Stein Am Rhein - Demographics

Demographics

Stein am Rhein has a population (as of 2008) of 3,189, of which 20.6% are foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2008), 38.6% are from Germany, 6.9% are from Italy, 3.2% are from Croatia, 12.8% are from Serbia, 10.8% are from Macedonia, 1.8% are from Turkey, and 25.8% are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has decreased at a rate of -1.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (89.2%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.5%) and Albanian being third ( 1.4%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2008) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.2% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 21.5%.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the SP (33%), and the FDP (24.9%) .

In Stein am Rhein about 75% 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 Stein am Rhein, as of 2007, 1.65% of the population attend kindergarten or another pre-school, 5.66% attend a Primary School, 3.08% attend a lower level Secondary School, and 2.13% attend a higher level Secondary School.

As of 2000, 25.1% of the population belonged to the Roman Catholic Church and 50.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.

The historical population is given in the following table: