Zuzwil (BE): observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 557 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 492
< 1 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 6
- Median utilization
- 8 %
Canton: 32 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.08
Canton: 0.09
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 7.9 m
Canton: 9.5 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.0
Canton: 2.3
Switzerland: 2.3
About Zuzwil (BE)
Zuzwil (BE) is a municipality in the canton of Bern. The parcel data lists 492 parcels in 6 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet (310), Wohnzone W1 (92) and Kernzone (57).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 8 %; half of the parcels lie between 4 % and 81 %. The canton median is 32 %, so Zuzwil (BE) sits below it.
The median building height is 7.9 m at 2.0 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.08. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 116 % (40 parcels), higher than the 43 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone / übriges Gebiet | 310 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone W1 | 92 | 84 % |
| Kernzone | 57 | 103 % |
| Wohnzone W2 | 20 | 122 % |
| Wohn- Arbeitszone | 12 | 85 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Nutzungen | 1 | 100 % |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 486 parcels with a value, half lie between 4 % and 81 %. The median is 8 % and the mean 40 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %66 %
- 50 % to below 100 %16 %
- 100 % to below 150 %14 %
- 150 % and above5 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 486 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.04 and 0.31. The median is 0.08 and the mean 0.14.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5091 %
- 0.50 to below 1.009 %
- 1.00 to below 1.500 %
- 1.50 and above0 %
Building height
Of the 178 parcels with a value, half lie between 6.8 m and 9.8 m. The median is 7.9 m and the mean 8.7 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m52 %
- 8 m to below 12 m36 %
- 12 m to below 20 m12 %
- 20 m and above0 %
Number of floors
Of the 128 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.6 and 2.4. The median is 2.0 and the mean 2.0.
Share of parcels by range
- below 216 %
- 2 to below 366 %
- 3 to below 518 %
- 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 | 492 | 43 % |
| Last 60 years | 133 | 104 % |
| Last 40 years | 76 | 105 % |
| Last 20 years | 40 | 116 % |
| Last 15 years | 13 | 108 % |
| Last 10 years | 7 | 68 % |
| Last 5 years | 4 | 64 % |
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).