Worb: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 627 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 4’018
1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 39
- Median utilization
- 53 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.27
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.4 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Worb
Worb is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 4’018 parcels in 39 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’644), Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (893) and Mischzone, 2 Geschosse (281).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 53 %; half of the parcels lie between 6 % and 105 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Worb sits above it.
The median building height is 9.4 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.27. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 132 % (263 parcels), higher than the 91 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’644 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse | 893 | 79 % |
| Mischzone, 2 Geschosse | 281 | 113 % |
| Strukturerhaltungszone E1 Mehrfamilien- und Reihenhaus | 230 | 70 % |
| Wohnzone, 4 Geschosse | 209 | 83 % |
| Mischzone, 3 Geschosse | 136 | 76 % |
| Wohnzone, 3 Geschosse | 115 | 62 % |
| Kernzone | 91 | 96 % |
| Wohnzone, 1 Geschoss | 78 | 106 % |
| Strukturerhaltungszone E3 Historische Ortskerne | 59 | 79 % |
| Mischzone, 4 Geschosse | 50 | 47 % |
| Arbeitszone b | 42 | 68 % |
| Other zones (27) | 190 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 3’963 parcels with a value, half lie between 6 % and 105 %. The median is 53 % and the mean 80 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %49 %
- 50 % to below 100 %24 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above13 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 3’963 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.06 and 0.59. The median is 0.27 and the mean 0.38.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5069 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.507 %
- 1.50 and above3 %
Building height
Of the 2’303 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.7 m and 11.5 m. The median is 9.4 m and the mean 9.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m28 %
- 8 m to below 12 m52 %
- 12 m to below 20 m20 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’809 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.0. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.5.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 541 %
- 5 and above2 %
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 | 4’018 | 91 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’532 | 133 % |
| Last 40 years | 867 | 136 % |
| Last 20 years | 263 | 132 % |
| Last 15 years | 122 | 126 % |
| Last 10 years | 68 | 123 % |
| Last 5 years | 26 | 111 % |
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).