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Building age in Berken

Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 972

Building register (GWR) export of September 2026, parcel data of July 2025.

Few parcelsThese figures rest on 25 parcels with a known year, so a few buildings move them noticeably.

Key figures

Parcels with a building
26
25 of them with a known construction year
Median construction year
1956Canton: 1975Switzerland: 1976
Median building age
70 yearsCanton: 51 yearsSwitzerland: 50 years
Built 1960 or earlier
52.0%Canton: 36.6%Switzerland: 32.5%
Built after 2000
16.0%Canton: 18.9%Switzerland: 23.3%

About the building stock in Berken

The parcel data lists 26 parcels with a building in Berken. For 25 of them (96.2%) the federal building register (GWR) gives a construction year, taken from the newest building on the parcel. The median construction year is 1956, so the median parcel with a building is 70 years old. 52.0% of the parcels with a known year were built in 1960 or earlier and 16.0% after 2000. The largest period is before 1920 with 24.0%. For comparison, the median construction year is 1975 in the canton of Bern and 1976 in Switzerland. 1 parcels with a building have no usable construction year and are left out of the shares.

Construction-year histogram

Parcels with a building by construction period, as a share of the 25 parcels with a known year. The periods are not equally long, so read the bars as shares of the stock, not as building activity per year.

  1. 24.0%before 1920: 24.0%, 6 parcels
  2. 16.0%1920-1945: 16.0%, 4 parcels
  3. 12.0%1946-1960: 12.0%, 3 parcels
  4. 8.0%1961-1980: 8.0%, 2 parcels
  5. 24.0%1981-2000: 24.0%, 6 parcels
  6. 4.0%2001-2010: 4.0%, 1 parcels
  7. 4.0%2011-2020: 4.0%, 1 parcels
  8. 8.0%2021 and later: 8.0%, 2 parcels

Building age distribution

The same parcels grouped by the age of their newest building in 2026.

  • 66 years or older (built 1960 or earlier)52.0%13 parcels
  • 46 to 65 years (built 1961-1980)8.0%2 parcels
  • 26 to 45 years (built 1981-2000)24.0%6 parcels
  • Up to 25 years (built 2001 or later)16.0%4 parcels

How to read these figures

The parcel data links every parcel to the federal building register (GWR). A parcel counts once, with the construction year of its newest building. Where the register gives only a construction period, the middle of the period is used.

The figures count parcels with a building, not individual buildings. A parcel with several buildings counts once, and a parcel without a building is not counted.

Building age is 2026 minus the construction year. Every share divides by the parcels with a known construction year.

See it on the map

roots colors every parcel by construction year, from deep red for the oldest buildings to pale cream for the newest.

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