who were adult children living with one or both parents, 3 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 4 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 6 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 0.38%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 10.2 new units per 1000 residents. there were 252 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 75. There were 4 single room apartments and 75 apartments with six or more rooms. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 58.59% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the Green Party (10.18%), the CVP (10.11%) and the SP (6.23%). In the federal election, a total of 269 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 57.2%. The historical population is given in the following table: Economy , Braunau had an unemployment rate of 2.16%. , there were 96 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 40 businesses involved in this sector. 33 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 11 businesses in this sector. 42 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 11 businesses in this sector. there were 459 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 214 or about 46.6% of the residents worked outside Braunau while 26 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 271 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 5.5% used public transportation to get to work, and 51% used a private car. Religion From the , 256 or 38.7% were Roman Catholic, while 319 or 48.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there are 5 individuals (or about 0.76% of the population) who belong to the Orthodox Church, and there are 24 individuals (or about 3.63% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were xxx 39 (or about 5.90% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 18 individuals (or about 2.72% of the population) did not answer the question. Weather Braunau has an average of 144 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives