in the municipality. There were 582 married individuals, 64 widows or widowers and 51 individuals who are divorced. , there were 448 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. There were 98 households that consist of only one person and 48 households with five or more people. , a total of 432 apartments (89.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 37 apartments (7.6%) were seasonally occupied and 16 apartments (3.3%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 11.1 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.34%. The historical population is given in the following chart: Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the CVP which received 29.7% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (26.6%), the SPS (19.3%) and the FDP (6.4%). The CVP improved their position in Misery-Courtion rising to first, from third in 2007 (with 23.2%) The SVP retained about the same popularity (24.8% in 2007), the SPS moved from first in 2007 (with 27.3%) to third and the FDP retained about the same popularity (7.9% in 2007). A total of 411 votes were cast in this election, of which 9 or 2.2% were invalid. Economy , Misery-Courtion had an unemployment rate of 2.3%. , there were 117 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 40 businesses involved in this sector. 61 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 8 businesses in this sector. 140 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 25 businesses in this sector. There were 620 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 41.5% of the workforce. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 255. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 89, of which 76 were in agriculture and 13 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 56 of which 25 or (44.6%) were in manufacturing and 31 (55.4%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 110. In the tertiary sector; 16 or 14.5% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 2 or 1.8% were in the movement and storage of goods, 14 or 12.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 4