Buochs - Demographics

Demographics

Buochs has a population (as of 31 December 2011) of 5,359. As of 2007, 11.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 8.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (90.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.7%). As of 2008 the gender distribution of the population was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.

As of 2000 there are 1,893 households, of which 1,150 households (or about 60.8%) contain only one or two individuals. 189 or about 10.0% are large households, with at least five members.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 89.9% of the vote. Most of the rest of the votes went to local small right-wing parties (9.4%).

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Buochs about 73% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Buochs has an unemployment rate of 1.32%. As of 2005, there were 143 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 54 businesses involved in this sector. 484 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 53 businesses in this sector. 856 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 151 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table: