Burg Im Leimental - Demographics

Demographics

Burg im Leimental has a population (as of December 2011) of 262. As of 2008, 10.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of -1.3%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (217 or 94.8%), with English being second most common (6 or 2.6%) and French being third (2 or 0.9%).

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 49.6% male and 50.4% female. The population was made up of 216 Swiss citizens (90.0% of the population), and 24 non-Swiss residents (10.0%) Of the population in the municipality 53 or about 23.1% were born in Burg im Leimental and lived there in 2000. There were 35 or 15.3% who were born in the same canton, while 103 or 45.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 32 or 14.0% were born outside of Switzerland.

In 2008 there were 4 live births to Swiss citizens and were 4 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens remained the same while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man who immigrated back to Switzerland and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 an increase of 1 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 5 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.7%.

The age distribution, as of 2010, in Burg im Leimental is; 20 children or 8.3% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 31 teenagers or 12.9% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 16 people or 6.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 36 people or 15.0% are between 30 and 39, 49 people or 20.4% are between 40 and 49, and 43 people or 17.9% are between 50 and 64. The senior population distribution is 35 people or 14.6% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 10 people or 4.2% who are over 80.

As of 2000, there were 94 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 110 married individuals, 14 widows or widowers and 11 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000, there were 95 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 25 households that consist of only one person and 6 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 97 households that answered this question, 25.8% were households made up of just one personFALSE. Of the rest of the households, there are 34 married couples without children, 29 married couples with children There were 5 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up unrelated people and 2 households that were made some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 61 single family homes (or 70.1% of the total) out of a total of 87 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (11.5%), along with 14 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (16.1%) and 2 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.3%). Of the single family homes 17 were built before 1919, while 10 were built between 1990 and 2000.

In 2000 there were 104 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 5 rooms of which there were 30. There were single room apartments and 50 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 89 apartments (85.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (5.8%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (8.7%) were empty. As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008, was 0.92%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: