Billens-Hennens - Demographics

Demographics

Billens-Hennens has a population (as of December 2011) of 665. As of 2008, 8.5% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 28.4%. Migration accounted for 16.9%, while births and deaths accounted for -0.6%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (599 or 96.5%) as their first language, German is the second most common (15 or 2.4%) and Spanish is the third (3 or 0.5%). and 1 person who speaks Romansh.

As of 2008, the population was 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The population was made up of 313 Swiss men (45.0% of the population) and 24 (3.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 337 Swiss women (48.4%) and 22 (3.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 197 or about 31.7% were born in Billens-Hennens and lived there in 2000. There were 245 or 39.5% who were born in the same canton, while 86 or 13.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 42 or 6.8% were born outside of Switzerland.

The age distribution, as of 2000, in Billens-Hennens is; 77 children or 12.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 78 teenagers or 12.6% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 62 people or 10.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 89 people or 14.3% are between 30 and 39, 83 people or 13.4% are between 40 and 49, and 56 people or 9.0% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 49 people or 7.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 56 people or 9.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 58 people or 9.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 13 people or 2.1% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 263 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 267 married individuals, 69 widows or widowers and 22 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000, there were 195 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 40 households that consist of only one person and 25 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 187 apartments (89.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 12 apartments (5.7%) were seasonally occupied and 11 apartments (5.2%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 10.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 1.19%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: