Demographics
Morcote has a population (as of December 2011) of 726. As of 2008, 33.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 11.4%.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Italian (70.2%), with German being second most common (18.8%) and Serbo-Croatian being third (3.8%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 142 speak German, 14 people speak French, 529 people speak Italian, and 2 people speak Romansh. The remainder (67 people) speak another language.
As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 47.5% male and 52.5% female. The population was made up of 229 Swiss men (30.7% of the population), and 125 (16.8%) non-Swiss men. There were 270 Swiss women (36.2%), and 122 (16.4%) non-Swiss women.
In 2008 there were 6 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man and 3 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 5 non-Swiss men and 8 non-Swiss women 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 14 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 11 people. This represents a population growth rate of −0.4%.
The age distribution, as of 2009, in Morcote is; 33 children or 4.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 45 teenagers or 6.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 65 people or 8.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 111 people or 14.9% are between 30 and 39, 121 people or 16.2% are between 40 and 49, and 106 people or 14.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 125 people or 16.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 73 people or 9.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 67 people or 9.0% who are over 80.
As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.5 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.6 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m2 (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 39.8% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).
As of 2000, there were 344 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2. persons per household. In 2000 there were 282 single family homes (or 71.6% of the total) out of a total of 394 inhabited buildings. There were 41 two family buildings (10.4%) and 45 multi-family buildings (11.4%). There were also 26 buildings in the municipality that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).
The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008, was 1.34%. In 2000 there were 643 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 3 room apartment of which there were 174. There were 45 single room apartments and 169 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 339 apartments (52.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 272 apartments (42.3%) were seasonally occupied and 32 apartments (5.0%) were empty. As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.3 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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