Wohlen bei Bern: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 360 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’740
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 41
- Median utilization
- 9 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.09
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.0 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.2
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Wohlen bei Bern
Wohlen bei Bern is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 4’740 parcels in 41 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet (2’473), Wohnzone 2-geschossig (952) and Wohnzone 1-geschossig (268).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 9 %; half of the parcels lie between 5 % and 88 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Wohlen bei Bern sits below it.
The median building height is 9.0 m at 2.2 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.09. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 143 % (200 parcels), higher than the 67 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet | 2’473 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2-geschossig | 952 | 73 % |
| Wohnzone 1-geschossig | 268 | 91 % |
| Dorfzone, 2 geschossig | 257 | 96 % |
| Sektor b (USP) | 182 | - |
| Sektor A (USP) | 166 | - |
| Weilerzone | 78 | 99 % |
| Bestandeszone | 75 | 102 % |
| Wohnzone 4-geschossig (kant. Zonentyp) | 59 | 103 % |
| Mischzone | 51 | 66 % |
| Wohnzone 3-geschossig | 48 | 133 % |
| Mischzone M4 (kant. Zonentyp) | 27 | 57 % |
| Other zones (25) | 104 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 4’677 parcels with a value, half lie between 5 % and 88 %. The median is 9 % and the mean 60 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %61 %
- 50 % to below 100 %19 %
- 100 % to below 150 %11 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 4’677 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.41. The median is 0.09 and the mean 0.24.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5081 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0014 %
- 1.00 to below 1.504 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 2’122 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 10.9 m. The median is 9.0 m and the mean 9.3 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m34 %
- 8 m to below 12 m51 %
- 12 m to below 20 m13 %
- 20 m and above2 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’547 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 2.8. The median is 2.2 and the mean 2.4.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 356 %
- 3 to below 532 %
- 5 and above3 %
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 | 4’740 | 67 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’606 | 120 % |
| Last 40 years | 803 | 126 % |
| Last 20 years | 200 | 143 % |
| Last 15 years | 126 | 125 % |
| Last 10 years | 55 | 113 % |
| Last 5 years | 20 | 141 % |
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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).