Bullet, Switzerland - Demographics

Demographics

Bullet has a population (as of December 2011) of 579. As of 2008, 7.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 10.1%. It has changed at a rate of 14.3% due to migration and at a rate of -3.6% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (482 or 92.3%), with German being second most common (30 or 5.7%) and Italian being third (4 or 0.8%).

Of the population in the municipality 215 or about 41.2% were born in Bullet and lived there in 2000. There were 163 or 31.2% who were born in the same canton, while 83 or 15.9% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 55 or 10.5% were born outside of Switzerland.

In 2008 there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 7 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 4 non-Swiss men and 1 non-Swiss woman who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 1 and the non-Swiss population increased by 7 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.1%.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Bullet is; 57 children or 9.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 59 teenagers or 10.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 44 people or 7.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 66 people or 11.2% are between 30 and 39, 83 people or 14.1% are between 40 and 49, and 85 people or 14.5% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 86 people or 14.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 68 people or 11.6% are between 70 and 79, there are 35 people or 6.0% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 4 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 179 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 269 married individuals, 35 widows or widowers and 39 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000, there were 225 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.2 persons per household. There were 73 households that consist of only one person and 20 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 235 households that answered this question, 31.1% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 79 married couples without children, 51 married couples with children There were 10 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up of unrelated people and 10 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 199 single family homes (or 62.8% of the total) out of a total of 317 inhabited buildings. There were 58 multi-family buildings (18.3%), along with 33 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (10.4%) and 27 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (8.5%). Of the single family homes 43 were built before 1919, while 8 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (52) were built between 1961 and 1970. The most multi-family homes (29) were built before 1919 and the next most (6) were built between 1946 and 1960. There were 2 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.

In 2000 there were 416 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 137. There were 9 single room apartments and 116 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 220 apartments (52.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 160 apartments (38.5%) were seasonally occupied and 36 apartments (8.7%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 1.84%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: