page_title: Amriswil
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Amriswil / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gemeindehaus Amriswil, Schweiz (Da Amriswil seit 2005 eine Stadt ist heißt das Haus Stadthaus)
context_page_description: Amriswil is a town and a municipality in Arbon District in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland near the Lake Constance.
  The official language of Amriswil is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.
context_section_description: Amriswil has a population (as of December 2018) of 13,538  As of 2008, 26.4% of the population are foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of 3.6%.  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German(83.2%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.5%) and Albanian being third ( 4.4%).
  As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.  The population was made up of 4,129 Swiss men (35.0% of the population), and 1,646 (14.0%) non-Swiss men.  There were 4,549 Swiss women (38.6%), and 1,464 (12.4%) non-Swiss women.
  In 2008 there were 80 live births to Swiss citizens and 39 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 99 deaths of Swiss citizens and 11 non-Swiss citizen deaths.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens decreased by 19 while the foreign population increased by 28.  There were 7 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 5 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 68 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 60 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 53 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 150 people.  This represents a population growth rate of 1.8%.
  The age distribution, as of 2009, in Amriswil is; 1,207 children or 10.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 1,540 teenagers or 12.9% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 1,816 people or 15.3% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  1,410 people or 11.9% are between 30 and 39, 1,851 people or 15.6% are between 40 and 49, and 1,585 people or 13.3% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 1,100 people or 9.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 804 people or 6.8% are between 70 and 79, there are 487 people or 4.1% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 94 people or 0.8% who are 90 and older.
  As of 2000, there were 4,604 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household.  In 2000 there were 1,128 single family homes (or 68.1% of the total) out of a total of 1,656 inhabited buildings.  There were 185 two family buildings (11.2%), 96 three family buildings (5.8%) and 247 multi-family buildings (or 14.9%).  There were 2,448 (or 21.6%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 6,119 (or 53.9%) who were part of a couple with children.  There were 645 (or 5.7%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 51 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 47 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 73 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 381 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
  The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008, was 2.07%.  As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 1.6 new units per 1000 residents.  In 2000 there were 5,127 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 1,508.  There were 234 single room apartments and 704 apartments with six or more rooms.
  In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.9% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the CVP (14.89%), the FDP (13.41%) and the SP (11.79%).  In the federal election, a total of 2,627 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 37.8%.
  The historical population is given in the following table:
  Only includes Reformed Church members.
caption: Municipal Administration Building
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