16 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (8.4%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.2%). Of the single family homes 22 were built before 1919, while 23 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (37) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (8) were built before 1919 and the next most (5) were built between 1971 and 1980. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000. there were 240 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 76. There were 8 single room apartments and 72 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 192 apartments (80.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 39 apartments (16.3%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (3.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.74%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.21% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (20.41%), the Green Party (17.08%) and the FDP (11.57%). In the federal election, a total of 191 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 51.1%. Economy , Villars-Burquin had an unemployment rate of 5.3%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. 30 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 49 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 9 businesses in this sector. There were 229 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 80. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 13, of which 6 were in agriculture and 7 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 26, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 41. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 7.3% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in