were 4,355 married individuals, 418 widows or widowers and 447 individuals who are divorced. , there were 3,644 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 1,089 households that consist of only one person and 291 households with five or more people. , a total of 3,548 apartments (91.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 222 apartments (5.7%) were seasonally occupied and 125 apartments (3.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 6.1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.76%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Heritage sites of national significance The Farm House De La Campagne De Chollet Au Guintzet, the Pont (bridge) de la Glâne (shared with Hauterive) and the bridge and chapel of Sainte-Apolline (also shared with Hauterive) are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 33.4% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (18.7%), the SVP (13.6%) and the FDP (11.2%). The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (32.8% in 2007 vs 33.4% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (23.4% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (14.4% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (13.3% in 2007). A total of 3,154 votes were cast in this election, of which 70 or 2.2% were invalid. Economy , Villars-sur-Glâne had an unemployment rate of 5.1%. , there were 15 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 2,130 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 69 businesses in this sector. 5,501 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 327 businesses in this sector. There were 4,764 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.1% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 6,559. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 8, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 2,029 of which 1,698 or (83.7%) were in manufacturing and 323 (15.9%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 4,522.