page_title: Magadino
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Magadino / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: A 'TILO' train near Magadino, Ticino, Switzerland Deutsch: Ein Zug der 'TILO SA' (S-Bahn Tessin) bei Magadino im Tessin, Schweiz.
context_page_description: Magadino is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
  On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.
context_section_description: As of December 2007, Magadino had a population of 1,604.  As of 2008, 21.2% of the population are resident foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years (1997-2007) the population has changed at a rate of 5.9%.
  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks Italian (82.0%), with German being second most common (11.3%) and French being third (1.5%).  Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 170 speak German, 23 people speak French, 1,229 people speak Italian.  The remainder (77 people) speak another language.
  As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.  The population was made up of 598 Swiss men (35.4% of the population), and 212 (12.6%) non-Swiss men.  There were 712 Swiss women (42.2%), and 166 (9.8%) non-Swiss women.
  In 2008 there were 14 live births to Swiss citizens and 6 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 11 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 3 while the foreign population increased by 5.  There were 3 Swiss women who immigrated back to Switzerland.  At the same time, there were 11 non-Swiss men and 13 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 13 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 25 people.  This represents a population growth rate of 2.4%.
  The age distribution, as of 2009, in Magadino is; 166 children or 9.8% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 189 teenagers or 11.2% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 162 people or 9.6% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  238 people or 14.1% are between 30 and 39, 316 people or 18.7% are between 40 and 49, and 222 people or 13.2% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 176 people or 10.4% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 134 people or 7.9% are between 70 and 79, there are 85 people or 5.0% who are over 80.
  As of 2000 the average number of residents per living room was 0.58 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.6 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 51.1% 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 677 private households in the village, and an average of 2.2 persons per household.  In 2000 there were 514 single family homes (or 73.2% of the total) out of a total of 702 inhabited buildings.  There were 99 two family buildings (14.1%) and 64 multi-family buildings (9.1%).  There were also 25 buildings in the village that were multipurpose buildings (used for both housing and commercial or another purpose).
  The vacancy rate for the village, in 2008, was 0.35%.  In 2000 there were 1,075 apartments in the village.  The most common apartment size was the 3 room apartment of which there were 336.  There were 44 single room apartments and 188 apartments with five or more rooms.  Of these apartments, a total of 671 apartments (62.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 377 apartments (35.1%) were seasonally occupied and 27 apartments (2.5%) were empty.  As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.9 new units per 1000 residents.
  The historical population is given in the following table:
caption: Train line near Magadino
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