apartments and 15 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 25 apartments (96.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 1 apartment (3.8%) was seasonally occupied. , 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 42.74% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (26.5%), the Green Party (11.54%) and the EDU Party (7.69%). In the federal election, a total of 13 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 31.0%. Economy , Cerniaz had an unemployment rate of 0%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 5 businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector or tertiary sector. There were 22 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 22.7% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 5, all of which were in agriculture. , there were 14 workers who commuted away from the municipality. Of the working population, 4.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 59.1% used a private car. Religion From the , 13 or 20.6% were Roman Catholic, while 40 or 63.5% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to another Christian church. 9 (or about 14.29% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist. Education In Cerniaz about 19 or (30.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 4 or (6.3%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule). Of the 4 who completed tertiary schooling, 75.0% were Swiss men, 25.0% were Swiss women. In the 2009/2010 school year there were a total of 3 students in the Cerniaz (VD) 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 155 children of which 83 children (53.5%) received subsidized pre-school care. The canton's primary school program requires students to attend for four years. There was 1 student in the municipal primary