with about 4.8 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 7.1% used public transportation to get to work, and 72.1% used a private car. Religion From the , 389 or 42.4% were Roman Catholic, while 352 or 38.4% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 6 members of an Orthodox church (or about 0.65% of the population), there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 28 individuals (or about 3.05% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 5 (or about 0.55% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 3 individuals who were Buddhist. 118 (or about 12.87% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 29 individuals (or about 3.16% of the population) did not answer the question. Education In Bottens about 383 or (41.8%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 115 or (12.5%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 115 who completed tertiary schooling, 63.5% were Swiss men, 29.6% were Swiss women and 4.3% were non-Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 151 students in the Bottens school district. In the Vaud cantonal school system, two years of non-obligatory pre-school are provided by the political districts. During the school year, the political district provided pre-school care for a total of 296 children of which 96 children (32.4%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There were 73 students in the municipal primary school program. The obligatory lower secondary school program lasts for six years and there were 76 students in those schools. There were also 2 students who were home schooled or attended another non-traditional school. , there were 17 students in Bottens who came from another municipality, while 102 residents attended schools outside the municipality. References Municipalities of the canton of Vaud