there were 187 single family homes (or 72.8% of the total) out of a total of 257 inhabited buildings. There were 26 two family buildings (10.1%), 20 three family buildings (7.8%) and 24 multi-family buildings (or 9.3%). There were 299 (or 22.5%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 744 (or 56.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 94 (or 7.1%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 13 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 2 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 12 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 30 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing. The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.06%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 3.9 new units per 1000 residents. there were 566 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 4 room apartment of which there were 164. There were 15 single room apartments and 83 apartments with six or more rooms. the average price to rent an average apartment in Salmsach was 966.66 Swiss francs (CHF) per month (US$770, £430, €620 approx. exchange rate from 2000). The average rate for a one-room apartment was 700.00 CHF (US$560, £320, €450), a two-room apartment was about 763.33 CHF (US$610, £340, €490), a three-room apartment was about 815.70 CHF (US$650, £370, €520) and a six or more room apartment cost an average of 1365.75 CHF (US$1090, £610, €870). The average apartment price in Salmsach was 86.6% of the national average of 1116 CHF. In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 40.85% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (16.16%), the CVP (12.51%) and the Green Party (11.76%). In the federal election, a total of 314 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 38.4%. The historical population is given in the following table: Economy , Salmsach had an unemployment rate of 2.19%. , there were 72 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 19 businesses involved in this sector. 67 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 12 businesses in this sector. 108 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 24 businesses in this sector. there were 912 workers who