Demographics
Farvagny has a population (as of December 2011) of 2,114. As of 2008, 9.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 20.1%. Migration accounted for 12.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 8.5%.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,635 or 92.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (84 or 4.7%) and Portuguese is the third (18 or 1.0%). There are 13 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
As of 2008, the population was 47.7% male and 52.3% female. The population was made up of 882 Swiss men (42.8% of the population) and 101 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 950 Swiss women (46.1%) and 128 (6.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 578 or about 32.6% were born in Farvagny and lived there in 2000. There were 743 or 41.9% who were born in the same canton, while 240 or 13.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 158 or 8.9% were born outside of Switzerland.
As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 31.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 58.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.1%.
As of 2000, there were 792 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 821 married individuals, 99 widows or widowers and 63 individuals who are divorced.
As of 2000, there were 616 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 144 households that consist of only one person and 82 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 600 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 34 apartments (5.2%) were seasonally occupied and 17 apartments (2.6%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 4.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.5%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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