in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 1 households with five or more people. , a total of 47 apartments (92.2% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 2 apartments (3.9%) were seasonally occupied and 2 apartments (3.9%) were empty. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.89%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 37.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (21.5%), the FDP (14.4%) and the Green Party (10.4%). The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (35.9% in 2007 vs 37.4% in 2011). The SPS retained about the same popularity (19.6% in 2007), the FDP retained about the same popularity (16.8% in 2007) and the Green moved from below fourth place in 2007 to fourth. A total of 59 votes were cast in this election, of which 1 or 1.7% was invalid. Economy , Senèdes had an unemployment rate of 1.5%. , there were 6 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 40 people were employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 1 person was employed in the tertiary sector, with 1 business in this sector. There were 67 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.8% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 44. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, all in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 40, all in construction. In the tertiary sector there was one job, in the information industry. , there were 19 workers who commuted into the municipality and 51 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 2.7 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 4.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 80.6% used a private car. Religion From the , 101 or 92.7% were Roman Catholic, while 5 or 4.6% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there was 1 individual who belongs to the Christian Catholic