there were 182 private households in the municipality, and an average of 3. persons per household. There were 26 households that consist of only one person and 27 households with five or more people. , a total of 179 apartments (92.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 7 apartments (3.6%) were seasonally occupied and 7 apartments (3.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.6 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.11%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 32.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (27.7%), the CVP (14.7%) and the FDP (10.2%). The SPS improved their position in Chénens rising to first, from second in 2007 (with 23.2%) The SVP moved from first in 2007 (with 24.0%) to second in 2011, the CVP lost popularity (20.0% in 2007) and the FDP lost popularity (18.4% in 2007). A total of 168 votes were cast in this election, of which 3 or 1.8% were invalid. Economy , Chénens had an unemployment rate of 2.1%. , there were 20 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 7 businesses involved in this sector. 32 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 66 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 20 businesses in this sector. There were 283 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 92. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 14, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 28 of which 22 or (78.6%) were in manufacturing and 6 (21.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 50. In the tertiary sector; 29 or 58.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 4.0% were in the movement and storage of goods, 12 or 24.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 3 or 6.0% were in education. , there were 36 workers who commuted into the municipality and 226 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about