page_title: Zollikofen
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Zollikofen / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Weiler Bühlikofen, Zollikofen. Sicht vom Betagtenheim
context_page_description: Zollikofen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
  It is a suburb of the capital of Bern.
  It is home to the Swiss College of Agriculture.
context_section_description: Zollikofen has a population (as of December 2018) of 10,306. As of 2010, 18.4% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 6.1%. Migration accounted for 5.6%, while births and deaths accounted for 2.1%.
  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (8,173 or 86.6%) as their first language, Italian is the second most common (266 or 2.8%) and French is the third (230 or 2.4%). There are 13 people who speak Romansh.
  As of 2008, the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 3,820 Swiss men (38.9% of the population) and 956 (9.7%) non-Swiss men. There were 4,203 Swiss women (42.8%) and 852 (8.7%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 1,646 or about 17.4% were born in Zollikofen and lived there in 2000. There were 3,892 or 41.2% who were born in the same canton, while 1,909 or 20.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,567 or 16.6% were born outside of Switzerland.
  As of 2010, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 19.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 60.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 20.5%.
  As of 2000, there were 3,784 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 4,558 married individuals, 561 widows or widowers and 534 individuals who are divorced.
  As of 2000, there were 1,501 households that consist of only one person and 162 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 4,066 apartments (93.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 194 apartments (4.4%) were seasonally occupied and 106 apartments (2.4%) were empty. As of 2010, the construction rate of new housing units was 0.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2011, was 1.25%.
  The historical population is given in the following chart:
caption: Bühlikofen village
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