individuals who are divorced. , there were 66 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 12 households that consist of only one person and 10 households with five or more people. , a total of 64 apartments (85.3% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 3 apartments (4.0%) were seasonally occupied and 8 apartments (10.7%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 8.3 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.08%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 41.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (19.9%), the FDP (11.2%) and the CVP (9.8%). The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (37.4% in 2007 vs 41.7% in 2011). The SPS moved from fourth in 2007 (with 9.4%) to second in 2011, the FDP lost popularity (19.0% in 2007) and the CVP moved from second in 2007 (with 24.6%) to fourth. A total of 86 votes were cast in this election. Economy , Ferpicloz had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 5 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 3 businesses involved in this sector. 30 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 6 businesses in this sector. 33 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 10 businesses in this sector. There were 98 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.9% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 45. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 3, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 23 of which 21 or (91.3%) were in manufacturing and 2 (8.7%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 19. In the tertiary sector; 8 or 42.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 1 was in the movement and storage of goods, 6 or 31.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was the insurance or financial industry, 3 or 15.8% were technical professionals or scientists, . , there were 22 workers who commuted