(0–19 years old) make up 30.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 62.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.3%. , there were 454 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 513 married individuals, 34 widows or widowers and 33 individuals who are divorced. , there were 354 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.9 persons per household. There were 61 households that consist of only one person and 41 households with five or more people. , a total of 342 apartments (94.5% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 13 apartments (3.6%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (1.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.75%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 26.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (22.1%), the SVP (19.7%) and the FDP (10.5%). The SPS improved their position in Épendes rising to first, from second in 2007 (with 25.6%) The CVP moved from first in 2007 (with 27.3%) to second in 2011, the SVP retained about the same popularity (20.7% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (11.3% in 2007). A total of 370 votes were cast in this election, of which 5 or 1.4% were invalid. Economy , Épendes had an unemployment rate of 1.5%. , there were 46 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 51 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 80 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 27 businesses in this sector. There were 520 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 42.1% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 142. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 35, of which 32 were in agriculture and 3 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 49 of which 44 or (89.8%) were in manufacturing and 5 (10.2%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 58. In