97 married individuals, 9 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced. , there were 155 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 16 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 73 households that answered this question, 21.9% were households made up of just one person and there were 2 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 24 married couples without children, 25 married couples with children There were 4 single parents with a child or children. There was 1 household that was made up of unrelated people and 1 household that was made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing. there were 34 single family homes (or 53.1% of the total) out of a total of 64 inhabited buildings. There were 10 multi-family buildings (15.6%), along with 17 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (26.6%) and 3 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (4.7%). , a total of 72 apartments (86.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (8.4%) were seasonally occupied and 4 apartments (4.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 0 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 4.37%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Sights The entire village of Villarzel is designated as part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Politics In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.48% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (20.72%), the SP (15.43%) and the Green Party (14.04%). In the federal election, a total of 142 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 50.0%. Economy , Villarzel had an unemployment rate of 1.5%. , there were 51 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 17 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 4 businesses in this sector. 23 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 8 businesses in this sector. There were 86 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