Apples, Vaud - Demographics

Demographics

Apples has a population (as of December 2011) of 1,276. As of 2008, 13.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 7.7%. It has changed at a rate of 8.5% due to migration and at a rate of -0.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (999 or 86.2%), with German being second most common (84 or 7.2%) and Portuguese being third (22 or 1.9%). There are 17 people who speak Italian.

Of the population in the municipality 279 or about 24.1% were born in Apples and lived there in 2000. There were 432 or 37.3% who were born in the same canton, while 232 or 20.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 192 or 16.6% were born outside of Switzerland.

In 2008 there were 13 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 16 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 3 Swiss men and 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 3 non-Swiss men and 2 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 6 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.8%.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Apples is; 165 children or 13.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 154 teenagers or 12.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 120 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 169 people or 13.6% are between 30 and 39, 191 people or 15.3% are between 40 and 49, and 158 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 168 people or 13.5% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 72 people or 5.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 40 people or 3.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 10 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 483 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 546 married individuals, 70 widows or widowers and 60 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.57 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m2 (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 57.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

As of 2000, there were 417 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 92 households that consist of only one person and 43 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 430 households that answered this question, 21.4% were households made up of just one person and there were 3 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 128 married couples without children, 164 married couples with children There were 22 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 13 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 185 single family homes (or 63.4% of the total) out of a total of 292 inhabited buildings. There were 46 multi-family buildings (15.8%), along with 44 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (15.1%) and 17 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (5.8%). Of the single family homes 34 were built before 1919, while 17 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (57) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (17) were built before 1919 and the next most (11) were built between 1981 and 1990.

In 2000 there were 485 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 110. There were 17 single room apartments and 200 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 410 apartments (84.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 70 apartments (14.4%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (1.0%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 1.32%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: