people who speak Romansh. , the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. The population was made up of 2,783 Swiss men (36.3% of the population) and 960 (12.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 3,086 Swiss women (40.2%) and 846 (11.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 1,647 or about 22.9% were born in Marly and lived there in 2000. There were 2,641 or 36.8% who were born in the same canton, while 1,298 or 18.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 1,398 or 19.5% were born outside of Switzerland. , children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.1% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 64.4% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 10.5%. , there were 3,133 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 3,402 married individuals, 293 widows or widowers and 356 individuals who are divorced. , there were 2,801 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.5 persons per household. There were 808 households that consist of only one person and 219 households with five or more people. , a total of 2,747 apartments (90.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 203 apartments (6.7%) were seasonally occupied and 75 apartments (2.5%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 1.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.3%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 33.1% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (19.1%), the CVP (17.6%) and the FDP (8.9%). The SPS improved their position in Marly rising to first, from second in 2007 (with 26.6%) The SVP moved from third in 2007 (with 18.8%) to second in 2011, the CVP moved from first in 2007 (with 27.0%) to third and the FDP retained about the same popularity (9.6% in 2007). A total of 2,329 votes were cast in this election, of which 30 or 1.3% were invalid. Economy , Marly had an unemployment rate of 4%. , there were 24 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 727 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 47 businesses in this sector. 1,429 people were employed in the tertiary