Vico Morcote - Demographics

Demographics

Vico Morcote has a population (as of December 2011) of 360. As of 2008, 35.3% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 6.9%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Italian (66.4%), with German being second most common (22.8%) and French being third (5.2%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 57 speak German, 13 people speak French, 166 people speak Italian. The remainder (14 people) speak another language.

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female. The population was made up of 102 Swiss men (30.2% of the population), and 72 (21.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 112 Swiss women (33.1%), and 52 (15.4%) non-Swiss women.

In 2008 there were 2 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there was 1 death of a Swiss citizen and 1 non-Swiss citizen death. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population remained the same. There was 1 Swiss man and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 5 non-Swiss men and 5 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 an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 16 people. This represents a population growth rate of 5.5%.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Vico Morcote is; 33 children or 9.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 25 teenagers or 7.4% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 36 people or 10.7% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 38 people or 11.2% are between 30 and 39, 63 people or 18.6% are between 40 and 49, and 52 people or 15.4% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 55 people or 16.3% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 23 people or 6.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 13 people or 3.8% who are over 80.

As of 2000, there were 129 private households in the municipality, and an average of 1.9 persons per household. In 2000 there were 148 single family homes (or 74.7% of the total) out of a total of 198 inhabited buildings. There were 26 two family buildings (13.1%) and 15 multi-family buildings (7.6%). There were also 9 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 0%. In 2000 there were 364 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 3 room apartment of which there were 103. There were 21 single room apartments and 83 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 129 apartments (35.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 235 apartments (64.6%) were seasonally occupied. As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 6.2 new units per 1000 residents.

The historical population is given in the following chart: