Bleiken Bei Oberdiessbach - Demographics

Demographics

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has a population (as of 31 December 2011) of 391. As of 2007, 0.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 2.4%) and French being third ( 0.3%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 60.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the local small left-wing parties (17.9%), the SPS (6.3%) and the FDP (5.1%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 32.8% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.3%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach about 73.6% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Bleiken bei Oberdiessbach has an unemployment rate of 0.17%. As of 2005, there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 15 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 4 businesses in this sector. 22 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 7 businesses in this sector. The historical population is given in the following table: