 0.17.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5085 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0012 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above< 1 %
Building height
Of the 882 parcels with a value, half lie between 8.1 m and 10.9 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.4 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m23 %
- 8 m to below 12 m67 %
- 12 m to below 20 m9 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 602 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.7. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 359 %
- 3 to below 531 %
- 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 | 2’375 | 58 % |
| Last 60 years | 551 | 127 % |
| Last 40 years | 415 | 125 % |
| Last 20 years | 186 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 150 | 116 % |
| Last 10 years | 91 | 124 % |
| Last 5 years | 50 | 127 % |
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).