page_title: Rickenbach, Thurgau
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Rickenbach, Thurgau / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Rickenbach, canton Thurgau, Switzerland Esperanto: Rickenbach, Kantono Turgovio, Svislando Deutsch: Rickenbach, Kanton Thurgau, Schweiz
context_page_description: Rickenbach is a municipality in the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Rickenbach has a population (as of December 2018) of 2,774  As of 2008, 31.4% of the population are foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of  %.  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German(80.3%), with Albanian being second most common ( 6.2%) and Italian being third ( 5.7%).
  As of 2008, the gender distribution of the population was 51.5% male and 48.5% female.  The population was made up of 834 Swiss men (33.3% of the population), and 456 (18.2%) non-Swiss men.  There were 882 Swiss women (35.2%), and 331 (13.2%) non-Swiss women.
  In 2008 there were 18 live births to Swiss citizens and 9 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 17 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death.  Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 1 while the foreign population increased by 8.  There were 6 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 1 Swiss woman who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 9 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 6 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country.  The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 21 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 20 people.  This represents a population growth rate of 1.7%.
  The age distribution, as of 2009, in Rickenbach is; 237 children or 9.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 269 teenagers or 10.7% are between 10 and 19.  Of the adult population, 402 people or 16.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old.  371 people or 14.8% are between 30 and 39, 412 people or 16.4% are between 40 and 49, and 336 people or 13.4% are between 50 and 59.  The senior population distribution is 250 people or 10.0% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 158 people or 6.3% are between 70 and 79, there are 68 people or 2.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 7 people or 0.3% who are 90 and older.
  As of 2000, there were 1,032 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household.  In 2000 there were 134 single family homes (or 55.6% of the total) out of a total of 241 inhabited buildings.  There were 20 two family buildings (8.3%), 11 three family buildings (4.6%) and 76 multi-family buildings (or 31.5%).  There were 579 (or 23.9%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 1,322 (or 54.5%) who were part of a couple with children.  There were 124 (or 5.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 6 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 2 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 26 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 23 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
  The vacancy rate for the municipality, in 2008, was 1.14%.  As of 2007, the construction rate of new housing units was 16.7 new units per 1000 residents.  In 2000 there were 1,155 apartments in the municipality.  The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 388.  There were 48 single room apartments and 105 apartments with six or more rooms.
  In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.19% of the vote.  The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.63%), the FDP (13.01%) and the SP (8.61%).  In the federal election, a total of 560 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 39.0%.
  The historical population is given in the following table:
caption: Rickenbach
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