Nuglar-St. Pantaleon - Demographics

Demographics

Nuglar-St. Pantaleon has a population (as of December 2012) of 1,482. As of 2008, 8.0% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 7.1%.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (1,265 or 96.3%), with Italian being second most common (9 or 0.7%) and English being third (9 or 0.7%). There are 7 people who speak French.

As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 47.6% male and 52.4% female. The population was made up of 632 Swiss men (43.3% of the population) and 62 (4.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 700 Swiss women (48.0%) and 64 (4.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 515 or about 39.2% were born in Nuglar-St. Pantaleon and lived there in 2000. There were 77 or 5.9% who were born in the same canton, while 554 or 42.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 122 or 9.3% were born outside of Switzerland.

In 2008 there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and were 8 deaths of Swiss citizens. 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 2 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 27 and the non-Swiss population increased by 9 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.6%.

The age distribution, as of 2000, in Nuglar-St. Pantaleon is; 123 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 223 teenagers or 17.0% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 54 people or 4.1% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 399 people or 30.4% are between 25 and 44, and 371 people or 28.2% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 113 people or 8.6% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 31 people or 2.4% who are over 80.

As of 2000, there were 539 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 641 married individuals, 68 widows or widowers and 66 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000, there were 522 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 135 households that consist of only one person and 44 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 527 households that answered this question, 25.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 8 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 157 married couples without children, 192 married couples with children There were 22 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 5 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 363 single family homes (or 78.2% of the total) out of a total of 464 inhabited buildings. There were 44 multi-family buildings (9.5%), along with 45 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.7%) and 12 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.6%). Of the single family homes 46 were built before 1919, while 88 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (71) were built between 1981 and 1990.

In 2000 there were 557 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 174. There were 9 single room apartments and 262 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 505 apartments (90.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 39 apartments (7.0%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (2.3%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 5.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.65%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: