canton, while 281 or 13.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 381 or 18.7% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.7% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.2%. , there were 941 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 933 married individuals, 64 widows or widowers and 104 individuals who are divorced. , there were 859 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.4 persons per household. There were 280 households that consist of only one person and 57 households with five or more people. , a total of 835 apartments (91.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 63 apartments (6.9%) were seasonally occupied and 13 apartments (1.4%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 20.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.72%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Heritage sites of national significance The Viaduc De Grandfey (Grandfey Bridge), which is shared with Düdingen, is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 30.6% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (21.1%), the SVP (20.7%) and the FDP (8.0%). The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (31.1% in 2007 vs 30.6% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (23.2% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (18.6% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (10.6% in 2007). A total of 533 votes were cast in this election, of which 10 or 1.9% were invalid. Economy , Granges-Paccot had an unemployment rate of 4.6%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 432 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 30 businesses in this sector. 2,474 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 159 businesses in this sector. There were 1,176 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 2,438. The number of