Sonceboz-Sombeval and lived there in 2000. There were 586 or 35.2% who were born in the same canton, while 274 or 16.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 240 or 14.4% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 15.6%. , there were 652 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 847 married individuals, 83 widows or widowers and 84 individuals who are divorced. , there were 162 households that consist of only one person and 52 households with five or more people. , a total of 625 apartments (87.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 58 apartments (8.1%) were seasonally occupied and 35 apartments (4.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 2.8 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.53%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the Swiss People's Party (SVP) which received 30.5% of the vote. The next two most popular parties were the Social Democratic Party (SP) (19.9%), and the Green Party (9.5%) . In the federal election, a total of 380 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 32.4%. Economy , Sonceboz-Sombeval had an unemployment rate of 2.38%. , there were a total of 1,838 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 36 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 1,331 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 27 businesses in this sector. 471 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 48 businesses in this sector. There were 415 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 74.0% of the workforce. there were a total of 1,755 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 30, all in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,306 of which 1,269 or (97.2%) were in manufacturing and 34 (2.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 419. In the tertiary sector; 202 or 48.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles,