of 131 inhabited buildings. There were 27 multi-family buildings (20.6%), along with 26 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (19.8%) and 4 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (3.1%). Of the single family homes 17 were built before 1919, while 11 were built between 1990 and 2000. The most multi-family homes (10) were built before 1919 and the next most (7) were built between 1981 and 1990. There was 1 multi-family house built between 1996 and 2000. there were 211 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 4 rooms of which there were 56. There were 11 single room apartments and 81 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 189 apartments (89.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 18 apartments (8.5%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (1.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.36%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 35.73% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (15.39%), the FDP (14.32%) and the Green Party (13.39%). In the federal election, a total of 177 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 42.3%. Religion From the , 186 or 35.2% were Roman Catholic, while 265 or 50.2% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 member of an Orthodox church, and there were 21 individuals (or about 3.98% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There was 1 individual who was Islamic. 48 (or about 9.09% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 16 individuals (or about 3.03% of the population) did not answer the question. Economy , Poliez-le-Grand had an unemployment rate of 2.5%. , there were 29 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 14 businesses involved in this sector. 83 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 19 businesses in this sector. 45 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector. There were 288 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.8% of the workforce.