page_title: Canton of Obwalden
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Canton of Obwalden / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sarnersee mit Blick nach Sarnen
context_page_description: The canton of Obwalden, also canton of Obwald is a canton of Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Switzerland. Its capital is Sarnen. The canton contains the geographical centre of Switzerland.
context_section_description: Obwalden has a population (as of December 2018) of 37,841. As of 2010, 12.9% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 8.7%. Migration accounted for 5.7%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.5%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (29,920 or 92.3%) as their first language, Albanian is the second most common (452 or 1.4%) and Serbo-Croatian is the third (399 or 1.2%). There are 144 people who speak French, 329 people who speak Italian and 32 people who speak Romansh.
  Of the population in the canton, 14,867 or about 45.8% were born in Obwalden and lived there in 2000. There were 4,374 or 13.5% who were born in the same canton, while 8,228 or 25.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,000 or 12.3% were born outside of Switzerland.
  As of 2000, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 26.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.1%.
  As of 2000, there were 15,026 people who were single or never married in the canton. There were 14,674 married individuals, 1,691 widows or widowers and 1,036 individuals who are divorced.
  As of 2000, there were 12,445 private households in the canton, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 3,835 households that consist of only one person and 1,349 households with five or more people. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 8.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the canton, in 2010, was 0.8%.
caption: Sarnen town on Lake Sarnen
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