page_title: Steckborn
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Steckborn / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Steckborn: Seestrasse mit dem Haus "zum Schwanen" This is an image of a cultural property of national significance in Switzerland with KGS number 13798 English: Seestrasse (Lake road) with former Swan Inn
context_page_description: Steckborn is a municipality in Frauenfeld District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
  It is located on the south-western arm of Lake Constance known in German as the Untersee.
context_section_description: Steckborn has a population (as of December 2018) of 3,753  As of 2008, 22.3% of the population are foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has remained the same.  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (87.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.6%) and Albanian being third ( 1.9%).
  As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.  The population was made up of 1,292 Swiss men (37.5% of the population), and 441 (12.8%) non-Swiss men.  There were 1,382 Swiss women (40.2%), and 327 (9.5%) non-Swiss women.  In 2008 there were 23 live births to Swiss citizens and 6 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 42 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 19 while the foreign population increased by 5.  There were 3 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 7 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 50 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 16 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 2 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 51 people.  This represents a population growth rate of 1.6%.
  The age distribution, as of 2009, in Steckborn is; 306 children or 8.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 411 teenagers or 11.9% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 390 people or 11.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  334 people or 9.7% are between 30 and 39, 612 people or 17.7% are between 40 and 49, and 532 people or 15.4% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 407 people or 11.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 265 people or 7.7% are between 70 and 79, there are 181 people or 5.2% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 23 people or 0.7% who are 90 and older.
    
  As of 2000, there were 1,402 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.  In 2000 there were 513 single family homes (or 73.6% of the total) out of a total of 697 inhabited buildings.  There were 64 two family buildings (9.2%), 35 three family buildings (5.0%) and 85 multi-family buildings (or 12.2%).  There were 811 (or 24.4%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 1,630 (or 49.1%) who were part of a couple with children.  There were 179 (or 5.4%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 34 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 6 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 30 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 130 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.  The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008, was 1.22%.  As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 3.8 new units per 1000 residents.
  In 2000 there were 1,698 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 508.  There were 79 single room apartments and 223 apartments with six or more rooms.  As of 2000 the average price to rent an average apartment in Steckborn was 926.39 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$740, £420, €590 approx. exchange rate from 2000).  The average rate for a one-room apartment was 460.64 CHF (US$370, £210, €290), a two-room apartment was about 669.76 CHF (US$540, £300, €430), a three-room apartment was about 824.12 CHF (US$660, £370, €530) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1750.34 CHF (US$1400, £790, €1120).  The average apartment price in Steckborn was 83.0% of the national average of 1116 CHF.
  In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.5% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the SP (17.1%), the FDP (16.6%) and the CVP (12.11%).  In the federal election, a total of 992 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 
caption: Steckborn - Seestrasse (Lake road) with former Swan Inn
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