Mies - Demographics

Demographics

Mies has a population (as of December 2011) of 1,880. As of 2008, 40.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 18.9%. It has changed at a rate of 17.8% due to migration and at a rate of 1.2% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (1,095 or 73.0%), with English being second most common (152 or 10.1%) and German being third (98 or 6.5%). There are 42 people who speak Italian and 1 person who speaks Romansh.

The age distribution, as of 2009, in Mies is; 186 children or 11.7% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 240 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 150 people or 9.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 178 people or 11.2% are between 30 and 39, 280 people or 17.6% are between 40 and 49, and 218 people or 13.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 173 people or 10.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 93 people or 5.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 57 people or 3.6% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 14 people or 0.9% who are 90 and older.

As of 2000, there were 633 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 699 married individuals, 84 widows or widowers and 83 individuals who are divorced.

As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.53 which is less people per room than the cantonal average of 0.61 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 60.1% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage or a rent-to-own agreement).

As of 2000, there were 528 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 150 households that consist of only one person and 52 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 542 households that answered this question, 27.7% were households made up of just one person and there were 6 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 127 married couples without children, 201 married couples with children There were 34 single parents with a child or children. There were 10 households that were made up of unrelated people and 14 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

In 2000 there were 320 single family homes (or 78.2% of the total) out of a total of 409 inhabited buildings. There were 50 multi-family buildings (12.2%), along with 29 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (7.1%) and 10 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.4%).

In 2000, a total of 509 apartments (83.9% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 64 apartments (10.5%) were seasonally occupied and 34 apartments (5.6%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 4.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 0%.

The historical population is given in the following chart: