Ostermundigen
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 363
Parcel data from Nov 2026, statistics computed on 29 Oct 2026.
Open map at the Ostermundigen centerThe parcel data lists 2’205 parcels in Ostermundigen, covering 6 km². 84% of them have at least one registered building. The median parcel measures 667 m².
Key figures
- Parcels
- 2’205
- 0.5% of the canton
- Total area
- 6 km²
- 0.1% of the canton
- Median area
- 667 m²
- Canton: 1’131 m²
- Switzerland: 881 m²
- Built share
- 84%
- Canton: 57.2%
- Switzerland: 51%
- Median year built
- 1975
- Canton: 1975
- Switzerland: 1975
About Ostermundigen
Ostermundigen is a municipality in the canton of Bern and holds 0.5% of the canton's parcels on 0.1% of its area. The median parcel in Ostermundigen measures 667 m², smaller than the canton median of 1’131 m². Ostermundigen is more built-up than the canton as a whole: 84% of its parcels have a building, against 57.2% across the canton.
The zones with the most parcels are Wohnzone 2 (W2) (33.3%), Wohnzone 3 (W3) (18.9%) and Wohn- und Gewerbezone 3 (WG3) (14.5%). In total, Ostermundigen uses 59 zone designations.
According to the building register, Ostermundigen has 3’087 buildings with 9’678 dwellings, 3.1 dwellings per building on average. Residential buildings mix single-family houses and buildings with several dwellings: single-family houses make up 34.7% of them. Non-residential buildings account for 31.9% of all buildings.
Built parcels most often have their newest building from 1961 to 1980 (32.1% of them), and 19% 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: 1’852 (84%)
Unbuilt: 353 (16%)
Parcels by zone
| Zone | Parcels | Area | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wohnzone_2_(W2) | 734 | 0.40 km² | 92.0% |
| Wohnzone_3_(W3) | 417 | 0.45 km² | 89.4% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone_3_(WG3) | 319 | 0.34 km² | 91.8% |
| Zone_mit_Quartierplanung_(ZQ_W3) | 129 | 0.27 km² | 75.2% |
| Wohnzone_1_(W1) | 87 | 0.08 km² | 90.8% |
| Landwirtschaftszone_(LW) | 86 | 1.70 km² | 38.4% |
| Ungezontes_Gebiet | 52 | 1.48 km² | 11.5% |
| Gewerbezone_a_(Ga) | 43 | 0.08 km² | 88.4% |
| Gewerbezone_b_(Gb) | 32 | 0.17 km² | 75.0% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone_2_(WG2) | 32 | 0.03 km² | 81.3% |
| Wohnzone_"Oberfeld" | 31 | 0.06 km² | 80.6% |
| Wohn-_und_Gewerbezone_6plus_(kant._Zonentyp) | 30 | 0.06 km² | 93.3% |
| Other zones (47 labels) | 213 | 0.85 km² | 72.8% |
Zone names are the municipal designations. A canton lists each wording separately.
Building stock
The building register lists 3’087 buildings with 9’678 dwellings here; 648 of them are single-family houses.
- Buildings
- 3’087
- Dwellings
- 9’678
- Single-family houses
- 648
- Building volume
- 5.9 million m³
Buildings by category
Construction periods
Built parcels by construction period of their newest building
Maps and geodata for Ostermundigen
geopool works as a GIS and geoportal for Ostermundigen. 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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