Wil (Wahlkreis)

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Demographics

The Wil District had a population of Template:Swiss populations as of Template:Swiss populations date.Template:Swiss populations ref Of the foreign population since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 947 were from Germany, 2,336 were from Italy, 6,127 were from ex-Yugoslavia, 439 were from Austria, 820 were from Turkey, and 2,029 were from other countries.[1] Also since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 58,596 people spoke German, 196 people spoke French, 1,494 people spoke Italian, and 81 people spoke Romansh.[2]

The age distribution since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in the Wil district was: 8,617 (13.0%) were 0–9 years old; 9,137 (13.8%) were 10-19; 8,318 people (12.5%) were 20–29 years old; 10,883 people (16.4%) were 30-39; 9,599 people (14.5%) were 40-49; and 8,018 people (12.1%) were 50-59. The population distribution above 60 years of age was: 5,433 (8.2%) were 60-69; 3,908 people (5.9%) were 70-79; 2,102 people (3.2% ) were 80-89; 330 people (0.5%) were aged 90–99; and 5 people were aged 100 or over.[2]

In 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". there were 8,002 people (12.1% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 14,333 (21.6%) people who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 37,617 (56.7%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 3,380 (5.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there were 399 people who were adult children living with one or both parents. 269 people lived in a household made up of relatives, 444 lived in households made up of unrelated people, and 1,906 were either institutionalized or lived in another type of collective housing.[2]

Out of the total population in Region Wil, since 2000Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the highest education level completed by 13,989 people (21.1% of the population) was Primary, while 24,675 people (37.2%) completed Secondary. 7,191 people (10.8%) attended a Tertiary school, and 2,931 people (4.4%) did not attend school. The remainder did not answer this question.[2]

Economy

since October 2009Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the average unemployment rate was 4.1%.[3]

Religion

From the 2000 censusTemplate:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., 34,670 people (about 52.3% of the population) are Roman Catholic, while 17,313 people (26.1%) belong to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, 1,946 people (2.93%) belong to the Orthodox Church, 1,617 people (2.44%) belong to another Christian church, and 15 people (0.02%) belong to the Christian Catholic faith. In addition, there are 4,195 people (6.32%) who are Islamic, 460 people (0.69%) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), and 17 people (0.03%) who are Jewish. 4,050 people (6.10%) do not belong to any church and are agnostic or atheist, and 2,067 individuals (about 3.12% of the population) did not answer the question.[2]

Municipalities

Coat of arms Municipality Population (Template:Swiss populations date)Template:Swiss populations ref Area
in km²
SFOS number
Degersheim Degersheim Template:Swiss populations 14.49 3401
Flawil Flawil Template:Swiss populations 11.51 3402
Jonschwil Jonschwil Template:Swiss populations 10.99 3405
Niederbüren Niederbüren Template:Swiss populations 15.92 3422
Niederhelfenschwil Niederhelfenschwil Template:Swiss populations 16.23 3423
Oberbüren Oberbüren Template:Swiss populations 17.71 3424
Oberuzwil Oberuzwil Template:Swiss populations 14.11 3407
Uzwil Uzwil Template:Swiss populations 14.49 3408
Wil Wil Template:Swiss populations 7.62 3425
Zuzwil Zuzwil Template:Swiss populations 8.96 3426
Total (10) Template:Swiss populations 145.29 1728

Mergers and name changes

The municipality of Bronschhofen merged into Wil on 1 January 2013.[4]

References

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