Alt St. Johann - Demographics

Demographics

Alt St. Johann has a population (as of 2009) of 1466. As of 2007, about 9.4% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 19 are from Germany, 3 are from Italy, 91 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 8 are from Austria, and 37 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.0%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 3.3%) and Albanian being third ( 1.4%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 1,351 speak German, 3 people speak French, and 3 people speak Italian.

The age distribution, as of 2000, in Alt St. Johann is; 159 children or 10.9% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 252 teenagers or 17.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 178 people or 12.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 196 people or 13.5% are between 30 and 39, 202 people or 13.9% are between 40 and 49, and 156 people or 10.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 123 people or 8.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 125 people or 8.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 55 people or 3.8% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 7 people or 0.5% who are between 90 and 99.

In 2000 there were 178 persons (or 12.3% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 273 (or 18.8%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 832 (or 57.3%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 87 (or 6.0%) people who lived in single parent home, 2 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 5 who lived household made up of unrelated persons,and 76 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (25.3%), the FDP (15.8%) and the SP (9.4%).

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Alt St. Johann about 65.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Out of the total population in Alt St. Johann, as of 2000, the highest education level completed by 374 people (25.7% of the population) was Primary, while 502 (34.5%) have completed their secondary education, 118 (8.1%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 74 (5.1%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.

The historical population is given in the following table: