Worb
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 627
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 26 Sept 2026.
The parcel data lists 4’004 parcels in Worb, covering 21 km². 60.1% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 886 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 4’004
- 0.9% of the canton
- Total area
- 21 km²
0.4% of the canton
- Median area
- 886 m²
Canton: 1’126 m²
Switzerland: 870 m²
- Built share
- 60.1%
Canton: 57.8%
Switzerland: 52%
- Median year built
- 1975
Canton: 1975
Switzerland: 1976
About Worb
Worb ranks 16th of 334 municipalities in the canton of Bern by number of parcels and holds 0.9% of the canton's parcels in the data, on 0.4% of their area. The median parcel in Worb measures 886 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’126 m². Worb is about as built-up as the canton as a whole: 60.1% of its parcels have a building, against 57.8% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (40.8%), Wohnzone, 2 Geschosse (22.3%) and Mischzone, 2 Geschosse (7%). In total, Worb uses 39 zone designations.
According to the building register, Worb has 3’979 buildings with 5’877 dwellings, 1.5 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 59.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 33.7% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (32.4% of them), and 19.4% have one from 2001 or later. The median year built, 1975, is the same as in the canton as a whole.
Built and unbuilt parcels
Built: 2’408 (60.1%)Unbuilt: 1’596 (39.9%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landwirtschaftszone | 1’634 | 18.40 km² | 23.3% |
| Wohnzone,_2_Geschosse | 893 | 0.58 km² | 88.4% |
| Mischzone,_2_Geschosse | 281 | 0.15 km² | 91.8% |
| Strukturerhaltungszone_E1_Mehrfamilien-_und_Reihenhaus | 230 | 0.09 km² | 81.3% |
| Wohnzone,_4_Geschosse | 209 | 0.20 km² | 77.0% |
| Mischzone,_3_Geschosse | 136 | 0.15 km² | 79.4% |
| Wohnzone,_3_Geschosse | 115 | 0.13 km² | 87.8% |
| Kernzone | 91 | 0.15 km² | 82.4% |
| Wohnzone,_1_Geschoss | 78 | 0.06 km² | 91.0% |
| Strukturerhaltungszone_E3_Historische_Ortskerne | 59 | 0.05 km² | 91.5% |
| Mischzone,_4_Geschosse | 50 | 0.06 km² | 90.0% |
| Arbeitszone_b | 42 | 0.18 km² | 71.4% |
| Other zones (27 labels) | 186 | 0.78 km² | 79.6% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’979 buildings with 5’877 dwellings here; 1’344 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’979
- Dwellings
- 5’877
- Single-family houses
- 1’344
- Building volume
- 5.3 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest buildingMaps and geodata for Worb
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Worb. Its parcel map shows the parcels of the official cadastral survey with their area, their zone from the municipal zoning plan and their buildings, on swisstopo maps. Building zones, the property map and the geodata of each parcel open on the geopool map. The ÖREB extract of a parcel (public-law restrictions on landownership) is in lookup.
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