page_title: Eschenbach, St. Gallen
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Eschenbach, St. Gallen / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Eschenbach, canton of St. Gallen, SwitzerlandEsperanto: Eschenbach, Kantono Sankt-Galo, SvislandoDeutsch: Eschenbach, Kanton St. Gallen, Schweiz
context_page_description: Eschenbach is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Goldingen and St. Gallenkappel merged into the municipality of Eschenbach.
context_section_description: Eschenbach has a population (as of 31 December 2018) of 9,605.  As of 2007, about 16.8% of the population was made up of foreign nationals.  Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 75 are from Germany, 186 are from Italy, 417 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 17 are from Austria, 110 are from Turkey,  and 104 are from another country.  Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 10.4%.  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (88.8%), with Albanian being second most common (2.7%) and Italian being third (2.3%).  Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 4,515 speak German, 21 people speak French, 118 people speak Italian, and 8 people speak Romansh.
  The age distribution, as of 2000, in Eschenbach is; 739 children or 14.5% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 764 teenagers or 15.0% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 614 people or 12.1% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  844 people or 16.6% are between 30 and 39, 763 people or 15.0% are between 40 and 49, and 555 people or 10.9% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 419 people or 8.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 246 people or 4.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 119 people or 2.3% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 20 people or 0.4% who are between 90 and 99.
  In 2000 there were 449 persons (or 8.8% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling.  There were 943 (or 18.6%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 3,277 (or 64.5%) who were part of a couple with children.  There were 207 (or 4.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 39 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 36 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 31 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 101 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
  In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 42.9% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the CVP (26%), the FDP (9.5%) and the SP (9%).
  In Eschenbach about 67.5% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).  Out of the total population in Eschenbach, as of 2000, the highest education level completed by 1,131 people (22.3% of the population) was Primary, while 1,750 (34.4%) have completed Secondary, 451 (8.9%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 231 (4.5%) are not in school.  The remainder did not answer this question.
caption: Eschenbach village
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