Blenio (district) - Demographics

Demographics

Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 301 speak German, 78 people speak French, 4,716 people speak Italian, and 10 people speak Romansh. The remainder (182 people) speak another language.

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female. The population was made up of 2,609 Swiss men (45.9% of the population), and 245 (4.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 2,631 Swiss women (46.3%), and 197 (3.5%) non-Swiss women.

In 2008 there were 49 live births to Swiss citizens and births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 70 deaths of Swiss citizens and 2 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 21 while the foreign population decreased by 2. There were 3 Swiss men who immigrated back to Switzerland and 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 14 non-Swiss men and 12 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase 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 the district is; 523 children or 9.2% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 569 teenagers or 10.0% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 539 people or 9.5% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 721 people or 12.7% are between 30 and 39, 863 people or 15.2% are between 40 and 49, and 693 people or 12.2% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 706 people or 12.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 623 people or 11.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 445 people or 7.8% who are over 80.

In 2000 there were 6,471 single family homes (or 75.8% of the total) out of a total of 8,535 inhabited buildings. There were 1,264 two family buildings (14.8%) and 612 multi-family buildings (7.2%). There were also 188 buildings in the district that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).

In 2000 there were 4,642 apartments in the district. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 1,386. There were 233 single room apartments and 1,174 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 2,255 apartments (48.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2,314 apartments (49.8%) were seasonally occupied and 73 apartments (1.6%) were empty.

The historical population is given in the following table: