Biberist: observed built density
Municipality in the canton of Solothurn · FSO no. 2513 · Parcel data as of July 2025
- Parcels
- 2’781
2 % of the canton
- Municipal zones
- 42
- Median utilization
- 83 %
Canton: 29 %
Switzerland: 10 %
- Median GFZ
- 0.36
Canton: 0.10
Switzerland: 0.09
- Median height
- 8.8 m
Canton: 9.2 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2.1
Canton: 2.2
Switzerland: 2.3
About Biberist
Biberist is a municipality in the canton of Solothurn. The parcel data lists 2’781 parcels in 42 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2G (1’444), Landwirtschaftszone (226) and Wohnzone 2E (190).
The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 83 %; half of the parcels lie between 10 % and 112 %. The canton median is 29 %, so Biberist sits above it.
The median building height is 8.8 m at 2.1 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.36. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 122 % (353 parcels), higher than the 88 % across all building years.
Parcels by municipal zone
| Zone | Parcels | Median utilization |
|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone 2G | 1’444 | 93 % |
| Landwirtschaftszone | 226 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 2E | 190 | 87 % |
| Verkehrszone Strasse | 163 | 0 % |
| Wohnzone 3a | 140 | 91 % |
| Wohnzone 3b | 95 | 90 % |
| Verkehrsfläche Strasse | 93 | 0 % |
| Kernzone Zentrum | 53 | 91 % |
| Quartier Kernzone 2G | 41 | 107 % |
| Gewerbezone mit beschränktem Wohnanteil | 37 | 97 % |
| Wald | 34 | 0 % |
| Zone für öffentliche Bauten | 26 | 165 % |
| Other zones (30) | 239 | - |
Volume utilization (ratioV)
Of the 2’733 parcels with a value, half lie between 10 % and 112 %. The median is 83 % and the mean 82 %.
Share of parcels by range
- below 50 %29 %
- 50 % to below 100 %37 %
- 100 % to below 150 %23 %
- 150 % and above10 %
Floor-area ratio (GFZ)
Of the 2’733 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.09 and 0.50. The median is 0.36 and the mean 0.35.
Share of parcels by range
- below 0.5076 %
- 0.50 to below 1.0021 %
- 1.00 to below 1.502 %
- 1.50 and above1 %
Building height
Of the 1’954 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.3 m and 10.5 m. The median is 8.8 m and the mean 9.1 m.
Share of parcels by range
- below 8 m36 %
- 8 m to below 12 m53 %
- 12 m to below 20 m11 %
- 20 m and above< 1 %
Number of floors
Of the 1’617 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.7 and 2.5. The median is 2.1 and the mean 2.2.
Share of parcels by range
- below 210 %
- 2 to below 365 %
- 3 to below 524 %
- 5 and above1 %
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 | 2’781 | 88 % |
| Last 60 years | 1’223 | 118 % |
| Last 40 years | 849 | 122 % |
| Last 20 years | 353 | 122 % |
| Last 15 years | 223 | 129 % |
| Last 10 years | 116 | 146 % |
| Last 5 years | 50 | 188 % |
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).