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Switzerland demographic data

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The household and population data in MapPoint was provided by Claritas Inc.

Categories and notes

Population

The total number of persons inhabiting a geographic area

Population by occupation

Data is grouped into the following categories:

Employee or labourer

Superior

Manager

Self-employed

Apprentice/Trainee

Retired

Unemployed

Note  Population figures are based on the entire population. Occupation figures reflect those people old enough to be legally employed but excludes non-occupational categories.

Marital status

Persons classified by marital status:

Single

Married

Divorced

Widowed

Total households

Total households in a geographic area. A household includes all people sharing living quarters.

Household composition

Households by number of people

Households with children under 18 years old

Households without children under 18 years old

Population over 18 years old

The figures show the total number of males and females over 18 years old.

Age of head of household

Counts of households by age of household head:

Under 25 years

25–34 years

35–44 years

45–54 years

55–64 years

65 years or older