the construction rate of new housing units was 13.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.47%. Heritage sites of national significance The Cistercian Abbey of Hauterive, the Chapel votive du Sacré-Coeur, the Châtillon-sur-Glâne, the Pont (bridge) de la Glâne (shared with Villars-sur-Glâne) and the bridge and chapel of Sainte-Apolline (shared with Villars-sur-Glâne) are listed as Swiss heritage site of national significance. The entire Hauterive area is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites. Politics In the 2011 federal election the most popular party was the SPS which received 32.9% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP (20.6%), the SVP (18.6%) and the FDP (9.4%). The SPS received about the same percentage of the vote as they did in the 2007 Federal election (29.2% in 2007 vs 32.9% in 2011). The CVP lost popularity (26.0% in 2007), the SVP retained about the same popularity (19.7% in 2007) and the FDP retained about the same popularity (8.9% in 2007). A total of 694 votes were cast in this election, of which 10 or 1.4% were invalid. Economy , Hauterive had an unemployment rate of 2.8%. , there were 69 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 18 businesses involved in this sector. 215 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 26 businesses in this sector. 658 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 53 businesses in this sector. There were residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity. the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 806. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 57, of which 53 were in agriculture and 4 were in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 207 of which 93 or (44.9%) were in manufacturing, 28 or (13.5%) were in mining and 26 (12.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 542. In the tertiary sector; 47 or 8.7% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 14 or 2.6% were in the movement and storage of goods, 38 or 7.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 143 or 26.4% were technical professionals or scientists, 233 or 43.0% were in education and 4 or 0.7% were in health care. Of the working population, 11.6% used public transportation to