25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). There are 6262 households in Schlieren. Schlieren has an unemployment rate of 4.23%. , there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 11 businesses involved in this sector. 2796 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 189 businesses in this sector. 8688 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 659 businesses in this sector. 39.1% of the working population were employed full-time, and 60.9% were employed part-time. there were 5481 Catholics and 2920 Protestants in Schlieren. In the , religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the 2000 census, 29.5% were some type of Protestant, with 27.1% belonging to the Swiss Reformed Church and 2.4% belonging to other Protestant churches. 39.5% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 10.2% were Muslim, 15.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 4.7% did not give a religion, and 9.2% were atheist or agnostic. Government and infrastructure Schlieren is home to the Eastern Switzerland Office of the Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents. Transportation The municipality is served by two railway stations, on different lines of the Zürich S-Bahn. Schlieren railway station is in the geographic centre of the municipality and a stop on lines S3 and S12. Although Urdorf railway station takes its name from the adjoining municipality of Urdorf, it is actually located just within the boundaries of Schlieren, and is a stop on lines S9 and S15. Between 1900 and 1931, Dietikon was a stop on the Limmattal tramway from Zürich, and from 1931 to 1955 it was the terminus of that line. Until recently, it was the terminus of Zürich trolleybus route 31 that replaced the truncated tramway. The, now under construction, Limmattal light rail line will follow a similar alignment, from Zürich Altstetten railway station to Killwangen, and Zürich tram route 2 will be extended to Schlieren to replace the trolleybus. Objects of interest Former gas facility. Local museum and several city parks. Biggest covered climbing hall in Europe. Politics Since 2019 the town president (mayor) is Markus Bärtschiger of the Social Democratic Party. Education Schools in Schlieren include Schule Hofacker, Schule Grabenstrasse, Schule Schulstrasse, Schule Zelgli, and Schule Kalktarren. Sports interest At 3 October 1909 in Schlieren, the fourth Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning was