page_title: Winznau
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Winznau / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Winznau, canton of Solothurn, Switzerland Esperanto: Winznau, Kantono Soloturno, Svislando Deutsch: Winznau, Kanton Solothurn, Schweiz
context_page_description: Winznau is a municipality in the district of Gösgen in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Winznau has a population (as of December 2018) of 1,919. As of 2008, 11.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009) the population has changed at a rate of -4.3%.
  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (1,594 or 93.8%), with Albanian being second most common (27 or 1.6%) and Italian being third (25 or 1.5%). There are 10 people who speak French and 1 person who speaks Romansh.
  As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 50.0% male and 50.0% female. The population was made up of 708 Swiss men (42.3% of the population) and 128 (7.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 742 Swiss women (44.4%) and 95 (5.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 473 or about 27.8% were born in Winznau and lived there in 2000. There were 506 or 29.8% who were born in the same canton, while 466 or 27.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 201 or 11.8% were born outside of Switzerland.
  In 2008 there were 7 live births to Swiss citizens and 4 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 15 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 8 while the foreign population increased by 4. There were 3 Swiss men and 4 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland. At the same time, there were 7 non-Swiss men and 4 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 4 and the non-Swiss population increased by 18 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.4%.
  The age distribution, as of 2000, in Winznau is; 140 children or 8.2% of the population are between 0 and 6 years old and 247 teenagers or 14.5% are between 7 and 19. Of the adult population, 101 people or 5.9% of the population are between 20 and 24 years old. 504 people or 29.6% are between 25 and 44, and 461 people or 27.1% are between 45 and 64. The senior population distribution is 195 people or 11.5% of the population are between 65 and 79 years old and there are 52 people or 3.1% who are over 80.
  As of 2000, there were 680 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 847 married individuals, 88 widows or widowers and 85 individuals who are divorced.
  As of 2000, there were 714 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 213 households that consist of only one person and 44 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 723 households that answered this question, 29.5% were households made up of just one person and there were 8 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 225 married couples without children, 230 married couples with children There were 30 single parents with a child or children. There were 8 households that were made up of unrelated people and 9 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.
  In 2000 there were 341 single family homes (or 75.9% of the total) out of a total of 449 inhabited buildings. There were 70 multi-family buildings (15.6%), along with 25 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (5.6%) and 13 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (2.9%). Of the single family homes 21 were built before 1919, while 33 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (87) were built between 1981 and 1990.
  In 2000 there were 763 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 205. There were 8 single room apartments and 302 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 694 apartments (91.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 17 apartments (2.2%) were seasonally occupied and 52 apartments (6.8%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2010, was 1.5
caption: Winznau
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