same canton, while 253 or 36.4% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 73 or 10.5% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.5% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 12.4%. , there were 291 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 336 married individuals, 38 widows or widowers and 30 individuals who are divorced. , there were 310 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 59 households that consist of only one person and 14 households with five or more people. , a total of 252 apartments (93.0% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (2.2%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (4.8%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.51%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 30.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the FDP (27.1%), the SPS (10.2%) and the CVP (7.8%). The SVP lost about 11.9% of the vote when compared to the 2007 Federal election (42.3% in 2007 vs 30.4% in 2011). The FDP retained about the same popularity (31.5% in 2007), the SPS retained about the same popularity (8.3% in 2007) and the CVP retained about the same popularity (7.5% in 2007). A total of 367 votes were cast in this election, of which 2 or 0.5% were invalid. Economy , Ried bei Kerzers had an unemployment rate of 0.7%. , there were 216 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 38 businesses involved in this sector. 127 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 14 businesses in this sector. 175 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 26 businesses in this sector. There were 411 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.4% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 439. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 181, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 121 of which 45