Seelisberg - Demographics

Demographics

Seelisberg has a population (as of 31 December 2011) of 656. As of 2007, 11.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 4.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (97.1%), with French being second most common (0.8%) and English being third ( 0.5%). As of 2007 the gender distribution of the population was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.

In the 2007 federal election the FDP party received 93.4% of the vote.

In Seelisberg about 67.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).

Seelisberg has an unemployment rate of 0.88%. As of 2005, there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 31 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 7 businesses in this sector. 151 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 29 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year population
1970 550
1980 533
1990 569
2000 592
2005 607
2007 639

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