Grabs - Demographics

Demographics

Grabs has a population (as of 31 December 2011) of 6,871. As of 2007, about 16.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 132 are from Germany, 77 are from Italy, 365 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 112 are from Austria, 56 are from Turkey, and 135 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 5.2%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (93.0%), with Albanian being second most common ( 1.7%) and Serbo-Croatian being third ( 1.7%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 5,854 speak German, 17 people speak French, 58 people speak Italian, and 13 people speak Romansh.

The age distribution, as of 2000, in Grabs is; 777 children or 12.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 914 teenagers or 14.5% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 639 people or 10.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 1,038 people or 16.5% are between 30 and 39, 999 people or 15.9% are between 40 and 49, and 798 people or 12.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 486 people or 7.7% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 372 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 216 people or 3.4% who are between 80 and 89,and there are 56 people or 0.9% who are between 90 and 99, and 2 people or 0.0% who are 100 or more.

In 2000 there were 671 persons (or 10.7% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 1,282 (or 20.4%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 3,607 (or 57.3%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 355 (or 5.6%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 48 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 31 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 52 who lived household made up of unrelated persons,and 251 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 32.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (19.9%), the FDP (19.5%) and the CVP (9.6%).

The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Grabs about 70.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Out of the total population in Grabs, as of 2000, the highest education level completed by 1,424 people (22.6% of the population) was Primary, while 2,206 (35.0%) have completed Secondary, 701 (11.1%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 290 (4.6%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.

The historical population is given in the following table: