people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 304 married individuals, 19 widows or widowers and 6 individuals who are divorced. , there were 211 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 46 households that consist of only one person and 17 households with five or more people. , a total of 207 apartments (86.6% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 29 apartments (12.1%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (1.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.7 new units per 1000 residents. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the FDP which received 23.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (22.7%), the SPS (20.3%) and the Green Liberal Party (10.4%). The FDP improved their position in Meyriez rising to first, from second in 2007 (with 24.9%) The SVP moved from first in 2007 (with 25.3%) to second in 2011, the SPS retained about the same popularity (21.5% in 2007) and the Grünliberale moved from below fourth place in 2007 to fourth. A total of 271 votes were cast in this election, of which 15 or 5.5% were invalid. Economy , Meyriez had an unemployment rate of 0.3%. , there were people employed in the primary economic sector and about businesses involved in this sector. No one was employed in the secondary sector. 269 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 18 businesses in this sector. There were 266 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.7% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 218. There were no jobs in the primary or secondary sectors. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 218. In the tertiary sector; 8 or 3.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 68 or 31.2% were in a hotel or restaurant, 2 or 0.9% were in the information industry, 9 or 4.1% were technical professionals or scientists, and 126 or 57.8% were in health care. , there were 209 workers who commuted into the municipality and 225 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every