page_title: Diepoldsau
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Diepoldsau / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zollamt Schmitterbrücke, Grenzübertritt Lustenau in die Schweiz Diepoldsau
context_page_description: Diepoldsau is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Rheintal in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
context_section_description: Diepoldsau has a population (as of 31 December 2018) of 6,471. As of 2007, about 20.1% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Of the foreign population, (as of 2000), 48 are from Germany, 172 are from Italy, 432 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 147 are from Austria, 40 are from Turkey, and 82 are from another country. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 21.7%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (91.1%), with Albanian being second most common ( 3.1%) and Italian being third ( 2.1%). Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000), 4,586 speak German, 12 people speak French, 106 people speak Italian, and 2 people speak Romansh.
  The age distribution, as of 2000, in Diepoldsau is; 719 children or 14.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 718 teenagers or 14.3% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 674 people or 13.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 873 people or 17.3% are between 30 and 39, 711 people or 14.1% are between 40 and 49, and 570 people or 11.3% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 344 people or 6.8% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 270 people or 5.4% are between 70 and 79, there are 138 people or 2.7% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 17 people or 0.3% who are between 90 and 99.
  In 2000 there were 435 persons (or 8.6% of the population) who were living alone in a private dwelling. There were 966 (or 19.2%) persons who were part of a couple (married or otherwise committed) without children, and 3,225 (or 64.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 252 (or 5.0%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 29 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 35 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 28 who lived household made up of unrelated persons, and 64 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 41.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (28.8%), the FDP (12%) and the SP (7.8%).
  The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Diepoldsau about 69.1% 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 Diepoldsau, as of 2000, the highest education level completed by 1,113 people (22.1% of the population) was Primary, while 1,859 (36.9%) have completed Secondary, 440 (8.7%) have attended a Tertiary school, and 230 (4.6%) are not in school. The remainder did not answer this question.
  The historical population is given in the following table:
  Including Widnau
  Not including Widnau
caption: Customs station on Austrian border in the village of Schmitter
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