Zollikofen: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 361 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 1’921
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 35
- Median utilization
- 67 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.46
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 9.7 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.4
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Zollikofen
Zollikofen is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 1’921 parcels in 35 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone W2 (903), Landwirtschaftszone L / übriges Gebiet ÜG (147) and Wohnzone W4 (140).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 67 %; half of the parcels lie between 35 % and 103 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Zollikofen sits above it.
The median building height is 9.7 m at 2.4 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.46. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 146 % (162 parcels), higher than the 93 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone W2 | 903 | 74 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone L / übriges Gebiet ÜG | 147 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W4 | 140 | 47 % |
| Wohnzone W3 | 139 | 135 % |
| Verkehrsfläche | 93 | 0 % |
| Mischzone M4 | 87 | 65 % |
| Mischzone Zentrum MZ | 84 | 68 % |
| Wohnzone mit Quartiererneuerung und Strukturerhaltung Q3 | 72 | 52 % |
| Mischzone M3 | 42 | 66 % |
| Mischzone M2 | 41 | 115 % |
| Arbeitszone A3 | 31 | 355 % |
| Grünzone GRZ | 18 | 0 % |
| Other zones (23) | 124 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 1’882 parcels with a value, half lie between 35 % and 103 %. The median is 67 % and the mean 86 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %34 %
- 50 % to below 100 %39 %
- 100 % to below 150 %16 %
- 150 % and above11 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 1’881 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.24 and 0.75. The median is 0.46 and the mean 0.55.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5055 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0031 %
- 1.00 to below 1.5010 %
- 1.50 and above4 %
Building height
Of the 1’474 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 12.2 m. The median is 9.7 m and the mean 10.2 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m26 %
- 8 m to below 12 m47 %
- 12 m to below 20 m25 %
- 20 m and above1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’149 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.9 and 3.2. The median is 2.4 and the mean 2.6.
Share of parcels by range
- below 26 %
- 2 to below 347 %
- 3 to below 544 %
- 5 and above4 %
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 | 1’921 | 93 % |
| Last 60 years | 867 | 112 % |
| Last 40 years | 521 | 122 % |
| Last 20 years | 162 | 146 % |
| Last 15 years | 105 | 157 % |
| Last 10 years | 85 | 168 % |
| Last 5 years | 53 | 201 % |
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).