five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 235 apartments (88.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 22 apartments (8.3%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (3.0%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 19.9 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 33.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (20.53%), the FDP (15.94%) and the SP (10.79%). In the federal election, a total of 248 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 45.8%. Economy , Villars-le-Terroir had an unemployment rate of 2.2%. , there were 69 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 29 businesses involved in this sector. 19 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 3 businesses in this sector. 43 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector. There were 329 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.2% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 93. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 43, of which 42 were in agriculture and were in fishing or fisheries. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 18, all of which were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 32. In the tertiary sector; 5 or 15.6% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 3 or 9.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 18.8% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 5 or 15.6% were technical professionals or scientists, 7 or 21.9% were in education. , there were 34 workers who commuted into the municipality and 239 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 7.0 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 6.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 69% used a private car. Religion From the , 409 or 64.2% were Roman Catholic, while 139 or 21.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox