Jens: building age and utilization

Canton of Bern · 570 parcels in municipal zones · Parcel data of September 2026

Parcels in zones
570
Municipal zones
5
Median utilization (ratioV)
9%
Newest building from 2006 or later
7%
Median building height
9 m
Median floors
0.8

Overview

Jens: the parcel data lists 570 parcels in 5 municipal zones.

The median volume utilization (ratioV, as built today) is 9%, the average 50%. For comparison: canton of Bern, median 31%.

7% of the parcels have a newest building from 2006 or later. Their average utilization is 96%, against 53% for all parcels.

The median building height is 9 m and the median number of floors is 0.8.

Building age

Each parcel is counted by the construction year of its newest building. The oldest band also holds parcels without a building year, such as unbuilt land.

Newest buildingParcelsShare
2021 or later153%
2016-202020.4%
2011-201592%
2006-2010163%
1986-20057513%
1966-19855610%
1965 or earlier, or no year39770%

Utilization by construction window

Newest buildingParcelsAverage utilization
Built 2021 or later15112%
Built 2016 or later17109%
Built 2011 or later26100%
Built 2006 or later4296%
Built 1986 or later117112%
Built 1966 or later173105%
All parcels57053%

Utilization (ratioV)

ratioV is the volume utilization of a parcel in percent, as built today; values above 100% occur on densely built parcels. The lowest bucket is mostly land with little or no building volume.

Utilization (ratioV)ParcelsShare
Under 10%30254%
10-50%326%
50-100%10018%
100-150%9116%
150-200%214%
200% or more183%

Median: 9% · Average: 50% · Based on 564 parcels with a value.

Building height

Building height in meters, for parcels with a height value.

Building heightParcelsShare
Under 6 m114%
6-10 m17266%
10-16 m7629%
16-30 m00%
30 m or more00%

Median: 9 m · Average: 9.1 m · Based on 259 parcels with a value.

Floors

Number of floors, for parcels with a floor count.

FloorsParcelsShare
131765%
212025%
3469%
420.4%
5-600%
7 or more00%

Median: 0.8 · Average: 0.9 · Based on 485 parcels with a value.

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Method and data

The figures come from the Swiss parcel data (zone statistics of the RES service, pulled in September 2026). Each municipal zone is summarized on its own; a municipality is the sum of its zones, a canton the sum of its municipalities and Switzerland the sum of the cantons. Parcels outside a municipal zone are not counted.

Age uses the construction year of the newest building on a parcel. The distributions leave out the most extreme values, so the parcels with a value can be fewer than all parcels. Percentages are shares of the counts shown; medians are read from the buckets and are exact to within one bucket.

The pages describe what has been built and measured. They are not a forecast, a valuation or a statement of what may be built.