page_title: Höchstetten, Switzerland
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Höchstetten, Switzerland / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Höchstetten, canton of Bern, SwitzerlandEsperanto: Höchstetten, Kantono Berno, SvislandoDeutsch: Höchstetten, Kanton Bern, Schweiz
context_page_description: Höchstetten is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Höchstetten has a population (as of December 2018) of 275.  As of 2010, 3.1% of the population are resident foreign nationals.  Over the last 10 years (2000-2010) the population has changed at a rate of 1.6%.  Migration accounted for 4%, while births and deaths accounted for 2%.
  Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (250 or 98.0%) as their first language, while 2 people speak French and the rest speak other European languages.
  As of 2008, the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.  The population was made up of 122 Swiss men (47.8% of the population) and 3 (1.2%) non-Swiss men.  There were 125 Swiss women (49.0%) and 5 (2.0%) non-Swiss women.  Of the population in the municipality, 102 or about 40.0% were born in Höchstetten and lived there in 2000.  There were 101 or 39.6% who were born in the same canton, while 41 or 16.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 6 or 2.4% were born outside of Switzerland.
  As of 2010, children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 22% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 55.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 22.4%.
  As of 2000, there were 109 people who were single and never married in the municipality.  There were 119 married individuals, 15 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced.
  As of 2000, there were 17 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people.  In 2000, a total of 84 apartments (79.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 22 apartments (20.8%) were seasonally occupied.
  The historical population is given in the following chart:
caption: Farm houses in Höchstetten
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