were 163 married individuals, 20 widows or widowers and 12 individuals who are divorced. , there were 113 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 24 households that consist of only one person and 13 households with five or more people. , a total of 112 apartments (91.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 10 apartments (8.1%) were seasonally occupied and one apartment was empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 9.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.75%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (27.2%), the CVP (14.2%) and the FDP (10.9%). The SVP lost about 5.4% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election (35.2% in 2007 vs 29.8% in 2011). The SPS gained popularity (21.7% in 2007), the CVP lost popularity (20.1% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (9.8% in 2007). A total of 156 votes were cast in this election, of which 3 or 1.9% were invalid. Economy , Wallenried had an unemployment rate of 1.8%. , there were 35 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 5 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 31 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 4 businesses in this sector. There were 168 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.3% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 52. 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 4, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 22. In the tertiary sector; 1 was in the sale or repair of motor vehicles and 2 or 9.1% were technical professionals or scientists. , there were 21 workers who commuted into the municipality and 129 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 6.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population,