Demographics
Wisen has a population (as of December 2012) of 417. As of 2008, 2.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 1.7%.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (411 or 97.9%), with Romansh being second most common (3 or 0.7%) and Romansh being third (3 or 0.7%).
As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 51.0% male and 49.0% female. The population was made up of 202 Swiss men (48.8% of the population) and 9 (2.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 193 Swiss women (46.6%) and 10 (2.4%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 134 or about 31.9% were born in Wisen and lived there in 2000. There were 89 or 21.2% who were born in the same canton, while 168 or 40.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 25 or 6.0% were born outside of Switzerland.
In 2008 there was 1 live birth to Swiss citizens and were 3 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 2 while the foreign population remained the same. There were 2 Swiss men and 1 Swiss woman who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there was 1 non-Swiss man 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 7 and the non-Swiss population increased by 1 people. This represents a population growth rate of 2.0%.
As of 2000, there were 177 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 210 married individuals, 19 widows or widowers and 14 individuals who are divorced.
As of 2000, there were 158 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 39 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 161 households that answered this question, 24.2% were households made up of just one person and there were 4 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 45 married couples without children, 61 married couples with children There were 7 single parents with a child or children. There were 2 households that were made up of unrelated people and 3 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
In 2000 there were 86 single-family homes (or 64.7% of the total) out of a total of 133 inhabited buildings. There were 19 multi-family buildings (14.3%), along with 25 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (18.8%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.3%). Of the single-family homes 20 were built before 1919, while 12 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single-family homes (28) were built between 1971 and 1980.
In 2000 there were 174 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 48. There were 4 single-room apartments and 80 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 152 apartments (87.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 16 apartments (9.2%) were seasonally occupied and 6 apartments (3.4%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0.53%.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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