Neuhausen Am Rheinfall - Demographics

Demographics

Neuhausen am Rheinfall has a population (as of 2008) of 10,080, of which 35.1% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008), 16.1% are from Germany, 16.2% are from Italy, 5.3% are from Croatia, 20.3% are from Serbia, 13.1% are from Macedonia, 6.5% are from Turkey, and 22.5% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -3.6%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (81.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.3%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 4.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2008) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 17.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.8% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22.7%.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 36.3% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the FDP (33.3%), and the SVP (30.5%) .

In Neuhausen am Rheinfall about 64.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). In Neuhausen am Rheinfall, as of 2007, 1.63% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 6.05% attend a Primary School, 2.62% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.49% attend a higher level Secondary School.

As of 2000, 27.3% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 37.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The historical population is given in the following table: