in the municipality. There were 171 married individuals, 36 widows or widowers and 9 individuals who are divorced. , there were 129 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.6 persons per household. There were 25 households that consist of only one person and 11 households with five or more people. , a total of 128 apartments (93.4% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 6 apartments (4.4%) were seasonally occupied and 3 apartments (2.2%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 14.7 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.6%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (13.0%), the CVP (10.4%) and the FDP (10.1%). The SVP received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (40.6% in 2007 vs 40.2% in 2011). The SPS moved from third in 2007 (with 16.8%) to second in 2011, the CVP moved from fourth in 2007 (with 8.1%) to third and the FDP moved from second in 2007 (with 17.8%) to fourth. A total of 153 votes were cast in this election, of which 4 or 2.6% were invalid. Economy , Ulmiz had an unemployment rate of 0.8%. , there were 38 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 12 businesses involved in this sector. 1 person was employed in the secondary sector and there was 1 business in this sector. 97 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 17 businesses in this sector. There were 181 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 44.2% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 93. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 25, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1, all of which were in manufacturing. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 67. In the tertiary sector; 29 or 43.3% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 20.9% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 1 was in education and 18 or 26.9% were