Demographics
Bas-Vully has a population (as of December 2011) of 1,991. As of 2008, 19.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 31%. Migration accounted for 24.3%, while births and deaths accounted for 5%.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (971 or 58.6%) as their first language, German is the second most common (503 or 30.4%) and Portuguese is the third (53 or 3.2%). There are 18 people who speak Italian and 2 people who speak Romansh.
As of 2008, the population was 52.0% male and 48.0% female. The population was made up of 769 Swiss men (38.6% of the population) and 268 (13.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 784 Swiss women (39.3%) and 173 (8.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 496 or about 30.0% were born in Bas-Vully and lived there in 2000. There were 276 or 16.7% who were born in the same canton, while 487 or 29.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 240 or 14.5% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 20.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.5%.
As of 2000, there were 610 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 871 married individuals, 93 widows or widowers and 82 individuals who are divorced.
As of 2000, there were 637 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 182 households that consist of only one person and 30 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 610 apartments (79.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 122 apartments (15.9%) were seasonally occupied and 33 apartments (4.3%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 6.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.65%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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