there were 738 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 803 married individuals, 56 widows or widowers and 69 individuals who are divorced. , there were 594 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.8 persons per household. There were 129 households that consist of only one person and 68 households with five or more people. , a total of 578 apartments (93.8% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 16 apartments (2.6%) were seasonally occupied and 22 apartments (3.6%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 4.2 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 1.36%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 36.8% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (17.6%), the SVP (16.2%) and the FDP (8.6%). The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (34.4% in 2007 vs 36.8% in 2011). The CVP retained about the same popularity (21.2% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (16.8% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (13.0% in 2007). A total of 699 votes were cast in this election, of which 12 or 1.7% were invalid. Economy , Neyruz had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. , there were 27 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 8 businesses involved in this sector. 72 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 13 businesses in this sector. 150 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 32 businesses in this sector. There were 860 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 43.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 196. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 21, of which 11 were in agriculture and 10 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 67 of which 14 or (20.9%) were in manufacturing and 53 (79.1%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 108. In the tertiary sector; 29 or 26.9% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 5 or 4.6%