family homes (or 54.7% of the total) out of a total of 150 inhabited buildings. There were 30 multi-family buildings (20.0%), along with 32 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (21.3%) and 6 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.0%). Of the single family homes 10 were built before 1919, while 30 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (20) were built between 1981 and 1990. The most multi-family homes (16) were built before 1919 and the next most (4) were built between 1981 and 1990. There were 2 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000. there were 232 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 69. There were 6 single room apartments and 95 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 219 apartments (94.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 4 apartments (1.7%) were seasonally occupied and 9 apartments (3.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 34.14% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (15.48%), the FDP (15.01%) and the SP (14.35%). In the federal election, a total of 244 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.6%. Economy , Goumoens-la-Ville had an unemployment rate of 2.4%. , there were 35 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 54 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 7 businesses in this sector. 123 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector. There were 322 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 40.7% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 175. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 26, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 48 of which 40 or (83.3%) were in manufacturing and 8 (16.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 101. In the tertiary