Building age in Erlenbach im Simmental
Municipality in the canton of Bern · FSO no. 763
Building register (GWR) export of September 2026, parcel data of July 2025.
Key figures
- Parcels with a building
- 1’021
- 979 of them with a known construction year
- Median construction year
- 1953Canton: 1975Switzerland: 1976
- Median building age
- 73 yearsCanton: 51 yearsSwitzerland: 50 years
- Built 1960 or earlier
- 53.4%Canton: 36.6%Switzerland: 32.5%
- Built after 2000
- 12.4%Canton: 18.9%Switzerland: 23.3%
About the building stock in Erlenbach im Simmental
The parcel data lists 1’021 parcels with a building in Erlenbach im Simmental. For 979 of them (95.9%) the federal building register (GWR) gives a construction year, taken from the newest building on the parcel. The median construction year is 1953, so the median parcel with a building is 73 years old. 53.4% of the parcels with a known year were built in 1960 or earlier and 12.4% after 2000. The largest period is before 1920 with 38.7%. For comparison, the median construction year is 1975 in the canton of Bern and 1976 in Switzerland. 42 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 979 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.
- 38.7%before 1920: 38.7%, 379 parcels
- 9.3%1920-1945: 9.3%, 91 parcels
- 5.4%1946-1960: 5.4%, 53 parcels
- 14.6%1961-1980: 14.6%, 143 parcels
- 19.6%1981-2000: 19.6%, 192 parcels
- 4.9%2001-2010: 4.9%, 48 parcels
- 6.0%2011-2020: 6.0%, 59 parcels
- 1.4%2021 and later: 1.4%, 14 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)53.4%523 parcels
- 46 to 65 years (built 1961-1980)14.6%143 parcels
- 26 to 45 years (built 1981-2000)19.6%192 parcels
- Up to 25 years (built 2001 or later)12.4%121 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.
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